I ordered one of these remote battery disconnect devices. All of these devices have a standby current draw so they still can deplete your battery if left parked for some time. Since I don't drive this old pickup very often. I will install a on/off switch (call it the master power switch) wired in series on the red wire. That way when the master power is in the off position the battery is completely disconnect and the remote doesn't do a thing. Now I can let the old pickup sit for months before it needs to be started.. The beauty of this master power switch (I will mount it inside the cab) is it has a built-in LED indicator. I have a visual reminder to flip the switch when I'm done driving it. It is easy to operate, hop in the cab, flip the switch to the on position, then press the remote on button. The LED indicator will turn on telling me I can start the truck
@@danblankenship5744 if the relay is a normal Bosch relay type, when in the off position there should be no current draw from the battery, but if your model has an led, then that must be the draw.
@@alyoungcuda They all have standby current. This current is necessary to power the wireless receiver inside the module. The relay isn't drawing any current until the receiver activates the relay coil. The LED is part of the master switch and it is not drawing any current when the truck is off. Look carefully at the specifications for your device, it will likely say something between 0.003A to 0.03A standby current.
@@danblankenship5744 cool, I put it on a modern chrysler 300 because all the computer modules draw current and within a month the new battery is dead since I don't use the car
This is a VERY good idea! I just faced this issue yesterday when trying to use my disconnect for the first after installing it on my mower. I thought there would be a a low "standby drain" for the receiver to be looking for the remote signal but I didn't think it would kill the battery completely....boy was I wrong. I was just thinking of a way to fully isolate it from the battery but leave it installed so I can use it and this comment just kick started my dumb-dumb old brain into working again! Thanks for the comment...was super helpful to get my tunnel vision released!
I put in my 2016 Kia due to so many Kia thefts in St. Louis. A few things to consider when putting this in are you will have to reset your clock, reprogram the radio, and is causing the emissions sensors to be undetected until you drive it for about a week. Doesn't bother me and I know my car will be in the driveway when I get up in the morning. 😊
another way this could work, is put it inline with the solenoid starter wire / or fuel pump circuit, so that way you're not completely disconnecting the battery but just the circuit which would enable the starter solenoid or fuel pump to engage. All depends if you have a parasitic drain, but that would need to be address first instead of using something like which fully disconnects the power.
@@Dim.Fylaktos all depends on the year make model and size engine. On most cars its the single wire going to the starter solenoid that runs to the starter relay.
Can you keep an alarm still powered by the battery and everything else connected to the relay? If thieves get into your car, then they can pop the hood and they’ll see this. If they have a wrench, they can just reconnect the main wire, right? Looking for a way to keep them out, and all hood locks seem to be made for jeeps
You can look at a wiring diagram and kill just the starter relay power wire and everything else would still be working. As for the hood lock, you have to be creative to make your own, with either a chain or a bicycle cable and keep it as short as possible so you have a hard time getting the hood opened. I made a hood lock with simple hardware and a chain on a 66 mustang on one of my videos. The trick is to keep them out from under the hood no matter what alarm system or kill switch you install.
Its working so far on the 07 Chrysler 300, but it shuts all the power off, so everything has to be reset on every shut down of the device. Works Great on the older cars with hardly any electronics unless you have a modern radio that keeps memories of the time and radio settings.
So how far is the distance you can use to remove switch say someone drove off in your car you are at the gas station would it matter how close the car got to be or does the distance doesn't matter he could be 5 Mi away and you still can shut it off
i think i would hide that relay and run another neg cable going to it. idk if i'm doing it though, my 66 barracuda has a retrosound radio...i will have to figure out if i can power the clock separately
The only thing you can do is to run a seperate ground wire from the radio to the battery terminal before the relay..but I have another video of a hidden kill switch on a 66 Mustang that can be used on any car including the mopar..I will find it and attach it or look under my videos for a kill switch.
Kills the battery source and yes you need to reset everything that needs power to keep its memory like the radio preset,the clock. Not sure about things kept in the computer like seat position memory, gps settings, ac or heat settings if the car has that for automatic car starting . I'm sure its not good for the computer, its like shutting down your home computer by just unplugging it is the way I look at it. But for an older car without all that computer stuff, it works great, you just need to lock down the hood so no one can get to the battery to by pass it...
