CVAR tech inspectors do require you to rev the engine to 3,000 and flip
the kill switch. If it doesn't die, your car fails.
Tony Drews wrote:
> I run a GM one wire alternator. My kill switch is on the non-ground
> side of the battery (positive), and I have the alternator run through
> the alternator posts of the kill switch. I never shut the car off
> with the kill switch and have never had a tech inspector ask me to do
> so. But, it will certainly kill everything. It also makes sure that
> there's nothing hot in front of the kill switch when it's turned off -
> good for when working on wiring and stuff near exposed terminals.
> It's a very simple way to wire the thing up, and I don't have anything
> that bleeds charge off of the battery when the switch is turned off.
> The tech inspectors DO ask me to kill the brake lights with the kill
> switch.
>
> - Tony Drews
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