kill switch

fig mclough

well, looking to put a kill switch in the tractor as to have a bit of piece of mind.

just wondering what have any of yous got?? and where did yous get them?

or does anybody tink there over rated??
A friend of mine told me that if you put it in you will lose all channels on the radio and the time on the dash, is this true??? (indeed i know this would be a small price to pay if it wasnt stolen)

thanks for replys

reilig

fig mclough wrote: »

well, looking to put a kill switch in the tractor as to have a bit of piece of mind.

just wondering what have any of yous got?? and where did yous get them?

or does anybody tink there over rated??
A friend of mine told me that if you put it in you will lose all channels on the radio and the time on the dash, is this true??? (indeed i know this would be a small price to pay if it wasnt stolen)

thanks for replys

I have it on the old 168 so I don't need to worry about the radio channels. Its a good job. Costs only a couple of euro in any motor factors and is simple to fit on the live wore comong from the live terminal of the battery to the starter. You can get nice small little one's these days that can be nicely hidden away in teh internal workings of the tractor where you won't see it and only you knows where it is. You just have to push your hand in and twist it when you want to start it.

A must on any tractor I think.

emaherx

any device with a memory requires permanent connection to the battery.
so some radios (most modern) will lose stations and your clock will lose its time.
its not a serious issue, but you could always create a separate circuit directly to the battery for these just don't forget to put a fuse between them.

I think the kill switch is over rated as an anti theft device, as all a thief has do is have a jump lead with him to connect straight from the battery to the starter.

however I think they should be in every tractor for safety, you never know when you might need to isolate the battery in a hurry due to some electrical malfunction.

locky76

i put one on my auld 3 cylinder as the battery was running down constantly. if you left it for a week it would struggle to restart. great job, i actually put my switch between the battery neagtive and the tractor earth.

snowman707

reilig wrote: »

I have it on the old 168 so I don't need to worry about the radio channels. Its a good job. Costs only a couple of euro in any motor factors and is simple to fit on the live wore comong from the live terminal of the battery to the starter. You can get nice small little one's these days that can be nicely hidden away in teh internal workings of the tractor where you won't see it and only you knows where it is. You just have to push your hand in and twist it when you want to start it.

A must on any tractor I think.

LIVE WIRE ?

never seen 1 fitted to + always to -

you still have a fire hazard between the switch & the battery

fitting to the negative solves this

emaherx

snowman707 wrote: »

LIVE WIRE ?

never seen 1 fitted to + always to -

you still have a fire hazard between the switch & the battery

fitting to the negative solves this

Must be hooked up to negative lead. A few years ago the positive lead broke on my 390 and started striking off the side of the engine I jumped down and turned off the isolator switch which was connected to the negative lead which saved me from a serious fire.

If switch is between positive and the starter there is still some positive cable before the isolator. If it is on the negative it is much safer i.e. if the negative lead breaks off it can do no harm any way and if the positive breaks you can still isolate the battery from the tractor

snowman707

locky76 wrote: »

i put one on my auld 3 cylinder as the battery was running down constantly. if you left it for a week it would struggle to restart. great job, i actually put my switch between the battery neagtive and the tractor earth.

this could be a faulty alternator or regulator if a dynamo is fitted