Can I connect the negative cable to a ground instead of directly to the battery?
336538
You can attach the negative cable on any metallic part of the car body. I have mine attached under a screw in the engine compartment.
336539
Worked for me. Just make sure your under wires arnt exposed. The snow ripped mine out and the while kid is dead. Its all phone jack wires so very hard to fix and not worth my time. I ripped the kit off the car and trashed them. When to pepboys spent $200 on a kit with large guage wire and 10 times as bright.
352817
I just happened to see your question.. No one has answered it.. It is typical to mount your disconnect switch to the positive side of your battery and system.. Making sure that your system is negative side grounded.. Also use at least a 4 gauge wire or a 2 gauge wire ( depending on the size and capacity of your battery) of minimum length of about 6-12 inches ( this is often called a "jumper cable") to connect one terminal on the switch to your positive battery terminal.. Just add heavy duty terminal rings to each end of your "jumper" cable. Then add the Positive wire of whatever was originally connected directly to your positive battery terminal, to the switch's other terminal.. Bear in mind that you are placing an "circuit interupter" between only the positive connections of your battery terminal and the positive connection of whatever you want to be able to disconnect. Dont get your wires confused. Of course doing this is your own responsibility. Hope this helps..
1070552
Basically you just tie in the power cables to the tightening nut connected to the battery terminal (positive and negative). That would be the simplest way and less hardware needed.
1024319
As mentioned by others, drive in a ground rod and hook it to the negative terminal. We used a length of 1/2" hard copper tubing as the ground rod and used a commercial ground clamp to hook the wire to. Our ground rod is only driven in to a depth of 12" in clay soil and works fine. We anchor the positive wire to raised vegetable beds with plastic insulators purchased at a feed store. We have watched groundhogs do backflips when the wire was touched. Caution: Any leaves touched by the wire will be fried and continued contact will tend to shorten battery life. Also, be sure the light blinks when the unit is turned on. As mentioned by others, drive in a ground rod and hook it to the negative terminal. We used a length of 1/2" hard copper tubing as the ground rod and used a commercial ground clamp to hook the wire to. Our ground rod is only driven in to a depth of 12" in clay soil and works fine. We anchor the positive wire to raised vegetable beds with plastic insulators purchased at a feed store. We have watched groundhogs do backflips when the wire was touched. Caution: Any leaves touched by the wire will be fried and continued contact will tend to shorten battery life. Also, be sure the light... » Read More As mentioned by others, drive in a ground rod and hook it to the negative terminal. We used a length of 1/2" hard copper tubing as the ground rod and used a commercial ground clamp to hook the wire to. Our ground rod is only driven in to a depth of 12" in clay soil and works fine. We anchor the positive wire to raised vegetable beds with plastic insulators purchased at a feed store. We have watched groundhogs do backflips when the wire was touched. Caution: Any leaves touched by the wire will be fried and continued contact will tend to shorten battery life. Also, be sure the light blinks when the unit is turned on. « Show Less
2154550
This box doesn't require a lot of power, but yes connect the positive wire to the battery.
159698
I connected mine directly on the battery but I'm sure either way would work fine.....make sure to connect the positive first (just a habit from jumper cables).....also remember that the instructions specifically say to plug in the unit AFTER it's connected (eg. don't connect it while it's powered up)!!!
719522
Yes, you can install it without the ground wire. Just leave the ground (green) terminal on the switch un-connected.
1177056
Yes. Use in line fuse 5amp or so and Just switch the red and hook black to ground. Best place for ground is back to negative terminal or other source dont use frame. I buy black low volt landscape cable from home depot works great.
1424712
You need to connect that black wire to the bottom of the original pcb board, battery ground. You need both pcb board.
915908
Yes. Just do not ground the gold terminal. Gold terminal - Ground Middle terminal - Load Other terminal - Positive (Battery)
1212760
yes!,suggest you disconnect negative battery terminal during storage to preserve life of the car battery. charge jumper pack to 100% and connect cables. charge battery pack every other month to keep it ready to go
963696
You should be able to but it will drain the battery pretty fast .I would suggest putting several in parrel that means connect all positive post together and same for negative that will give you more corrent and a longer run time hope this helps.
1178562
You don't. It is only used to fuse the positive lead/s and there is really no need to either. Depending on what you are using it for like in a boat or something else that you cannot ground, then you would need to run a negative connection to each item to be activated. In the case of an automobile, you ground the chassis and then run your positive wire to what ever controller, such as a switch or fuse that you have in the circuit/s.
915907
Yes. Just do not ground the gold terminal. Gold terminal - GroundMiddle terminal - LoadOther terminal - Positive (Battery)
1880647
There are a couple methods that will work. The first is to attach battery clips to the panel cord, then when needed clip onto the battery. This is simple but you always need to make sure the polarity is correct and when not attached it would be good to not let the clips touch so the panel isn't shorted. Another method would be to purchase a mating set of 2 pin flat connectors. These are similar to the 4 pin connectors used to connect a trailer to a car. Connect one to the battery (best if the exposed pin is connected to minus). Connect the other to the panel (exposed pin connected to plus). Now you just have to mate the connector and there is no chance of a short. Regards
766287
You will have to wire to a power source. Mine goes straight to the battery terminal
1895071
There is a way to ground it, but you must do it through a separate amp. Hope this helps!