If you want to disconnect a wire to what ever you want to cut off, that wire will be cut and connected to the big terminals on the relay, the ones with the nuts.. and the red thin wire goes to positive and the thin black wire goes to ground.
Probably find that most car alarms/immobilisers will still operate due to them having their own source of power, yes all other systems will lose their power, so all presets etc will be lost, also most of these have a accidental cut off so you can’t kill the battery whilst it’s maintaining a certain level of power going threw them. Most are set to not operate when power is more than 13v which is especially there to stop accidental cut off whilst driving
I used it in a Chrysler 300, and it started to slow down everything that needed power from the battery even with the engine running, so yes you can still hit the button to cut the power wire off. ruclips.net/video/JHtblBcDyqU/видео.htmlsi=-mo4cRJ2I9LneKxF
Its a good cutoff to use to prevent the battery from draining..especially if its not being used, so far so good. Its been a few months and the battery has lasted. Before that it would be drained dead from all the electronics that are on when the car is off.
Not bad overall only point of contention I have is that it is in fact a relay,... "Relays are ELECTRICALLY operated switches that open and close the circuits by receiving ELECTRICAL signals from outside sources." IOW: All relays are switches, but not all switches are relays. Caveat of "Being Electrically Operated" is the difference. If it's a switch that controls another circuit indirectly, it's a relay. (It relays the switch to another switch if you can parse that to make sense).
@@alyoungcuda having subs doesn't mean what your selling is "Gospel"! I don't get on RUclips and bull crap people! I'm not a RUclipsr, but I do know that kill switches don't shut off your car while you're driving. You are wrong - no matter how many subs you have, you're still a wet match in a dark room
@@colbolt54 ok, try it on a real car with electronics, then see if your battery ever gets recharged, your memory seats don't lose the memory, your radio stations and time on the radio stays the same, your electric mirrors and seats move to accommodate each key fobs settings for each driver and on a Volkswagen, see if cutting off the battery doesn't lose the key fobs security and see if the car starts after you shut the battery off and you need to tow it to a dealership to reset it. There's more but the Genius in me is done..😆
If the relay opens while you are driving you will not see any difference. The alternator is the power source when the engine is running. The battery has one function, it is there to start the car. You can start your vehicle and then remove the battery without any issues. The alternator will create enough energy to operate all electrical needs with enough extra power to recharge the battery to replace the energy used to start your engine. If you open the relay after the car is running the only thing that has been interrupted is the ability for the alternator to fully recharge the battery. Eventually the battery will be depleted to the point that it will not have enough energy to start your car. If your vehicle turns off when the relay opens then you have a bad alternator. If you don't repair this problem then you will end up harming your battery too.
Have you installed this type of cutoff switch on a modern car yet? In an older car without electronics, than yes I will agree it can run on the Alternator, but in the new modern cars, the battery is needed to supply power to keep up with the demand..check this video out. ruclips.net/video/JHtblBcDyqU/видео.htmlsi=mrSHdHMO7wkrW78I
@@alyoungcuda I watched the other video and the car ran without a battery connected, the alternator kept it running to a limited degree. Had you reduced some of the load you would see that the alternator could run without too much flicker. they make higher power alternators like the ones in ambulances that wouldn't skip a heartbeat (pardon the pun). The reason the lights flickered is because you were running a huge load without a capacitance filter. the battery offers that pool of stable energy to smooth out the spikes and troughs from the raw output of the alternator. People driving huge audio amps experience similar problems even with a battery attached. the attach large super-capacitors to help combat the power dips when when they crank up drive their bass speakers. If you accidentally powered off the switch while you were driving, the car would keep running and the battery power level would remain the same.
I don't see why not, you just need to prevent it from being bypassed or rewired back, might have to hide it and lock it from being touched..but that sounds like a great idea..
