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Not sure where I want to put mine.
Thoughts so far are:
- RHS of the scuttle, ala Caterham.
- Dashboard (to the right or left of the steering column).
- Under the bonnet (battery tray area).
Any ideas?
Put mine on the dash during the rebuild...
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Put mine on the dash, easily accessible by me and anyone else should I have an accident. I take the key with me if the car is temporarily left outside
too as an anti theft precaution, also stops the key itself being stolen. Stating the obvious make sure it is a kill switch and not just a battery
isolating switch which will possible fry the the alternator if switched off when the engine is running.
[Edited on 21/3/16 by LBMEFM]
Right hand side of the steering wheel, treat as the ignition key and remove the steering lock etc and have a button start.
If that's hard to reach when belted in put by the handbrake then run a couple of choke cables to either side of the roll cage and join to the
switch.
Unless u need one for regulatory purposes it seems pointless to me.
Mine's neatly placed on a shelf in the garage. Need to get round to fitting it at some point!
I'll assume that by Kill Switch you mean Battery Isolator. If you don't then ignore this:
Two different locations on several cars over the years, RHS scuttle or dashboard, both work well.
If purely for competition, then my preference would be on the scuttle, there's a convenient triangular space presented by most full cages.
Several reasons, but it's easy access for all, even if you're upside down having driven over the bank at S. Walsh. I know this!
If on the road, then on the dashboard, 'passenger' side in the corner.
Why do it at all? Well, I've found it very useful to be able to isolate the battery when working on the car. The (small RT15) battery is
normally located somewhere low down and hard to get to (leading edge of 'passenger' seat if applicable).
My concern for road cars is the comedy pedestrian who flicks the switch whilst you sit in traffic. I recall someone on here mentioning that happening
to them.
For battery isolation when working on a car then a 'discarnect' or just disconnect the earth.
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Originally posted by loggyboy
My concern for road cars is the comedy pedestrian who flicks the switch whilst you sit in traffic. I recall someone on here mentioning that happening to them.
For battery isolation when working on a car then a 'discarnect' or just disconnect the earth.
Mines under the dash out of sight. A half decent security measure rather than for safety.
Always fit a decent quality one
Have seen a few folks chase high speed miss-fires and it ended up being the cut-out switch