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Old 09-04-2023, 08:52 AM   #3
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Default Re: Hello All Been lurkin for a few week ? about ammeter and alternator

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Originally Posted by TraVeler View Post
Something I thought was strange yesterday that the battery drained with the battery cutoff. i didn't think that was possible. the connections look clean.
The battery cutoff switch may be defective.

I ran into that 2 weeks ago on a car. We turned the battery off, and then had sparks when removing the wires from the generator cutout. As a test, we started the car with the battery cutoff switch "turned off". Bad switch.
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