Ive got a new Hyundai Veloster, 6-Speed Manual Transmission...it doesnt need a battery isolated relay, hell it doesnt even need a battery; you can take the cars battery out and throw it in the trash and still drive it without. Just dump the clutch to start and your good to go...definitely wouldn't recommend doing it tho l, as it does tend to have negative effects on the vehicle after driving without a battery in it for awhile 😅 i would definitely consider investing in one of these tho, but only to wire it up to a fuel pump or something like that. I would imagine it would get very old constantly reprogramming my radio presets and time. This thing is definitely useless in a car with a manual transmission tho if you wire it up as intended
It serves a purpose for sure and it can definitely be used to cutoff other things instead of the battery power like a fuel pump wire so the battery can still work for the computer and such...the Cuda was custom made to copy my real car..😆
Not on a modern car that needs battery power to run the electronics, maybe on an older car before computers, remember when people use to check the charging system by running the engine and then disconnecting the battery terminal to see if its still running or charging, new computer cars will not do that.
@@alyoungcuda PULLING THE BATTERY CABLES OFF A CAR'S BATTERY does NOTHING TO ANY CAR...UNLESS the alternator is bad, then and ONLY then, will the car die.
@bondholder604 are you talking just sitting in park and at idle? Go drive the vehicle with the AC on, radio, wipers and sitting in traffic and then tell me it can run until the battery dies because someone cut the battery cable connection out.
Maybe in a different model but this one cuts off the main power going thru the relay, so if its the battery cable, then its that, nothing will be coming out of the battery or going in like the charge from the Alternator like if thou the battery wasn't even there. But since the remote is powered by the battery which is still hooked up, it can be depressed at anytime, with or without the engine running..I did it on a Chrysler 300. It messes up all the preset settings and the clock time. Who knows on a VW it might even mess up the key fob memory and won't let the car start after it detects a dead battery...
@@alyoungcuda My car is a 1999 Ford Escort wagon, it has a cutoff and I have to charge it in the morning. Do you recommend it so I can install it myself? Thank you.
@@loba54178 you lost me on the reply, it doesn't make sense what you are saying. It sounds like your battery dies and you want to install this cutoff..is that true? Then yes you can install it yourself
Going thru the trouble of making a fake switch, might as well put it to good use, like setting off a fast bomb, glitter bomb or even an electric shock...
Man are you for real, why can't you use real battery, what is this puppet show.if you are making a video for all to watch then get a real battery so we don't have to pretend that the charger is a battery, appreciate the effort.
I have a Toyota Camry 1979 and although it has a computer, it runs fine even after a week of having the battery posts disconnect. Again get your facts straight!!!
I ordered one of these remote battery disconnect devices.
All of these devices have a standby current draw so they still can deplete your battery if left parked for some time.
Since I don't drive this old pickup very often. I will install a on/off switch (call it the master power switch) wired in series on the red wire.
That way when the master power is in the off position the battery is completely disconnect and the remote doesn't do a thing. Now I can let the old pickup sit for months before it needs to be started..
The beauty of this master power switch (I will mount it inside the cab) is it has a built-in LED indicator. I have a visual reminder to flip the switch when I'm done driving it.
It is easy to operate, hop in the cab, flip the switch to the on position, then press the remote on button. The LED indicator will turn on telling me I can start the truck
@@danblankenship5744 if the relay is a normal Bosch relay type, when in the off position there should be no current draw from the battery, but if your model has an led, then that must be the draw.
@@alyoungcuda They all have standby current. This current is necessary to power the wireless receiver inside the module.
The relay isn't drawing any current until the receiver activates the relay coil. The LED is part of the master switch and it is not drawing any current when the truck is off.
Look carefully at the specifications for your device, it will likely say something between 0.003A to 0.03A standby current.
@@danblankenship5744 cool, I put it on a modern chrysler 300 because all the computer modules draw current and within a month the new battery is dead since I don't use the car
This is a VERY good idea! I just faced this issue yesterday when trying to use my disconnect for the first after installing it on my mower. I thought there would be a a low "standby drain" for the receiver to be looking for the remote signal but I didn't think it would kill the battery completely....boy was I wrong. I was just thinking of a way to fully isolate it from the battery but leave it installed so I can use it and this comment just kick started my dumb-dumb old brain into working again! Thanks for the comment...was super helpful to get my tunnel vision released!
