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    Posted: 08 Sep 2017 at 4:37pm
Makes sense!  Thanks a lot!
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4 gauge is plenty for a 12" run. It's what we used.

The switch will have a jumper going to the pole of choice on the battery, we used +, to one pole of the switch. Then on the other side of the switch will be the wire from the Pod that is currently going to the + post.

On our pod, the second wire went/goes to the power tongue jack.

Our pod was from before "solar ready" so we just attached our solar panels to the battery posts when needed.

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One more question about installing a switch, I ordered a 12" cable to go from the switch to the battery would 4 gauge battery wire be enough?  I ordered the cable from work without being able to see the current r-pod wire gauge.

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Furpod,
That was how I was planning on mounting my switch.
Just out of curiosity.....I see two wires connected to one side of the switch with only 1 wire coming off the other side.  Assuming the 1 wire goes to the battery positive and the other 2 wires are? Obviously 1 to the POD to supply power, but what is the other wire?

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What length of cable? 12" long enough?
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Posts: 6128 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08 Sep 2017 at 2:21pm
Originally posted by Podizzi

What type of disconnect did you get?  Can you send a pic of it installed?


We used a Hella brand switch, from Amazon, and mounted to the battery box lid.
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Post a picture when installed. Interested in how you mounted it.
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Didn't install it yet, just got it yesterday.
Doing the install this weekend.
Here is the link to the switch I bought from amazon.  Also bought a few extra keys and a short 12" battery cable.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01IBOH5EA/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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What type of disconnect did you get?  Can you send a pic of it installed?
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Posts: 6128 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Sep 2017 at 6:46pm
Originally posted by sailor323

The smaller wire goes to the solar hook up.  Just disconnect it and put the switch on the larger wire.  There's a lot disagreement about whether to put the switch on the negative or positive wire. Personally,I prefer the negative wire, but really either will do the job.  The point is, you want to interrupt the circuit and a switch on either ide will do that.


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