78 175HP blackmax kill wire

tbird175

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My 78 175 HP Blackmax does not have a kill switch.. A lanyard can be attached to a tab on the ignition switch that will turn the switch off if pulled. I would like to install a kill switch. I have been told to ground the Black/yellow wire to kill power to the packs. There is no black/yellow wire attached to the packs. I believe that the orange wire which is common to both packs is the kill wire, am I correct? This wire goes to the ignition switch. If this is the correct wire, can I install a kill switch in series with it?
 

usskydvr

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Re: 78 175HP blackmax kill wire

You should find that the Orange wire also goes to the mercury tilt kill switch. You can wire your own kill switch in parallel with that. See the wiring diagram for reference.
 

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