Kill switch question

[Lucky225]

I searched the forum and saw that for the V1 you can tap the red wire with the fuse in it and put that to a radioshack switch, but I'm not sure exactly how it's done. What kind of switch do I need? (SPST?) and what wire(s) are needed and how to wire them? Thanks

I'm not exactly sure how to figure out the gauge of wire that's needed, but I used 16 gauge speaker wire because that is what I had lying around.

pretty much any guage will work

[ASHDUMP]

Kicking up an old thread.

What if you have a toggle switch that has three prongs on the end of it? Can this still be used to cut connectivity off? I have an old switch that illuminates, but I really don't care if it lights up or not. Is that what the 3rd prong is for?

Can I just use 2 of the 3?

[stano0098]

Kicking up an old thread.

What if you have a toggle switch that has three prongs on the end of it? Can this still be used to cut connectivity off? I have an old switch that illuminates, but I really don't care if it lights up or not. Is that what the 3rd prong is for?

Can I just use 2 of the 3?

If you have a three prong switch you have to ground the switch itself.

So it would be one wire would be the power then one wire to the V1 then another grounding the switch.

Thats the kind of switch i have. It has a LED light on it.

[corkguykev]

Kicking up an old thread.

What if you have a toggle switch that has three prongs on the end of it? Can this still be used to cut connectivity off? I have an old switch that illuminates, but I really don't care if it lights up or not. Is that what the 3rd prong is for?

Can I just use 2 of the 3?

Yes, you can use it. That is like what I currently use for my brake light switch.

I originally chose it because it illuminated so I would know for sure that my brake lights were switched on (easy to forget ) but it was way too bright by night and very annoying because of this so I just disconnected the ground wire and it still does the job.

If it will do for a RD kill switch if it will do that. Same thing in principle.

[Lucky225]

Kicking up an old thread.

What if you have a toggle switch that has three prongs on the end of it? Can this still be used to cut connectivity off? I have an old switch that illuminates, but I really don't care if it lights up or not. Is that what the 3rd prong is for?

Can I just use 2 of the 3?

If you have a three prong switch you have to ground the switch itself.

So it would be one wire would be the power then one wire to the V1 then another grounding the switch.

Thats the kind of switch i have. It has a LED light on it.

You only have to ground it if you care about the LED light coming on or not.

[stano0098]

You only have to ground it if you care about the LED light coming on or not.

Yes. Thank you for clearing that up.

I really didn't know if it would work if all the prongs were not connected. I tried it today and indeed the switch still worked but the LED was not lite up.

[AirMoore]

^^^

Yeah, I use an LEO switchbox for my main electronic set (where all of them illuminate)... and a stand-alone single-switch (P,P,G) where only power is hooked up for my amplifier.

I am so much happier with the LEO switchbox that lights up... so much so that I put my amplifier on one of the switchbox ports as a redundant set-up.


I say: Don't be lazy and take the 5 minutes to ground it, it is much nicer IMO.

[Lucky225]

^^^

Yeah, I use an LEO switchbox for my main electronic set (where all of them illuminate)... and a stand-alone single-switch (P,P,G) where only power is hooked up for my amplifier.

I am so much happier with the LEO switchbox that lights up... so much so that I put my amplifier on one of the switchbox ports as a redundant set-up.


I say: Don't be lazy and take the 5 minutes to ground it, it is much nicer IMO.

x2, your vehicle is a big ass ground, it's not hard to find some wire, tie it around the pole and put the other end of the wire to any grounded place on the vehicle.