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03-13-2009, 07:09 AM | #1 |
Not Yet Wild
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Hidden on/off switch - any suggestions where?
On my 2005 PDS I am looking to add a separate switch toggle type to over ride the key switch. I live in a small neighborhood. Only a few kids. I tend to think none will try to joy ride my cart which I plan to leave outside most of the time. So I want to add a hidden switch so I do not always have to have a key in hand to drive it. Anyone done this? I want it somewhere where it is easy to use. Does leaving the key while parked on do any long term harm? If I am using my cart and stopping for a period of time can I leave the key on or should it be turned off every time?
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03-13-2009, 08:37 AM | #2 |
Monkeylicious
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Re: Hidden on/off switch - any suggestions where?
I have used a cigarette lighter as a switch. Just get a regular cigarette lighter adapter and wire it up as a normally open switch. Then to complete the circuit, just push the lighter part in. When you get to where you are going, turn off the key and pull the lighter out to the 'rest' position and no one will ever know.
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03-13-2009, 08:39 AM | #3 |
Stay thirsty my friends!
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Re: Hidden on/off switch - any suggestions where?
Turn the key off, put the cart in Neutral, and set the parking brake, EVERY TIME.
Especially if there are kids involved. A guy at our campground left his key ON and cart in FORWARD, his dog climbed into the cart, laid on the floor against the gas pedal, and went for a short ride into a custom van causing a few thousand dollars in damage. The dog jumped off after the "accident". |
03-13-2009, 08:39 AM | #4 | |
Happy Carting
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Re: Hidden on/off switch - any suggestions where?
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03-13-2009, 08:40 AM | #5 | |
Raised by coyotes
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Re: Hidden on/off switch - any suggestions where?
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03-13-2009, 04:32 PM | #6 |
Gone Wild
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Location: Snellville, Ga.
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Re: Hidden on/off switch - any suggestions where?
What happens to the lighter when it gets hot and pops back out? Does this kill your circuit, or could you take out the element?
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03-13-2009, 08:06 PM | #7 |
Monkeylicious
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Mississippi
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Re: Hidden on/off switch - any suggestions where?
Its not wired like that. Its basically just a normally open switch that completes the circuit when pushed in, its no longer a lighter.
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03-13-2009, 08:12 PM | #8 |
Raised by coyotes
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Re: Hidden on/off switch - any suggestions where?
Buckman, you wire it backwards, normally "open". I'm not an EE, but as long as you turn the key switch off, not an issue. Could this be a problem? Yes..... Someone with more electrical knowledge please jump in!!!!...
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03-13-2009, 08:16 PM | #9 | |
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03-13-2009, 08:38 PM | #10 |
Monkeylicious
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Location: Mississippi
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Re: Hidden on/off switch - any suggestions where?
Glad to help! I have another one that I am going to use on my latest cart so that noone at Talladega will be able to joy ride my cart.
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