Help help, installed kill switch

[Che70velle]

Lenie, did you interrupt any grounding means during this swap? Does the starter turn slowly?

[Che70velle]

Upon thinking about this a little, are you sure that you put the cutoff switch on the correct wire? I've always installed my cutoff switches on the ground circuit, instead of the positive battery wire. It removes all load from the switch.
I'm not saying it won't work the way you have it wired, I've just never done it that way.

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by Che70velle

Upon thinking about this a little, are you sure that you put the cutoff switch on the correct wire? I've always installed my cutoff switches on the ground circuit, instead of the positive battery wire. It removes all load from the switch.
I'm not saying it won't work the way you have it wired, I've just never done it that way.

Totally agree with using only the ground for killing stuff -- never the positive side!

[Musclerodz]

Dumb me didn't pay close enough attention to your diagram on how you hooked it up. As others have stated, I would move the kill switch to the negative side, but if there is still an internal issue with the switch, it will still cause issues. I did go to Flaming Rivers site and they show the switches to be load rated, but always safer to switch grounds.

[Lenie]

Thanks everyone, I did disconnect the negative and positive while installing, in the morning I'll switch it over to ground and see what happens. Appreciate the quick responses, I am an electrical dummy!

[DRJDVM's '69]

Take the switch out and connect the 2 wires.... If the issue is gone, it's the switch itself, not the location in the circuit

[Lenie]

Bingo, thanks Ned.