Just as motivation to anyone who might think this is more trouble than it’s worth. I’m definitely incorporating this magnetic switch in my security, eventually. It's fun to think of ways to thwart a thief.Īwesome write up. The system has been working perfectly over the past few months. I really enjoyed this project personally. Hopefully that was helpful to anyone! Just another option among many for kill switches. That makes it easy enough to service if I ever need to, but it would take way too long for a thief to find the kill switch relay and unplug my kill splice harness. I made a small splice harness that is technically completely reversible. One last note when putting in these kill switches, make sure integration in super clean, reliable and field repairable. Lots of targets have been discussed in this thread and other places on mud so it should be very easy to find your target circuit of choice. Here is a quick janky diagram on how I wired my kill switch:Īs for the circuit I targeted in my cruiser to integrate the kill switch, they only need fuel and spark. Only a tenth of an amp flowing through the switch. Also the great thing about using a kill switch that activates a relay is you can have the switch very far away from the relay and thus hide it anywhere. But pick a location that is somewhat convenient if you will need to get to the magnet on a regular basis. Its easy and honestly fun thinking of the best/sneakiest place to put the switch. Everyone should pick their own location and magnet/reed switch option. Sorry I have no pics because that would be defeating the purpose of a hidden kill switch, but you honestly don't need them. I used a high power neodymium magnet to ensure the reed switch is always firmly closed and power is flowing for vehicle operation. That was easily accomplished with a little velcro sticky dot. Going that route required me to have the magnet secured so that a moving vehicle would not dislodge it. I opted for the normally closed reed switch.
That way everything would work as it should until the magnet is in place, at which point the reed switch will open and cut power. Another variation of this setup is to use a normally closed reed switch. If the magnet is not in place, the reed switch is open, the relay wont be activated and power wont flow and the truck will not run at all. The reed switch gets an ign + signal to activate the relay and allow power to flow through the relay to its intended stock path. I went with a high quality sealed Japanese relay because I needed this to be faultless and reliable.įor wiring, its super simple like any relay circuit (see pic below). I bought it from here with the matching female connector and terminals. You can find other variations like normally closed switches, also probably cheaper versions.
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The main idea behind both of these (magnetic reed or stock switch) is that everything looks completely stock and confounds the thief and takes too long to figure out how to defeat.įor this project I opted to use these supplies: Reed switch: McMaster-Carr. However, the other great alternative in my mind to this magnetic kill switch is to use a stock switch on the dash that is used as a kill switch. I liked the fact that a thief would not be able to look for any out of place switches as the kill switch. This type of setup can be hidden behind almost any panel of your choosing, within reason of course. Reed switches are very simple, small and reliable. I went this route for a couple reasons: 1. After looking at all the options out there I decided on going with a magnetic reed switch as my kill switch. As the value of these vehicles goes up, and living in a major city, the idea of a kill switch became more and more important to me. How to bypass 2004 Honda Civic (and most cars) security/ignition killswitch.Hey all, so I thought I would post in this thread since it seems the most appropriate.
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