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<blockquote data-quote="slravenel" data-source="post: 667447" data-attributes="member: 1068"><p>as it is there, at all times your relays, fuse block, alternator, starter etc etc all are carrying power all the time. While they aren't "doing anything" with that power....its still there, and it is my opinion that I don't want power to go to anything uncontrollably. Alternator and Starter having power arent necessarily bad, but there is still going to be a hot cable running from battery to those things at all times with no way to stop that power. </p><p></p><p>You will want to be able to shut it down completely - and there are several ways to do that. In everything that I have ever built I have put in at least 1 (my current buggy has 2) fail-safe switch that shuts the entire thing down. A guy I know had his buggy burn to the ground because his alternator or starter cable (one of the two, I can't recall) shorted out under a panel that he couldn't get to fast enough and just sat there and arced until it caught **** on fire.</p><p></p><p>Fire, bad crash, an arcing short, a cut wire, etc etc etc are all reasons you'll want to shut it down.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slravenel, post: 667447, member: 1068"] as it is there, at all times your relays, fuse block, alternator, starter etc etc all are carrying power all the time. While they aren't "doing anything" with that power....its still there, and it is my opinion that I don't want power to go to anything uncontrollably. Alternator and Starter having power arent necessarily bad, but there is still going to be a hot cable running from battery to those things at all times with no way to stop that power. You will want to be able to shut it down completely - and there are several ways to do that. In everything that I have ever built I have put in at least 1 (my current buggy has 2) fail-safe switch that shuts the entire thing down. A guy I know had his buggy burn to the ground because his alternator or starter cable (one of the two, I can't recall) shorted out under a panel that he couldn't get to fast enough and just sat there and arced until it caught **** on fire. Fire, bad crash, an arcing short, a cut wire, etc etc etc are all reasons you'll want to shut it down. [/QUOTE]
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