lbs_ft

as you all may or may not know, i've got a horrible drain on my battery (3.70 amps while the car is off) and after spending an entire week filled with blood, sweat, and tears (not to mention my hard-earned cash) and still ending up with a dead battery after only a few hours, i've decided to wire up a killswitch.

after reading up for a while, i think i want to run a thick wire (dunno what gauge) from the negative cable back up though the firewall, through a killswitch mounted under the dash, then back out through the firewall to the negative post on the battery.

will this work? not trying to destroy my car after all this work. would this prevent my battery from being drained everytime i leave it sitting? would this allow the battery to remain fully charged at 12 volts for an indefinite amount of time? is this safe?

and what parts do i need? what gauge wire and where and what kind of killswitch?

thanks in advance

B-Well

yes you can do this. either with a circuit breaker or a switch.

you can place the switch in the glove box to limit the amout of hot wire running around the car.

4gauge will be plenty big for this setup. no need for overkill

if you plan to do the switch it is still a good idea to run a fuse (80a) or a circuit breaker (80a) in conjunction. that way if a wire gets skinned and grounds out there wont be any fires .

lbs_ft

thanks bud, thats almost all the info i need

what size circuit breaker do you think will do the trick?

B-Well

i told ya in the last post lol

(80a)

B-Well

also, be sure the car is completely off before you hit that kill switch or you may risk burning up the computer.

lbs_ft

well, i'm retarded.

looks like they make kill switches for batteries that come with removable keys.

had any experience with those? know where i could pick one up locally, or would i have to order one do you think?

Fabrik8

I'm still not convinced that you've done very much to find the problem. You need some outside help probably.

6CYLINDRSYMPHNY

Sell me your Jetta.

RandomTask

Bust out a voltmeter. A 3.7amp drain is a lot.

lbs_ft

i've gotten all my buddies in on it, and the end result is that we've spent a week tearing every electronic component apart... its gonna take me another week to put everything back to the way it was haha

i don't really know what else to do - trust me, this is the last thing i want... i'd prefer to just have her stock

don't have a GTI, its a GL

i don't understand what you're getting at

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