How to: Install a Kill Switch on your car
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ธ.ค. 2014
- How to install a kill switch to prevent your car from being stolen. This is useful when parking your car in "sketchy" neighborhood when you don't want somebody to steal the keys from you or break in and hot wire your car.
We install a kill switch to stop the fuel pump from running thereby stopping the car from starting. You can also take it from the ignition coil or other fuses that can prevent the car from running.
How to put a kill switch.
Materials:
- Switch
- Spool of speaker wire
- Wire Cutters
- Soldering Iron(See alternative 1)
- Fuse holder and Fuse
- Drill with drill bits (See Alternative 2)
Step 1: Identify a place to put the switch. From talking to people and asking them to guess where the switch would be... Most of them said under the seat so, if i were you, I would avoid putting it there.
Step 2: Find the fuse that stops the car from running. I chose the fuel pump fuse because on Honda's it stop the complete fuel system.
Step 3: Break the fuse and solder a pair of wires to the contacts. check to make the fuse no longer work and place the fuse back from where you removed it.
Step 4: Place the switch where you are going to put it.
Step 5: Run the wire from the fuse, to the switch and solder it on.
Step 6: Check the switch works and once its operational, wire the fuse in series with on of the wires.
If you used speaker wire, at a point of your choosing, splits the two wires apart and cut into one of them. place the fuse holder on the wire you cut. Then just insert the fuse and your ready to go.
DO NOT FORGET TO INCLUDE THE FUSE. if you run your car unfused and a problem happens, theres a major fire hazard.
Wires directly connected to the fuse are quickly identified, and can be bypassed quickly as well... wink wink... So maybe you can find another way.... maybe looking behind the fuse box... but if you cant find another way then this will do.
The fuse holder can be of your choosing as long as the fuse you put is designed to burn at the same amperage. Here is a link to the fuse types that exist for automotive. www.bdfuses.com/images/automot...
Having trouble soldering the fuse? You can buy a fuse tap to make life a little easier. It removes the need to drill and solder the fuse. Find your fuse type in the link above and look for your fuse tap on ebay or at an automotive store.
Alternative 1) You could use twist the wires together and use electrical tape to protect and hold them. (Not the best way to do this)
Alternative 2) If you don't like the idea of drilling a hole in the fuse, you could connect the fuse across the battery which will blow the fuse. Do not do this around flammable liquids or gases.
These videos are for DIY-ers. They are not intended to have professional results. They are intended to have similar effects, at a much cheaper price, and without purchasing professional tools.
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Tip: Mine is wired with the cigarette lighter.. Since I don't smoke and don't let anyone to smoke in my car I unplugged the lighter and I use the negative of that circuit to complete the circuit for the relay.. If the lighter is not in place the car won't start.. 🤓🤓🤓
By the way I have 2 relays ones cut the fuel pump and the other one cut the ignition to the starter.. So it won't even crank if they figure that there is a wire there.. I still have another one going to the fuel pump so even if they crank it they won't go to far.. 😅
Im gunna do that tooo thanks for the savatry info lmaoo
"cigarette lighters" have other uses, such as phone charging and air fresheners. I think they are called 12-volt outlets though and not "cigarette lighters".
How u do that? I want to do this to my 88 civic
You should make a video bro👍
Not sure how I ended up here again. 🤷🏻♂️ (A year later).. Oh well.. 12Volts outlet or Cigarette lighter what ever.. You got the idea.. I don't smoke neither have any use for that thing.. I don't use iPhones anymore no need to recharge my phone during my day anyways I have a charger in the office if I need it. And a battery pack on my back pack for my laptop and cellphone too.. So yeah I don't have any use for that "Outlet" again my case not yours.. If you make a living by driving and your vehicle is your office my idea may not work for you.
this is like Level 1 beginner install. Level 2 would be removing the fuse panel and installing the switch on the circuit without any evidence that there is a switch installed. Level 3 would be to use a cellular or RF keyfob receiver instead of a radioshack switch.
