Running wires from ON/Off switch to alternater.

Ohio Ironhead said

I just got done wiring my drag car. I used a regular old 2 post shutoff and still run an altenator. I ran the wire from the altenator all the way to the battery positive side. That way when I throw the switch it cuts power to everything. It works great. When you throw the switch it kills the power to everything and car shuts down.

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Thats exactly how i did mine on my Dart dragcar.Works and charges fine and more importantly shuts off the Alt.,fuel pump ,ignition ,etc. when the Cutoff is switched off.One tip though ,use the best wire you can find to run from the Alt to the trunk and make double sure it cannot rubb on anything .Big troubles will happen if that wire were to ground to the chassis .Only trouble im having now is the Taylor brand cutoffs keep getting corrosion inside them and screwing up after about 3 months.After the second one quit on me i busted it open to see what was going on and it looked like it came from the Titanic .I bought a different brand this time around .I have mine mounted through the bumper ...