Lawn tractor safety switch

[Van Chocstraw]

I needed to bypass the bullshit safety seat safety switch the other day
to I could see if my snowblower auger was operating correctly having
sheared a pin on one side. If I remove the switch and tape the button
down it is bypassed and runs when I get off BUT if I unplug it and short
the wires it does not. The wiring diagram only shows a simple single
pole switch though there are two wires going to one side.
So what's the difference between holding the button down and shorting
the plug?



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[Mike S]

"Van Chocstraw" <boobooililililil@roadrunner.com> wrote in message
news:_-adnZXi1vZnr-vUnZ2dnUVZ_jmdnZ2d@giganews.com...

I needed to bypass the bullshit safety seat safety switch the other day to
I could see if my snowblower auger was operating correctly having sheared a
pin on one side. If I remove the switch and tape the button down it is
bypassed and runs when I get off BUT if I unplug it and short the wires it
does not. The wiring diagram only shows a simple single pole switch though
there are two wires going to one side.
So what's the difference between holding the button down and shorting the
plug?



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Look at the wiring diagram - maybe the switch is normally closed and sitting

on the seat opens the switch.
By the way... that "bullshit" safety switch is there for a reason - safety.
Maybe you should leave the repair of this machine to someone who knows what
they are doing.

 

[Bryce]

Van Chocstraw wrote:

I needed to bypass the bullshit safety seat safety switch the other day
to I could see if my snowblower auger was operating correctly having
sheared a pin on one side. If I remove the switch and tape the button
down it is bypassed and runs when I get off BUT if I unplug it and short
the wires it does not. The wiring diagram only shows a simple single
pole switch though there are two wires going to one side.

So what's the difference between holding the button down and shorting
the plug?

No difference if the switch contact is normally open / held closed.
Big difference if normally closed and opens when button pressed.
A continuity check of the switch will answer this.

 

[Franc Zabkar]

On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:39:57 -0500, "Mike S" <nospam> put finger to
keyboard and composed:

"Van Chocstraw" <boobooililililil@roadrunner.com> wrote in message
news:_-adnZXi1vZnr-vUnZ2dnUVZ_jmdnZ2d@giganews.com...

I needed to bypass the bullshit safety seat safety switch the other day to
I could see if my snowblower auger was operating correctly having sheared a
pin on one side. If I remove the switch and tape the button down it is
bypassed and runs when I get off BUT if I unplug it and short the wires it
does not. The wiring diagram only shows a simple single pole switch though
there are two wires going to one side.
So what's the difference between holding the button down and shorting the
plug?

Look at the wiring diagram - maybe the switch is normally closed and sitting
on the seat opens the switch.

I would think that a normally closed switch would be unsafe because
switches normally fail by going open or high resistance. You wouldn't
want a switch failure to leave the tractor in the ENABLED state.

- Franc Zabkar
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[Patey]

On Jan 21, 3:35 am, Franc Zabkar <fzab...@iinternode.on.net> wrote:
<snip>You wouldn't want a switch failure to leave the tractor in the
ENABLED state.

/snip

OP does

 

[lmcclaf]

Something to think about... A few years back I bought an 8x10 mirror
at the dollar store. I use it to see my auger turning for the blower
on my tractor, to watch the rototiller tines turn on my tractor, to
see the mower deck blades on the tractor, to watch my tires as I pull
a vehicle up onto ramps if I need to work under it, etc... etc... etc.
The mirror gets lots of use, can be set up in any manner you want,
only cost me $1, and it keeps things safe. Would hate to have a
neighbour kid get hurt somehow if they started mucking with my
equipment without my knowledge and didn't realize the safety was
bypassed. Just a idea I thought I'd share.

Cheers,
Lawrence

 

[jakdedert]

lmcclaf wrote:

Something to think about... A few years back I bought an 8x10 mirror
at the dollar store. I use it to see my auger turning for the blower
on my tractor, to watch the rototiller tines turn on my tractor, to
see the mower deck blades on the tractor, to watch my tires as I pull
a vehicle up onto ramps if I need to work under it, etc... etc... etc.
The mirror gets lots of use, can be set up in any manner you want,
only cost me $1, and it keeps things safe. Would hate to have a
neighbour kid get hurt somehow if they started mucking with my
equipment without my knowledge and didn't realize the safety was
bypassed. Just a idea I thought I'd share.

Cheers,
Lawrence

It would really suck if the neighbor kid broke your mirror and cut
himself with it....
<g>

jak

 

[Van Chocstraw]

lmcclaf wrote:

Something to think about... A few years back I bought an 8x10 mirror
at the dollar store. I use it to see my auger turning for the blower
on my tractor, to watch the rototiller tines turn on my tractor, to
see the mower deck blades on the tractor, to watch my tires as I pull
a vehicle up onto ramps if I need to work under it, etc... etc... etc.
The mirror gets lots of use, can be set up in any manner you want,
only cost me $1, and it keeps things safe. Would hate to have a
neighbour kid get hurt somehow if they started mucking with my
equipment without my knowledge and didn't realize the safety was
bypassed. Just a idea I thought I'd share.

Cheers,
Lawrence

I would rather have the 'secret' safety bypass switch. Then the neighbor
kid couldn't muck with it.



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