Key On/Off Switch

[Swizz]

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]

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

 

[Nealh]

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]

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.

 

[Swizz]

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 :/

 

[Scorpio]

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.