Wait, you can just buy that shit? This plan sounds foolproof, why doesn't everyone just do that?
I think I'M going to do that.
I m going for level 1 just simple
Can we just skip to level 11 real quick? So, there are plenty of biocompatable polymers and manufacturing techniques to produce small flexible circuits. I propose a flat, flexible, sub cm^2 passive LC tank circuit laminated into an impermiable, flexible biopolymer and dermally implanted in a non irritating place in the hand. Then you need to install a solenoid in the car handle which is driven at some lower fraction of the resonant frequency of the implant LC tank and a pick up coil that outputs to a band pass filter wich is tuned to pass only the frequency of the implanted LC but reject the driver coil frequency. That way when you put your hand into the driver coils field, the implanted LC will oscillate as its resonant frequency and this will be picked up in the pickup coil, passed by the tuned band pass and from there, it can be detected by a microcontroller which engages a few relays which enable the fuel pump or anything else you want. This may sound rediculous to some but just watch a few videos on channels like Applied Sience or The Thought Emporium, or Cody's Lab to see what people can accomplish in a garage. The fact that you could custom tailor the system would make it virtually unhackable except through brute force.
On the other hand you could just get full coverage.
Atlas WalkedAway level 20 is just removing the motor
@@ReAveR815 bluetooth is a crap ton less secure than rf. Btw most rf switches have a role over code making them harder to crack
Life hack: short the fuse to blow it instead of drilling into it. It’ll save you a ton of time.
Boss you have a talent for simply getting your information across good work.
If a thief checked your fuse box really fast, they would see that wire and they could just pull it and swap a fuse from a different slot in there really quickly
*Watch the video analyze it, and improve from it..*
Thieves don't like to work. If there is the slightest difficulty, they just look for an easier prey.
@@herberar I do agree that it would deter 90 percent of thieves tho
All they would have to do is just cut and connect the two wires.
@@HoneyBadger_DIY Yeah they could do that too. But to be fair. 99 percent of thieves will just give up with the car doesnt start.
This is awesome, wasn't sure where you were going with the fuse initially but it makes perfect sense. Intercepting wires at the ignition would be super obvious to an experienced car thief, taking them from fuses is so unique.
Ollie Oak I can definitly see your point of view. Although it may not take a genius to figure out how to bypass the switch, it does take work and time (which is critical when stealing a car). This in adition to turning your wheels in a direction that makes it difficult to tow, makes the car less desirable to the thief. As I said in the video, if your car is targeted and sombody really wants it, then consider it gone. Quite frankly, if its stock or a common after market alarm, there will always be a way to steal it. Your also correct about it being a fuse to relays. Thanks for your input! Feel free to follow up! I love to hear opinions. Especially from people who have experience in this.
+Christian Macias What are ur thoughts on Lo Jack brah? Cause I tink the neiborhooders be targeting my car. I'm considering Lo Jack for theft recovery.
lojack is the best recovery system there is you have a very high chance of finding you car if stolen..without lojack you probably won't ever see it again.
false. i know my bro car in cali... a area known for car-stealin'on the regular, real hood, and the car was found same evening.(great detective work that is why.) found it same evening. no damage.
This was really well put together and not to mention clear (We can actually see what you're doing). Subscribed.
Except everything he did in this video is improper and very dangerous.
Hahaha everybody on here makes it seem like the average thief is going to run through troubleshooting before bailing. Thanks for taking time to post this man!
Most thiefs that steal cars on a daily use to be mechanics or do there home work before going out and ripping off a car and know where to look. These vids only help them more
That "hahaha" makes you look even more stupid than the rest of your comment.. Assuming that a thief will be a completely unprepared amateur that has only like 3 minutes to get into the car and start it is really stupid, esp. after realizing that there are cases, even videos of those cases where thieves are going thru process of stealing a car for long tenths of minutes, sometimes even up to a whole hour, in extreme cases where no-ones at home even for long couple of hours no problem.. plenty of time for troubleshooting in that case
By far the best video regarding this topic I've seen, simple enough that literally anyone can do it without electrical experience, while effective enough that any 2 bit thief will get frustrated and give up, move on to the next car, 3 thumbs up 👍 👍👍
how convenient I see the wires on the fuel pump fuse and I can just yank it out by the wires nice and easy! Hell I don't even need a fuse I"ll just cut the the wires short splice em together and plug it back in! I like the stealthy approach ideas but Thanks for trying to help the community!