@@MyBigThing2010 the battery cutoff will eventually still kill the battery with a slow relay drain,but not as fast as the factory computer memory..
I put in my 2016 Kia due to so many Kia thefts in St. Louis. A few things to consider when putting this in are you will have to reset your clock, reprogram the radio, and is causing the emissions sensors to be undetected until you drive it for about a week. Doesn't bother me and I know my car will be in the driveway when I get up in the morning. 😊
@@jcc1967 yes, unfortunately it shuts everything down and everything needs to be reset again but worth it in your case...😆
another way this could work, is put it inline with the solenoid starter wire / or fuel pump circuit, so that way you're not completely disconnecting the battery but just the circuit which would enable the starter solenoid or fuel pump to engage. All depends if you have a parasitic drain, but that would need to be address first instead of using something like which fully disconnects the power.
Yes, definitely can be used to disconnect a different circuit ...
@@alyoungcuda problem is, if you lose power on the connection fob, then unless you go under the hood your stuck; that's the only negative thing I see
@@alyoungcuda : Which cable to the starter solenoid? From battery to it or from ECU to it?
@@Dim.Fylaktos all depends on the year make model and size engine. On most cars its the single wire going to the starter solenoid that runs to the starter relay.
Can you keep an alarm still powered by the battery and everything else connected to the relay?
If thieves get into your car, then they can pop the hood and they’ll see this. If they have a wrench, they can just reconnect the main wire, right?
Looking for a way to keep them out, and all hood locks seem to be made for jeeps
You can look at a wiring diagram and kill just the starter relay power wire and everything else would still be working. As for the hood lock, you have to be creative to make your own, with either a chain or a bicycle cable and keep it as short as possible so you have a hard time getting the hood opened. I made a hood lock with simple hardware and a chain on a 66 mustang on one of my videos. The trick is to keep them out from under the hood no matter what alarm system or kill switch you install.
Just use this to interrupt the positive starter cable....everything else with work normally.
@@MyBigThing2010 yes or anything fuel pump ..
Very helpful information. Thanks.
Glad it was helpful!
clever little device these isolators and yes you are so correct it is shunting a lot of power.. for a little Relay.. im gonna buy one soon
Its working so far on the 07 Chrysler 300, but it shuts all the power off, so everything has to be reset on every shut down of the device. Works Great on the older cars with hardly any electronics unless you have a modern radio that keeps memories of the time and radio settings.
So how far is the distance you can use to remove switch say someone drove off in your car you are at the gas station would it matter how close the car got to be or does the distance doesn't matter he could be 5 Mi away and you still can shut it off
@@kevinthomas2689 has to be near the car..the range is horrible
i think i would hide that relay and run another neg cable going to it. idk if i'm doing it though, my 66 barracuda has a retrosound radio...i will have to figure out if i can power the clock separately
The only thing you can do is to run a seperate ground wire from the radio to the battery terminal before the relay..but I have another video of a hidden kill switch on a 66 Mustang that can be used on any car including the mopar..I will find it and attach it or look under my videos for a kill switch.
ruclips.net/video/gkEsUghXeT8/видео.htmlsi=UXkgPD2YUiI3Q_9f
Will it reset your computer?And will you have to reset all your settings?Every time
Kills the battery source and yes you need to reset everything that needs power to keep its memory like the radio preset,the clock. Not sure about things kept in the computer like seat position memory, gps settings, ac or heat settings if the car has that for automatic car starting . I'm sure its not good for the computer, its like shutting down your home computer by just unplugging it is the way I look at it. But for an older car without all that computer stuff, it works great, you just need to lock down the hood so no one can get to the battery to by pass it...
How about install only starter solenoid wire? Can you show ?
If you want to disconnect a wire to what ever you want to cut off, that wire will be cut and connected to the big terminals on the relay, the ones with the nuts.. and the red thin wire goes to positive and the thin black wire goes to ground.
