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| | | | Joined: Jan 2019 Posts: 2,242 Herder of Cats, Goats, and Sheep (moderator) | | Herder of Cats, Goats, and Sheep (moderator) Joined: Jan 2019 Posts: 2,242 | Also, if you add a keep alive circuit, make sure it is not connected back into the main circuit or you can backdraw through it when the switch is off.
Most radios these days have separate BATT and IGN connections, so you don't need to worry about it there. For custom installations, just be careful. | | | | | Joined: May 2015 Posts: 10,997 Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums | | Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums Joined: May 2015 Posts: 10,997 | Also, if you add a keep alive circuit, make sure it is not connected back into the main circuit or you can backdraw through it when the switch is off. Good advice. That would be a sure way to smoke a circuit the first time you forget to thru the main switch on before hitting the starter. If there's not a separate connection to your radio that needs constant power, a diode in the normal power circuit to the radio could be installed.
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truckFollow this saga in Project JournalPhotos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2019 Posts: 2,242 Herder of Cats, Goats, and Sheep (moderator) | | Herder of Cats, Goats, and Sheep (moderator) Joined: Jan 2019 Posts: 2,242 | I had an undergrad (EE) student burn my electric humvee down by doing that. I would have thought it would be a lesson learned until he did it a second time... The school wouldn't let me fail him, so he graduated and went to work for Dodge... 
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| | | | | Joined: May 2015 Posts: 10,997 Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums | | Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums Joined: May 2015 Posts: 10,997 | so he graduated and went to work for Dodge... That explains some things. 
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truckFollow this saga in Project JournalPhotos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 4,471 AD Addict & Tinkerer | | AD Addict & Tinkerer Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 4,471 | You could install a small inline fuse on the bypass circuit so if you forgot the main switch, you will only blow the fuse.
Phil Moderator, The Engine Shop, Interiors and Project Journals1952 Chevrolet 3100, Three on the Tree, 4:11 torque tube Updated to: ‘59 235 w/hydraulic lifters, 12v w/alternator, HEI, PCV and Power front Disc BrakesProject JournalsStovebolt Gallery Forum | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,740 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,740 | I never put an interrupter switch on a battery ground circuit for just that reason. Killing the power to the battery cable that supplies the starter will usually interrupt the voltage supply to the dash and ignition switch as well. Run an independent small diameter wire (with maybe a 5 amp fuse) to whatever needs a few milliamps of constant current to keep its memory functioning.
Jerry
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| | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,983 Sir Searchalot | | Sir Searchalot Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,983 | I suggest we cut this off. This is as simple as it gets to wire.
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| | | | | Joined: Dec 2020 Posts: 1,954 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2020 Posts: 1,954 | Interesting. What would we cut off?
~ BD.
"You won't find me in an old folks home" Pioneer Florida Cracker
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| | | | | Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 4,473 Moderator, Electrical Bay | | Moderator, Electrical Bay Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 4,473 | I agree with Bartamos. Let's move on to other things.
~ Jon
1952 1/2 ton with 1959 235 | T5 with 3.07 rear end
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