you defeat the purpose buy adding the ground wire it still makes the
circuit. the way to fix it maybe. use a motorcycle battery for the pos &
neg. leave the pos wire at the ignition
rob
Peter Zaborski wrote:
> This one has me stumped at present...
>
> I recently installed one of the battery cutoff switches (as seen in the
> Moss catalog for around $12). Basically you mount the switch on the neg
> post and attach the ground cable to the other end of the switch. In the
> middle is a threaded knob which when loosened, breaks the connection
> between the two halves of the switch. Very handy since I always seem to
> be disconnecting the battery for something. This way I don't have to
> remove the clamp from the post. Works just great and as a bonus,
> removing the threaded knob outright acts as a "crude" theft prevention
> device.
>
> Ok that's the background - now here's the stumper...
>
> I also have a stereo which has an electronic clock and presets for the
> radio stations stored in its memory. Of course each time the battery is
> disconnected these settings are lost. Clever me, I thought I would
> outsmart Mr. Battery switch by hooking up a ground wire from the neg
> terminal of the battery to the ground of the stereo directly.
>
> (I should mention that the stereo is wired so that it has two power
> connections - one for when the ignition is on for normal operation, and
> another connected full time to the brown terminal on the fuse box. This
> also works correctly.)
>
> Now when I disconnect the battery using the switch, it doesn't really
> disconnect. I can turn on the lights which is something I could not do
> before installing the "custom" ground wire. The lights go noticeably
> dimmer than when the switch is connected, but they do stay on
> nonetheless. Something is allowing the battery to get grounded through
> the stereo.
>
> Anyone have any ideas on what is causing this? And more importantly, how
> can I resolve this as I would definitely like to have the stereo
> isolated form the action of the switch if possible.
>
> Thanks for any insights into this little puzzler,
>
> Peter Zaborski
> 76 TR6 (CF58310 UO)
> Calgary AB Canada
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