[Whaler]

On the net today I was looking at the master switches that mount right at the battery post themselves, be they side or top post.

I have my battery in the trunk near the bulkhead behind the passenger seat on a tray ( not a box). So I think I may look at one of those, as the lockable trunk would easily help for security and anti-theft sake.

As for emergency access, that's no sweat either. Sure its not an arms reach away while in the drivers seat, but I think it is okay and cleaner looking.
I won't be racing or at the track so I don't need to adhere to rules regarding external access.

imho

Tim

PS, As for which side of the battery, we were taught to always switch the hot. So that's a rule of thumb I follow. ( it tends more to apply to AC than DC). I like knowing that the pos or hot side is now out of the loop and hopefully further upstream and away towards the battery source wise. In the case of a meltdown or short to ground I think taking off the positive is best and denergizes the cct better.
Ron, you either you choose to take the hot off the cct or eliminate the path to ground. What's the choice? If I were switched off at the pos fairly close to the battery...where is the potential coming from to energize the downstream ccts? On a car practically everything in striking distance is ground.

Half empty or half full... Black or white. Either way when the schmidt hits the fan you got run for a switch anyway.
Placement/location of the switch in either CCT is what counts. Lets just hope people with multiple heavy grounds to frame take those into acct.

Flip a coin

LOL