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John Deere lawnmower safety switch
hypernova:
You know what I'm talking about...the idiot-proof switch that ensures if you fall off or tip over, the mower won't keep going by itself. When our Crapsman still worked, all I had to do was tighten down the plate with the bolts to activate the switch and keep it pressed, since it faced down.
On my Deere however, the switch faces up, and is activated through the seat. But obviously, that's not the problem. The problem is the fact that from what I saw, it should be a simple job of shorting two separate connections. But when I do that, after starting it, as soon as I let off the brake, it shuts off and blinks service lights. (I just remove the shorts, and it's fine.) I can't just plain unplug it either. Shuts off when put into gear. So here's what the cord connector looks like:
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bk bk wh/ wh
bk
So we have two blacks, one white, and one half white/half black. The outside black doubles around to the inside black. Which means they're both ground, correct? Now the inside of the switch mechanism makes it look like the two outside connectors make a closed circuit while the two inside connectors form a closed circuit when the switch is pressed. Yet when I short these two connections together, it does as I previously said. Am I missing something here? The two connectors on the right need to be grounded to the ones on the left, and it doesn't matter which ground, because it's the same ground source. What's going on?
shardian:
Hows about you don't go bypassing the safety switch? It's there for a reason!
hypernova:
--- Quote from: shardian on May 30, 2008, 07:59:34 am ---Hows about you don't go bypassing the safety switch? It's there for a reason!
--- End quote ---
Well, I expected that sort of post at some point, but not from you, shardian! ???
TVs have cases, but we all go taking them off, and some of us are even crazy enough to attempt discharging them. :dizzy:
I'll try your suggestion pbj, but I could swear the thing closed both, but that obviously wasn't working, so I must've been misreading something.
shardian:
Well, I've known several people who have rolled riding lawnmowers. My neighbor rolled his 2 weeks ago. If it weren't for that kill switch, he could have been...well... have you seen the ending to Dead Alive?
And the TV discharging comparison isn't quite correct. Working on a chassis without discharging is a better comparison with riding a lawnmower with the kill switch disabled.
shmokes:
If it's activated by sitting on the seat, why do you care? People who remove safety devices with no good reason are the surest evidence there is that Darwin's theory of natural selection is accurate and in full force.
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