Probably find that most car alarms/immobilisers will still operate due to them having their own source of power, yes all other systems will lose their power, so all presets etc will be lost, also most of these have a accidental cut off so you can’t kill the battery whilst it’s maintaining a certain level of power going threw them. Most are set to not operate when power is more than 13v which is especially there to stop accidental cut off whilst driving
I used it in a Chrysler 300, and it started to slow down everything that needed power from the battery even with the engine running, so yes you can still hit the button to cut the power wire off.
ruclips.net/video/JHtblBcDyqU/видео.htmlsi=-mo4cRJ2I9LneKxF
Its a good cutoff to use to prevent the battery from draining..especially if its not being used, so far so good. Its been a few months and the battery has lasted. Before that it would be drained dead from all the electronics that are on when the car is off.
Not bad overall only point of contention I have is that it is in fact a relay,...
"Relays are ELECTRICALLY operated switches that open and close the circuits by receiving ELECTRICAL signals from outside sources."
IOW: All relays are switches, but not all switches are relays. Caveat of "Being Electrically Operated" is the difference. If it's a switch that controls another circuit indirectly, it's a relay. (It relays the switch to another switch if you can parse that to make sense).
Yes, its definitely a Relay..I laugh every time someone states that..my relay switch burnt out..😆
These kill switches are designed to not shut the car off when your driving! GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT GENIUS!!!!!
Guess you never drove a car with a bad battery Genius
Who's the genius with 11k subscribers than your less then 400, get your facts straight...
@@alyoungcuda having subs doesn't mean what your selling is "Gospel"! I don't get on RUclips and bull crap people! I'm not a RUclipsr, but I do know that kill switches don't shut off your car while you're driving. You are wrong - no matter how many subs you have, you're still a wet match in a dark room
@@colbolt54 ok, try it on a real car with electronics, then see if your battery ever gets recharged, your memory seats don't lose the memory, your radio stations and time on the radio stays the same, your electric mirrors and seats move to accommodate each key fobs settings for each driver and on a Volkswagen, see if cutting off the battery doesn't lose the key fobs security and see if the car starts after you shut the battery off and you need to tow it to a dealership to reset it. There's more but the Genius in me is done..😆
@@alyoungcuda your a joke! Your subs are subscribed because they want a laugh 😂😂😂😂
How mucch cost this i need for golf 4
About 20.00 dollars , you can find it on Ebay
If the relay opens while you are driving you will not see any difference. The alternator is the power source when the engine is running. The battery has one function, it is there to start the car. You can start your vehicle and then remove the battery without any issues.
The alternator will create enough energy to operate all electrical needs with enough extra power to recharge the battery to replace the energy used to start your engine.
If you open the relay after the car is running the only thing that has been interrupted is the ability for the alternator to fully recharge the battery. Eventually the battery will be depleted to the point that it will not have enough energy to start your car.
If your vehicle turns off when the relay opens then you have a bad alternator. If you don't repair this problem then you will end up harming your battery too.
Have you installed this type of cutoff switch on a modern car yet? In an older car without electronics, than yes I will agree it can run on the Alternator, but in the new modern cars, the battery is needed to supply power to keep up with the demand..check this video out.
ruclips.net/video/JHtblBcDyqU/видео.htmlsi=mrSHdHMO7wkrW78I
@@alyoungcuda I watched the other video and the car ran without a battery connected, the alternator kept it running to a limited degree. Had you reduced some of the load you would see that the alternator could run without too much flicker. they make higher power alternators like the ones in ambulances that wouldn't skip a heartbeat (pardon the pun).
The reason the lights flickered is because you were running a huge load without a capacitance filter. the battery offers that pool of stable energy to smooth out the spikes and troughs from the raw output of the alternator.
People driving huge audio amps experience similar problems even with a battery attached. the attach large super-capacitors to help combat the power dips when when they crank up drive their bass speakers.
If you accidentally powered off the switch while you were driving, the car would keep running and the battery power level would remain the same.
I agree it would most likely run but I wouldn't take that chance of stalling out in the street
Pwede ito motorcycle?
I don't see why not, you just need to prevent it from being bypassed or rewired back, might have to hide it and lock it from being touched..but that sounds like a great idea..
I mean it is for car only? I need it to install my motorcycle
@junaidbani869 its for anything that is 12 volts because the relay is 12 volts to operate
@@alyoungcuda ah okay, tnk u very much bro
@junaidbani869 no worries and thanks for watching too...
