Ferrari Mailing List: Re: bloody 308 battery.....

[Paul Bennett (pbennett]

Gavin wrote: ...
>And also thinking of fitting a marine type battery shut off swtich under the 
>hood so the clock and such do not drain the battery after a few a weeks.
>With my Rolls that is easy... just pop boot (trunk to you US people) pull 
>the velcro cover off and pull the earth off the battery.

You should already have a battery shut off switch in the form of a battery
ground (dis)connector.  It is between the left headlight bucket and the 
spare tire compartment immediately below the hood strut.   

It is also helpful to establish a cable from the battery to the front 
grill area or to the right near the horn compressor soas to 
plug in your battery charger.  That battery charger cable should
be fused and should go directly to both the battery pos and neg 
terminals.  

I.e. don't use ground for your tender as you will often wish to 
disconnect the battery from the car wiring yet leave it under 
charge with your tender.   Which is why the cig socket or light
socket is a secondary choice.
p