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Old Feb 22, 2023 | 09:39 PM
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Master Battery Disconnect

Have a 2008 F350 that has dual batteries. This is a fire truck that we want to put a remote master disconnect switch on to prevent battery issues. The drivers side battery has 1 positive cable in addition to the crossover cable and passenger side has 4 positive connections. Originally thought we could just install a remote disconnect solenoid but not sure how to do this with 2 batteries. Any suggestions?
 
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Old Feb 23, 2023 | 08:58 AM
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Two batteries? If this is a diesel fire truck there would be four batteries. Isn't there already a master switch inside? I think you will have two alternators as well.
 
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Old Feb 23, 2023 | 09:03 AM
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Here is what a fire truck normally has for a master switch:
 
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Old Feb 23, 2023 | 08:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Estone4009
Have a 2008 F350 that has dual batteries. This is a fire truck that we want to put a remote master disconnect switch on to prevent battery issues. The drivers side battery has 1 positive cable in addition to the crossover cable and passenger side has 4 positive connections. Originally thought we could just install a remote disconnect solenoid but not sure how to do this with 2 batteries. Any suggestions?

put the disconnect on the battery main ground wires. You don’t need to use the positive cables.
 
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