kill switch wiring...need help

Joined
Apr 26, 2009
Messages
7
Have a seadog 4 post kill switch with 2 post labled c and 2 post labled m I know where the 2 m wires go but where on the ignition do the 2 c wires go. Back of ignition have post labled i, s, c, b, m, m. Please help
 

ezeke

Supreme Mariner
Joined
Sep 19, 2003
Messages
12,532
Re: kill switch wiring...need help

You only use one pair. The Seadog switch is universal.
 
Joined
Apr 26, 2009
Messages
7
Re: kill switch wiring...need help

so I am assuming that one wire labled m goes to the raise m post on the ignition switch and one wire labled c goes to the post labled i. Would that be correct
 

Silvertip

Supreme Mariner
Joined
Sep 22, 2003
Messages
28,771
Re: kill switch wiring...need help

We have no idea what engine you have so we cannot tell you which pair to use. "M" = magneto system (as in two stroke stator type ignition). C = coil system as in I/O automobile engine type sytem. A magneto system shorts the ignition to ground to kill the engine so you use the two "M" terminals. In a coil system, +12 volts is fed to the coil and the switch opens to kill the engine. You use the "C" terminals in that configuration. So one terminal of the switch on a two stroke) gets connected to the M terminal on the ignitiion switch. The other wire gets connected to the neutral safety switch or to ground.
 

seahorse5

Rear Admiral
Joined
Jan 24, 2002
Messages
4,698
Re: kill switch wiring...need help

The "C" on the switch is for CHOKE, not coil
 

ezeke

Supreme Mariner
Joined
Sep 19, 2003
Messages
12,532
Re: kill switch wiring...need help

The "C" on the switch is for CHOKE, not coil
I'm sure he was speaking of the Cs on the sea-dog universal emergency kill switch, not the ignition switch.
 
Top