Brake switches
My Ezee Chopper has switches on the brake levers, but but I'm thinking of disconnecting them. I don't like the slight delay between releasing the brake lever and the controller applying power to the motor, and any reduction in the number of things that can go wrong with the electrics seems useful.
I'm guessing that the switches just provide logic inputs to the controller. If the controller crashes it will probably ignore the switches anyway, which might explain some of these tales of runaway bikes, even if the brakes might have been applied.
The only sure way to turn off the power to the motor would be to have 20 amp switches on the brakes, and 20 amp wiring to the switches, and I would guess the none of the bikes go to those extremes.
I've fitted an E-Crazyman controller to my Quando to replace the original controller, which had gone faulty. The original Quando wiring didn't have brake switches. and I've made no change with the new controller.
Does anyone have advice on pros and cons for brake switches?