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Post by Azraeille on Jun 5, 2012 13:41:39 GMT -5
I have a particularly... special scooter. Don't get me wrong, it's a pretty great one but there's one or two things that need sorting out.
For whatever reason this scooter came with two kill switches. One is where it's supposed to be and the other takes the place of the high/low beam switch. It's a two position switch that's on there.
How hard would it be to make it an actual light switch? Just switching between high and low beam would be perfect. Or would it be better to just install a completely separate switch and make that my headlight switch?
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Post by Fox on Jun 5, 2012 14:18:56 GMT -5
Do both switches kill the engine?
If yes then maybe you can simply go in there and un-do whatever was done to the high/low switch and thats that.
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Post by Azraeille on Jun 5, 2012 15:11:25 GMT -5
Yep, both kill the engine. I was thinking of just permanently connecting the wires going to the "wrong" kill switch together and then wire the high/low beam wires to the switch.
Also is there a particular color for the high/low beam wires or will I just have to follow them from the headlight?
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Post by Fox on Jun 5, 2012 15:54:14 GMT -5
I really don't know wiring very well. Different Mfg's will use different colors. I suppose one is a hot and the other two are grounds but I really don't know. Here's a generic wiring diagram. The "dimmer switch" is in the lower left hand corner of the pic.  |
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Post by 90GTVert on Jun 5, 2012 16:47:55 GMT -5
May or may not be able to do it with just re-wiring. Depends how it's setup now. A kill switch would be a simple switch that either completes or breaks a circuit. Current passes in one side and out the other when set to kill, and when set to run it breaks the circuit, stopping current from passing from one side of the switch to the other. Simply put, it's an on/off switch. It could not operate like a hi/lo switch.
The hi/lo beam switch does not serve the same function. It will probably have 3 wires. One is power in. One is hi beam out. Other is lo beam out. Current comes in from the power wire and then you are selecting whether it goes out to the hi or lo beam. It's more of a selector, rather than an on/off switch like a kill switch. It could work like the on/off / kill switch if wired the right way.
So if you have a 2 wire switch on both sides, I dunno that you can do it easily. If one side is a 3 wire switch but hooked to the wrong stuff, you should be able to rewire.
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Post by Azraeille on Jun 6, 2012 11:58:33 GMT -5
On the scooter, it shows kill switch marks on both switches. I don't know if either switch is a 3 wire switch. But if it's not a 3 wire switch and it turns out to be very difficult to get a 3 wire switch to replace it, would it be feasible to attach my own 3 wire switch instead? Or is there something special about the switch itself other than being 3 wires?
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Post by 90GTVert on Jun 6, 2012 15:57:47 GMT -5
Well, not just any 3 wire switch will work. You need a switch that toggles one input between two outputs. The most common three wire switch you'd find if you just went to say AutoZone would be one that has power in, power out, and a ground to light the switch itself. That would not work. I'm sure there's a technical name for what you need, I don't know it. I'd call it a selector rather than an on/off.
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Post by Azraeille on Jun 6, 2012 18:02:06 GMT -5
I'll keep an eye out for one. In the mean time, I guess I'll tear my scooter apart to see if it's a two or three wire switch  |
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Post by Fox on Jun 6, 2012 18:28:54 GMT -5
I'm thinking that maybe once you tear it apart you may find that there are remnants of the original wires soldered to the switch so you'll know what color they are/were and maybe if you take the speedo cowling and/or the front plastic you might find the other end(s) where they connected originally so you can hook them back up the way they were.
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