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battery cut off switch location? where is SVA friendly??
mongrelwestie - 27/8/07 at 02:20 PM

i want to fit a battery cut off switch as i dont have a steering wheel lock but im not sure where i can put it so it will still pass a SVA? does it have to be a certain distance from something or other??
any help would be great.
i want to put it in the middle of my transmision tunnel, under the dash

caber - 27/8/07 at 02:43 PM

Theoretically is should be out of reach from the driving position as far as i could make out from the SVA manual. Mine is above the dashboard bottom edge on the scuttle on the passenger side so it cannot be contacted by SVA sphere and is out of sight. you can reach it from outside the car if you know where it is to remove or replace the red bit. I will know soon if SVA man likes it!

Caber

mongrelwestie - 27/8/07 at 02:48 PM

cool, i thought that it would have to out of reach, ill make a bracket for it to go in a similar place as yours

StevieB - 27/8/07 at 03:02 PM

Could always play safe and stick under the bonnet?

muzchap - 27/8/07 at 03:13 PM

I can't remember who does them - think its Car Builder Solutions.

But it goes on the negative battery terminal and is a windy green disc that breaks the contact - that was fine by my SVA inspector (Nottingham) - it's also dead handy when isolating the battery

nitram38 - 27/8/07 at 03:18 PM

I can reach mine from the driving postion no problem and it passed.
There are a couple of exculsion zones you can use.
Somewhere within 127mm of the outer edge of your steering or within 170mm of the floor line. The sva guy told me about the floor exculsion.
If you mount the switch on the outside of the car, the key itself will fail unless you do what I did. Mount it in clear resin.
I also put my immobiliser fob inside and a penny so that I can hang the key on a magnet on my desk:

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Here it is on my side pod where I reach it from my driving position:
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iank - 27/8/07 at 04:12 PM

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Originally posted by mongrelwestie
cool, i thought that it would have to out of reach, ill make a bracket for it to go in a similar place as yours


Why? the ignition key on my tintop can be reached while driving

Though the anti-theft device section does state an anti-theft device mustn't operate while the engine is running, but putting it where a passenger can reach it doesn't prevent that either.

Wording is a bit bizarre really as it assumes you have a conventional ignition key.

mongrelwestie - 27/8/07 at 05:22 PM

now im confused, can it be anywhere in the cockpit or does it have to be out of site? if i put it under the bonnet will it count as a form of imobolisation for the sva??

nitram38 - 27/8/07 at 05:36 PM

It is not technically an immobiliser because the fia key is universal and anyone can get a key for it.
What counted on my car was a thatcham fob immobiliser (electrical) and the fact that my steering wheel is removable (mechanical).
A normal ignition is both mech and elec, but I don't like steering locks on performance cars.
I fitted my Fia key for my own benefit in that someone else could turn it off if I have an accident. Pretty useless if it is under the bonnet!

mongrelwestie - 27/8/07 at 05:41 PM

ok well i have not got a locking steering wheel, im going to have an imoboliser fob, so what else can i use to get me through the test?

mongrelwestie - 27/8/07 at 05:42 PM

ok well i have not got a locking steering wheel, im going to have an imoboliser fob, so what else can i use to get me through the test?

Johneturbo - 27/1/08 at 06:56 PM

Just been searching on this.

so would i be ok fitting this within the 127mm of the steering wheel to avoid the radius problem with the key?

nitram38 - 27/1/08 at 07:49 PM

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Originally posted by Johneturbo
Just been searching on this.

so would i be ok fitting this within the 127mm of the steering wheel to avoid the radius problem with the key?


Yes