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Our new Powrtouch mover has arrived today, which weather permitting I will install at the weekend - I was just looking for advice on where people normally position the isolation switch?

My thoughts so far are that it needs to be easy accesible to cut power in an emergency (suggesting externally?!?) it can' t go in the gas locker as electric and gas don't mix... it also can't go in the battery locker since it is on the side of the caravan, which is parked tight against the wall of the house when stored and so inaccessible... we don't have a boot locker or anything similar, the battery is front right of the van, door back left so could't really get much further apart, and the instructions recommend keeping the cabling as short as possible... so a bit of a conundrum... any sugestions most gratefully received.

Thanks

Paul

It should be in the battery box in a position where it cannot be on with the EHU plugged in as a safety feature.

Quote: Originally posted by Paul B on 26/1/2011...My thoughts so far are that it needs to be easy accesible to cut power in an emergency (suggesting externally?!?) ..... it also can't go in the battery locker since it is on the side of the caravan, which is parked tight against the wall of the house when stored and so inaccessible...

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Mines in the battery box. In recent years there has been a circular blank in the battery box to make the installation of the switch easier.

David

when the fitter put our mover in he fitted the isolator switch in the bed box at the front,this was a pain as you needed to climb over everything to turn it on and off.i added an extra switch into the battery compartment and this works well.for obvious reasons it should not go into the gas box area.you could fit it under the floor on a metal bracket and fit a thick wood box round it to keep out the weather. if this is the isolator then the hole size to drill for the neck of the switch is 7/8 inch or 22.19 mm

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Thanks for all the comments - seems as though I was missing the point. It is an isolator rather than emergency cut-out, therefore positioning it externally is unneccesary. Think I'm actually going to put it on the inside face of the battery box - I can then operate it from inside the van, the terminals will stick through into the battery compartment with their rubber covers over the terminals.

Thanks to all for your comments,

Paul

Quote: Originally posted by Paul B on 27/1/2011

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Thanks for all the comments - seems as though I was missing the point. It is an isolator rather than emergency cut-out, therefore positioning it externally is unneccesary. Think I'm actually going to put it on the inside face of the battery box - I can then operate it from inside the van, the terminals will stick through into the battery compartment with their rubber covers over the terminals.

Thanks to all for your comments,

Paul

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Quote: Originally posted by millermicm on 26/1/2011

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It should be in the battery box in a position where it cannot be on with the EHU plugged in as a safety feature.

 

 

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jut thought i would say this is an isolator switch and not an emergency switch.

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As you have a mover, you could rotate the van so the battery box faces outwards.

I hope you have a cross actuation bar if the van is that tight to a wall!!!

Quote: Originally posted by Zafiral on 28/1/2011

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As you have a mover, you could rotate the van so the battery box faces outwards.

I hope you have a cross actuation bar if the van is that tight to a wall!!!

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stupid idea but why not put the isolator in the battery box and fit one of these cables to wherever is handy for you http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/Motorsport/Electrical_Components/Battery_Isolators_Master_Switches/SPA_Design_T_Handle_Pull_Cable/1594/6555

very common in race cars, okay cant go round a sharp 90 degree turn but could be do-able