POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post
I happened to lift the battery cover and came across this isolator switch . Is it a factory fitted one ?
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YOUR RESEARCHFactory fitted, or aftermarket addition. ?
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POST 2Original post
Looks after-market to me. I've never noticed such a thing on any pic I've ever seen of a 996.
POST 3Original post
I've not got one of those on mine.
POST 4Original post
Definitely not OE!
POST 5Original post
Battery isolation is for race cars, strange that it is under the bonnet though.
POST 6Original post
Perhaps someone fitted that to either stop the car battery being drained when in storage or as an extra security to stop the car being stolen. Either way, defo aftermarket.
POST 7Original post
A good idea if your parked up outside and have no facility to trickle charge. Saves pulling off the terminals. Pain in the arse these cars with there draining batteries etc.
POST 8Original post
Is yours a 996.1 then? If you did that on a .2 and shut the lid down you'd be in trouble!
POST 9 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post
The car in question is a 996.2,so you have raised a problem I did not think of. I have not laid the car up over winter yet, so did not have to put the battery on a maintenance charge, but there will come a time when i might put the key away for the winter months, but just at the moment, i do not need an excuse to listen to the sou d track of the engine through the factory exhaust Thank you to the others that took the time to reply.
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