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Complete Power Lost

Old Oct 6, 2025 | 08:23 AM
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Complete Power Lost

I was driving this morning, Radio on, Lights on, wipers on and heather on.
I turn wipers on and off quickly and radio made a weird sound and lost all power to the car.
I have a battery disconnect so I disconnected the battery for about 15 sec then connected it back and had power back, was able to turn the car back on and drive away.

Is there any braker that can be tripped that cut power to the hole car?
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Old Oct 6, 2025 | 11:18 AM
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Re: Complete Power Lost

Originally Posted by carattini
I was driving this morning, Radio on, Lights on, wipers on and heather on.
I turn wipers on and off quickly and radio made a weird sound and lost all power to the car.
I have a battery disconnect so I disconnected the battery for about 15 sec then connected it back and had power back, was able to turn the car back on and drive away.

Is there any braker that can be tripped that cut power to the hole car?
Hi carattini, no there is no single circuit breaker that would make the entire car loose power. The two most likely suspects here would be that either your battery disconnect switch is faulty, or that one of your two large battery wires has a poor connection.

I'm not a betting man, but if I were, I'd bet on the disconnect switch...........
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Old Oct 6, 2025 | 12:38 PM
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Re: Complete Power Lost

Thanks for that will check on it
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