Wiring 4 post kill switch
04-29-2011, 07:15 AM
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Wiring 4 post kill switch Guys I have my battery relocated to the rear and I need a kill switch to run at the track. Can someone help me out on how to wire my 4post switch up? I was pretty confident it was fuseboxes, and starter to one side of the switch, the battery on the other side. Then run the power wire from the alternator to the alternator circuit and then the other side to the battery. I was 90% confident in this setup until I check on Longacre's site and it said the alternator circuit is rated to 25 amps 
I was thinking I could hook the alt, starter and fuseboxes together and attach the exciter wire to the alternator circuit on the kill switch, but then I read that the exciter wire is just there to tell the alternator to turn on, and has nothing to do with stopping it.
Hopefully Im just overthinking this...
I was thinking I could hook the alt, starter and fuseboxes together and attach the exciter wire to the alternator circuit on the kill switch, but then I read that the exciter wire is just there to tell the alternator to turn on, and has nothing to do with stopping it.
Hopefully Im just overthinking this...
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I think Im overthinking this. Alt and batt to one side of the switch, and fuse boxes and starter to the other. Does that sound better?
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04-29-2011, 02:53 PM
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http://www.dragstuff.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=837
I found that link in a quick search. There is a guy that explains the two small posts on the four post switch are for the alternator charge wire. So you would hook the starter and acc wires to one large post and the other large post is to battery positive. Normally you would attach the alternator to the battery side of the switch but the four post switch has it's own dedicated alternator terminals.
I found that link in a quick search. There is a guy that explains the two small posts on the four post switch are for the alternator charge wire. So you would hook the starter and acc wires to one large post and the other large post is to battery positive. Normally you would attach the alternator to the battery side of the switch but the four post switch has it's own dedicated alternator terminals.
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http://www.dragstuff.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=837
I found that link in a quick search. There is a guy that explains the two small posts on the four post switch are for the alternator charge wire. So you would hook the starter and acc wires to one large post and the other large post is to battery positive. Normally you would attach the alternator to the battery side of the switch but the four post switch has it's own dedicated alternator terminals.
I found that link in a quick search. There is a guy that explains the two small posts on the four post switch are for the alternator charge wire. So you would hook the starter and acc wires to one large post and the other large post is to battery positive. Normally you would attach the alternator to the battery side of the switch but the four post switch has it's own dedicated alternator terminals.