Works wery well on a MC
Thanks. I was thinking about putting one in my car.
In an older car or modern? But always make it simple to bypass incase the relay goes bad, that way it can be reversed in minutes...
Ive got a new Hyundai Veloster, 6-Speed Manual Transmission...it doesnt need a battery isolated relay, hell it doesnt even need a battery; you can take the cars battery out and throw it in the trash and still drive it without. Just dump the clutch to start and your good to go...definitely wouldn't recommend doing it tho l, as it does tend to have negative effects on the vehicle after driving without a battery in it for awhile 😅 i would definitely consider investing in one of these tho, but only to wire it up to a fuel pump or something like that. I would imagine it would get very old constantly reprogramming my radio presets and time. This thing is definitely useless in a car with a manual transmission tho if you wire it up as intended
I agree
Random but my son would want to play with that car😅. Hmmm never looked into these kind of remotes before!
It serves a purpose for sure and it can definitely be used to cutoff other things instead of the battery power like a fuel pump wire so the battery can still work for the computer and such...the Cuda was custom made to copy my real car..😆
Hi mate it is designed that if the car is running and you press the off button nothing will happen. The car will still run .
Not on a modern car that needs battery power to run the electronics, maybe on an older car before computers, remember when people use to check the charging system by running the engine and then disconnecting the battery terminal to see if its still running or charging, new computer cars will not do that.
@@alyoungcuda you have no idea what you are talking about, put one on my 2022 BENZ and it still runs when off.
@@bondholder604 so with it off, how is the cars Alternator charging the battery back if the circuit is open...
@@alyoungcuda PULLING THE BATTERY CABLES OFF A CAR'S BATTERY does NOTHING TO ANY CAR...UNLESS the alternator is bad, then and ONLY then, will the car die.
@bondholder604 are you talking just sitting in park and at idle? Go drive the vehicle with the AC on, radio, wipers and sitting in traffic and then tell me it can run until the battery dies because someone cut the battery cable connection out.
It's designed to bypass the remote when the car is running, so you cant turn it off when the car has been started.
Maybe in a different model but this one cuts off the main power going thru the relay, so if its the battery cable, then its that, nothing will be coming out of the battery or going in like the charge from the Alternator like if thou the battery wasn't even there. But since the remote is powered by the battery which is still hooked up, it can be depressed at anytime, with or without the engine running..I did it on a Chrysler 300. It messes up all the preset settings and the clock time. Who knows on a VW it might even mess up the key fob memory and won't let the car start after it detects a dead battery...
for a 1999 ford escort it works
Awesome..but it kills any radio or clock settings and hopefully no ecm settings for the engine
@@alyoungcuda My car is a 1999 Ford Escort wagon, it has a cutoff and I have to charge it in the morning. Do you recommend it so I can install it myself? Thank you.
@@loba54178 you lost me on the reply, it doesn't make sense what you are saying. It sounds like your battery dies and you want to install this cutoff..is that true? Then yes you can install it yourself
@@alyoungcuda thank you
Ty for the video. I purchased one for my 94 chevy. Thinking about using it as an ignition or fuel kill switch
If I had to choose between the 2, I would do the fuel pump relay kill..see my latest video I did on a Chrysler with this
@@alyoungcuda I will look for the video ! Ty
I would put a fake dummy push switch to keep thieves from opening the hood and jumping wires
Going thru the trouble of making a fake switch, might as well put it to good use, like setting off a fast bomb, glitter bomb or even an electric shock...
@@alyoungcuda it's supposed to fool the thief into waisting more time then he willing to invest.
Man are you for real, why can't you use real battery, what is this puppet show.if you are making a video for all to watch then get a real battery so we don't have to pretend that the charger is a battery, appreciate the effort.
I guess you carry spare batteries at your house, I will wait for your puppet show, until then, thanks for watching mine...
I have a Toyota Camry 1979 and although it has a computer, it runs fine even after a week of having the battery posts disconnect. Again get your facts straight!!!
Facts are not for every single make and model as you can see, there is not 1 size fits all on everything, and you should know that about facts.