Aerodynamic battery cut off activation.

[robfrey]

Looking for a nice clean way to activate our cut off switch for our # 496 liner. Any ideas?

[Joe Timney]

Flaming river remote unit, it has a rod that activates it. A quality part! I have had a cheap kill switch short out and blow a hole in the metal housing.

[Stainless1]

Rob, ours is on the push bar, cable operated to the front of the car where the battery and switch are. 

[Glen]

The 444 Vesco liner has a push rod in the nose and a cable pull to the driver, a single lever is all that's required.

[Tman]

Rob, ours is on the push bar, cable operated to the front of the car where the battery and switch are. 

Isn't that kinda rude calling the safety guy a jerkoff?

[Plmkrze]

not to mention it may be painful!

[robfrey]

Rob, ours is on the push bar, cable operated to the front of the car where the battery and switch are.

I like that. I figured we would do it cable actuated to a flaming river switch which should be here today but was not quite sure how the actuator would work.

[robfrey]

Flaming river remote unit, it has a rod that activates it. A quality part! I have had a cheap kill switch short out and blow a hole in the metal housing.

Oh yeah! No cheap switches here. I once watched a guy chase electrical gremlins for an entire season never making a good pass. Problem eventually traced to old cheap corroded cutoff switch which kept braking contact. I bet that cheap switched cost him thousands not mentioning the embarrassment of not making a good pass for about a year! That cheap switch was quite expensive!

[tauruck]

How many times do you hear of problems created by parts like that. We always look for the big thing that went wrong. It happens to all of us at some stage.

[Joe Timney]

Switch setup with custom arm and dual cables. One out the back, with the other for the driver. I mount the switch next to the battery.
Hope it helps.

[robfrey]

Thank Joe. I do plan to use cable system but I don't want to drag a handle like that through the air. I looking for a clean actuator that can be recessed into the bodywork or something.

[Joe Timney]

Just add an aluminum post to the cable end. I buy my cables from www.surplusunlimited.com in Daytone Beach, a couple of blocks toward the ocean from the 500 Track. The 33C are the red Morse cables... less than the race supply houses.

[JoshH]

Maybe consider this:

http://www.flamingriver.com/index.php/products/c0015/automaticbatterydisconnect/FR1052

[tauruck]

Rob, that cable system looks good. Couldn't you configure it to be a pull instead of push?, then you could countersink the handle with enough space around it for a good finger grip. A few tenths lost speed wise is worth the safety aspect. I'm going to use Joe's setup for sure. Thanks Joe, great system.

[jdeleon]

Rob,
How about welding a tab down off a hartwell latch.