How do you install Ignition Kill Switches?

Answer 1

Answer 1 - Installing an Ignition "Kill" SwitchUnless you are intimately familiar with automotive electronics, I recommend having this done by someone who knows what he/she is doing as if done improperly could severely damage your vehicle.

Now, with the disclaimer warning out of the way, here are the "basics" of installing ignition kill switches.

1. Obtain a suitable switch and properly sized wire to match the ignition circuit,

2. Mount the kill switch in an appropriate location for easy access by driver,

3. Find and positively identify THE conductor [wire] that provides electrical power to the ignition circuit.

4. When you're ABSOLUTELY SURE you have the correct wire, CUT that wire, and

5. Connect a wire between one of the cut ends to one of the wires [or connector terminals on the kill switch,

6. Connect another wire from the "other" cut ignition wire to the other wire or terminal on the kill switch.

In effect, what you've done is too allow a method of turning off the power to only the ignition circuit, without turning off the ignition [key] switch which on most vehicles will "lock up" the steering wheel [creating a very dangerous situation].

WARNING This should be done by a PROFESSIONAL automotive Electronics Technician who knows what he/she is doing because done wrong could result in thousands of dollars worth of damage to your vehicle, including even the possibility of a fire which could destroy the entire vehicle!