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Re: battery kill/disconnect switch
Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 8:54 pm
by Geoff Butcher
It's a Zetec on fuel injection with an Emerald ECU. Normal service has now resumed, but the root cause of the problem remains something of a mystery!
Re: battery kill/disconnect switch
Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 8:19 am
by Hans Efde
I hope you didn't kill your alternator. Usually if you disconnect the battery with a running engine, it damages the circuitry for the 12V DC output.
Re: battery kill/disconnect switch
Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 8:45 am
by Geoff Butcher
No, because the alternator was obviously still running with the battery disconnected. Incidentally I once drove this car for several miles when the generator light came on in the dark. Next day I found the wire had fallen off the alternator but to my surprise it was still OK after reconnecting.