Key On/Off Switch

Swizz

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Hiya,

Does anyone have a means of isolating their Ebikes when left parked somewhere?

I wrongly assumed that the key lock on my HL downtube battery also functioned as an on/off switch i.e like an ignition switch.

I certainly don't intend removing the battery regularly and am a bit faffed that someone could walk up, switch on the bike and start messing around with it.

Thoughts?
 

sjpt

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Unlocking the downtube battery is certainly not recommended; just asking for it to be stolen.
 

Nealh

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One could place a switch inline on the V+ line somewhere.
On my 700c touring bike I have a push button latching switch which I fitted to the battery case base on the V+ line to the controller. The battery it self has an on off switch but you have to remove it as it is concealed by the receiver.
 

vfr400

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You'd have to hack into your LCD cable to find the red ignition wire, then you could splice a switch onto it. If you had a conventional aluminium box controller, you could splice the switch into the exposed cable inside it to avoid the hacking, but if you have something like a crank-drive with an internal controller, that's not really an option.
 
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Swizz

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You'd have to hack into your LCD cable to find the red ignition wire, then you could splice a switch onto it. If you had a conventional aluminium box controller, you could splice the switch into the exposed cable inside it to avoid the hacking, but if you have something like a crank-drive with an internal controller, that's not really an option.
Okay thank you, will take a look at that. Am surprised that this does not feature as part of the design :/
 
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Scorpio

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Hi. The 2 bikes I've used behave differently, the older one needs the key to turn it on.
The newer one is like yours - you can turn it on without the key, key is only needed to remove the battery.
 
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