Has anyone ever asked this question? I can't find any answers on the entire world wide web.
If a Freightliner Cascadia doesn't currently have a kill switch, can one be installed? and what does it take to accomplish that?
I have one truck that has a kill switch and the one I just bought doesn't have one. The switch on the older truck was acting up so we changed the switch, the PDNB module and the harness that connects them. Fixed the problem.
So what does it take to install a kill switch on a truck that never had it from the beginning?
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Kill switches on Freightliner Cascadia?
Discussion in 'Trucking Electronics, Gadgets and Software Forum' started by alemiss, Nov 6, 2022.
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Easy. Just buy a high amperage rated master disconnect switch and install it between battery negative and the truck frame.
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Something similar to this.
Battery Master Switch 75910 DPST On/Off – Cole HerseeFlat Earth Trucker Thanks this. -
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Pretty much. I used truck frame simply because that's where the battery group is usually grounded. I'd stick with using whatever location your truck already uses for a ground and just put the switch between there and the battery.
I've also been told that if the ECM is connected directly to the battery terminals that they should be relocated to the other side of the disconnect switch so that the ECM gets disconnected as well. Apparently if you accidently try and crank the engine with the switch off it could cause the ECM to get spiked if its not been isolated. -
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Personally, I like the method @AModelCat suggests. You know everything is dead when there's no ground to the battery.armo Thanks this. -
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