Originally Posted by Hotrod Lincoln
If you happen to have a sound system with a memory for preset radio stations, a clock, or other functions that require a "keep alive" circuit, you'll need to put the heavy current switch on the hot side of the battery and run a dedicated low-current fused circuit that supplies constant voltage to the items that don't need to have their power interrupted.
Jerry

Why couldn’t the low amp fuse be bridging the two terminals (on the switch) with the switch on the negative side? Any attempt to start would blow the fuse as well as a direct short. Just asking.

Last edited by Phak1; 01/05/2021 1:35 AM.

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