Thread: Master power switch. Electrical GURUS needed

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Originally Posted by MRJB1929

Hi Chev Malibu,
You mentioned "Splicing" into the computer but wouldn't it make more sense to ONLY suppling the ground via the Keep Alive?
Jerome

I'm not sure exactly what you mean? Do you mean, do not wire the computer ground directly to the keep alive, but allow it to be grounded via the frame, as it is currently, or did you mean wire the ground directly from the AL91, to the switch, rather than splice into the current ground wire?

I suppose this would be the only way that the switch would still act as a theft detterent, as the computer draw amps are so low, it wouldn't blow the keep alive fuse in a hot wire type situation. I could run a ground wire from the computer, directly to the battery side of the switch. That would maintain a circuit, even if the keep alive fuse blew.