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stupid question of the day time:

I just finished wiring a Vape ignition with a BGM harness into my VBA. The other day I went to hit the kill switch and instead of just pushing the button in with my thumb I pinched the kill switch between my thumb and index finger with my index finger resting between on the inboard side of the switch bridging the chrome switch cover and the headset. When I did that and depressed the kill switch I got a solid shock (like a spark plug wire shock).

Is this just a matter of me not having a good ground to the switch or am i just not supposed to grab the kill switch that way?

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Definitely not grounded.
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You know you are ALL thinking it... Someone has to say it...

That's why it's called a KILL SWITCH!

Yes, you walked (or pinched) right into that one!
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Funny.. I have the same issue on my VNB.

I make sure and tell people that I like when they ride it...
I make sure not to tell people I don't like when they ride it.

It's a feature.
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Birdsnest wrote:
Funny.. I have the same issue on my VNB.

I make sure and tell people that I like when they ride it...
I make sure not to tell people I don't like when they ride it.

It's a SAFETY & ANTI-THEFT feature.
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