Re: [DML] New DeLorean Parts and vendors (long)

[Todd Masinelli <tmasin@xxxx>]

>> DMC Joe's excellent Battery Saver.
> It's treating the symptoms and not the disease

I guess I don't understand what the disease is. The reason I bought a
Battery Saver -- Walt, you might want to skip this part. :-) -- is because I
show my car with the doors, hood, and engine cover up. Having to disconnect
each door switch and the engine cover switch is inconvenient, and off the
top of my head I don't even know how to disconnect the light in the hood.
My options were to either yank the courtesy fuse each time or get DMC Joe's
switch and tuck it away in an inconspicuous location.

I didn't see the Battery Saver as being a solution for any of the D's
inherent electrical problems, but rather an easy way to keep open doors from
draining your battery while you're working on (or showing off) your car --
which I would think would happen in any vehicle, not just a DeLorean.

> I just went to look at DMC Joe's website and couldn't
> find it - from memory isnt it a cutoff switch?

Yes...it's got two spade connectors that plug into the #12 fuse receptacle
and an inline fuse to provide circuit protection. Maybe by "cutoff switch"
you were referring to the type that connects at the battery and cuts all
power? If so, I'd agree that it would be treating a symptom and not the
disease if something like that was used regularly and not just for long-term
storage!

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Todd Masinelli
VIN 6681 (Nov 81)