kill switch vs kill button

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BNR34RB26DETT

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Hello Dotheton, I am wiring up my cb550 right now, wiring harness will be rebuilt from scratch.
I had one question in regards to the controller that i recently purchased.

It has a kill button instead of a kill switch (or should i say ignition on and off switch)

Could i use this kill button to turn the bike on an off instead of kill switch?
I am assuming the ignition key will serve as the on off switch in my case

Could somebody please clarify this for me?
thank you!!
 
the button is basically a spring loaded switch. so as soon as you let go of it, it goes back to the on position
 
BNR34RB26DETT said:
Hello Dotheton, I am wiring up my cb550 right now, wiring harness will be rebuilt from scratch.
I had one question in regards to the controller that i recently purchased.

It has a kill button instead of a kill switch (or should i say ignition on and off switch)

Could i use this kill button to turn the bike on an off instead of kill switch?
I am assuming the ignition key will serve as the on off switch in my case

Could somebody please clarify this for me?
thank you!!
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I prefer a tethered kill switch over a button or even a key. The button essentially has to be held down until the bike stops.

Tethered kill switch you pull out the tether and it dies and the key you turn it off and its done.
 
Many of the push-button kill switches are not actually a NC (normally closed) switch as described by The Jed. They are a standard NO switch that completes a circuit to ground when pressed. This is fine for CDI ignitions, but won't work on your CB550 without the use of an additional relay.
 
hmmmmmm.

thank you all for the input.
very helpful.

Now which controller would you recommend ? I only need headlight (high low) and start stop. I have removed everything else.
 
Grounding the coils on the point side would require a double pole switch, and would keep current flowing and possibly overheating the coil. Just opening power to the plus side of the coil will kill it, but defeats the point of a a constant off switch. If you are working on your bike, and need power on, leaving the kill switch off prevents you from frying a coil. It may not be pretty, but the proper kill switch is handy.

FWIW, though, the older Honda's did not even have a kill switch. Early CB350's had none.
 
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