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is my kill switch hooked up wrong or wat?
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Posted by: mills_racing

well i was out preping my fourwheeler for unadilla this weekend when i was letting it set and idle...i jus kinda touched the handlebars and my hand barley did touch the kill switch i guess and it shocked the sh** outa me. its the first time it has done it to me since its been hooked up tho....Do i have something hooked up wrong or what would cause it to do that?

Posted by: turboTony

yes. Check the connections. You have a short somewhere.

Posted by: mills_racing

thanks....would it b a short in the ground or could it be somewheres else?

Posted by: bobbo97f150

I don't think it is a short. Mine zapped me when I had the wire coming out of the metal side of the switch hooked to a hot wire. Just swap your wires location.

Posted by: mills_racing

the kill switch is a pro design and tha long cable that comes out of the peice of metal is grounded...when u touch the cluthc lever and the metal that show it shocked me....any ideas ?

Posted by: JDiablo

you have the wires hooked up wrong,the long wire is to the CDI,the short one is the ground

Posted by: mills_racing

thanks 300exrida....ill switch em around tomarow...i thought something was wrong with it....

Posted by: JDiablo

Ya no problem man,i learned the hard way too

Posted by: red2004 TRX450R

quote:
Originally posted by 300exrida
Ya no problem man,i learned the hard way too

Posted by: bwamos

LoL, aye.. he just needs to switch the wires.

Posted by: mills_racing

yeah i switched them out....dont shock no more...jus to think i raced a whole race with it like that and it never got ahold of me

Posted by: culookn

lol mine did that too, but i found that out in the rain one time, it shocked me all the way up my arm.

Posted by: Jersey450R

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Originally posted by 300exrida
you have the wires hooked up wrong,the long wire is to the CDI,the short one is the ground

What side of the CDI? I have one laying around that i havent put on yet.

Posted by: JDiablo

Idk if it is diffrent then from the EX but on the EX i hooked it up to a black/yellow wire i believe