I absolutely agree that the switch should be in a
standardized location. Rule out where it
sholuldn't be, and there are only about two
places left. It shouldn't be on the top, either
side, or the bottom of the car, since any of
those could be the "bottom" in an emergency
situation. The car is not likely to stand on
it's end, so that leaves the front or the rear of
the car for a location. The rear seems to be the
obvious choice. I think the type of switch
should be left up to the owner, as long as it
makes the tech inspector happy. The pull rod or
cable on a knife switch is nice and simple, a
manual master switch if your battery happens to
be in the rear works well, and the constant
service solonoid works good too. It should be
clearly marked in bright colors like yellow and
black or red with big letters that say
"pull-off", or an easy to read direction arrow
with "Off" marked.
- Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net> wrote:
> Lets try a thought here on this Switch.....
>
> The purpose is to aid the Safety crew should
> they need to shut down the
> Vehicle in trouble. and Since I have trained
> bunches of Fire departments
> in the art of Shutting down a helicopter I know
> that Training folks up
> front is a Critical thing in an emergency
> situation. All the tags and
> Labels in the world won't make up for the lack
> of a Standardized location.
> So Like the NHRA it's my thoughts that dealing
> with this as a Safety issue
> The Switch needs to be in a single location....
> and I am going to go
> further and state that It really needs to be on
> a single spot on the car...
> not just a generalized area.
>
> All that having been said and listening to
> everyone's thoughts... How bout
> we combine all of this by using a Constant Duty
> Solenoid in the area of
> choice but have the Master Battery switch be a
> simple light gage wire to
> where ever you mount the solenoid? I am
> currently using three of these on
> my car and they work great.... This isn't a
> Starter Solenoid though it
> looks just like one.... but this one is
> designed to remain in the on
> position once it's energized....
>
> Just my thoughts.... Keith
>
> ----------
> > From: V4GR@aol.com
> > To: landspeedracer@email.msn.com;
> dahlgren@uconect.net;
> Land-speed@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: cut-off switch
> > Date: Monday, February 07, 2000 11:59 AM
> >
> > On my Vega my batteries are in the trunk and
> my switch is mounted on the
> > panel between the rear bumper and the
> trailing edge of the deck lid. When
> I
> > mount one on the roadster it will be
> similarly located. I understand Jack
> put
> > a pull handle on the rear of his liner
> connected to a knife edge switch
> > mounted near the batteries. Rich Fox
>
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