Good video! I'm going to set my car up like this over this weekend :) The way I see it is if they want the car bad enough, they'll get it and it's impossible to stop. Something simple like this to slow them down or deter the amateur theif is fine by me! Thanks for the video!
The only way they're gonna steal mine is with a tow.
This is one of the best videos for avoiding thief's from stealing your car. Thanks so much +christian macias
Freaking krazy!!!! Love the helping hands setup you got. Precise and accurate hands!!!!!
Will this work if I install one of these on my mother-in-law?
Good luck with handling the mother in law because you married her clone.
Ray Brown sad but true. Im dealing with a ton right now. I should have seen the signs. Father in law remarries for 25yrs and mother in law is still single and appears to hate men.
make sure you tap into one of her heart valves so no one steals her
You'll need a larger fuse....🙃🤙🍀
hhahahahah
Good idea Christian. Regarding the switch: I would use crimped connectors, which I would solder to the wires (not the switch, of course). A good, fast solution. Thanks!
Well done my friend...this coming from an electrician. I was happy to see that you installed another remote fuse, again well done and the same set up I have on my car.
Great video man, I'm heading to Radio Shack now. Just got my car back after a week of being stolen!
Thanks for the post, this is the best video showing step by step on how to accurately install a kill switch. Thanks again.
Neva Mind Thank you! I tried making it as simple and safe as I could.
will still fuck your car
This is like the best kill switch video I've seen. Thanks for the work you put in to it. My Honda thanks you.
Great video Christian, very clear explanation. Thanks!
The moment you need to get out of the path of a speeding ram track train and Jose’s fuse falls out of the box! SPLAT!!!!
Im liking this vid. Made three switches in case they find one the other two will still be off. Thanks for this helpful deed to save others in a bad situation
Good video! Several of my friends have had their cars stolen recently. Thinking about doing something like this. Thanks!
Very helpful video thanks. I drive a 2000 Civic and those things are easy to steal. Mine got stolen a few weeks ago, cops found it, and the dudes at the tow shop told me to install a kill switch so I might have to do this. You're right no car is theft-proof but in a joyride theft situation like my car a thief isn't gonna waste time trying to bypass a switch. A more valuable target, maybe
kwirkLA That's how I see it. Unless you piss somebody off and all they're after is your car, i don't think they're going to spend to much time trying to steal your car. My brothers car ended up at a chop shop in mexico. It sad to wake up and have your car gone. Thanks for watching!
+Christian Macias damn.. how'd you find out where the car ended up?
Great video Christian. Nice and simple to install. Thanks
Thank for the video! Very helpful!
1. Make sure your wire can handle more than the fuse is rated for.
2. Fuse box is not a good place to run your wires from. In this case, the best solution would be to run it from the fuel pump.
3. Hide the switch somewhere in passenger side. The first place someone would look for a killswitch is under a seat. I would hide it in plain sight, disguised as fog light or window heating switch for example.
4. Use shrink tubes or terminal connectors in all car related electronic works. Vibrations will losen up electrical tape (eventually).
Mount the switch in the trunk. And I wouldn't use the fuel pump I'd use the starter relay. You can also JBweld the fuse tap into the fuse panel that way they can't remove it without a tool if they happen to pull the fuse panel cover.
@@leecowell8165the fuel pump is harder to interfere with if you run the cables directly from it and not the relay box
Thanks bro that was an easy install very well explained.
Thanks for the video and keeping it short and simple
Just wire to your fog light switch or radio knob, (*never to anything hanging out or to your fuse box or panel, from the switch itself*) or a fuel pump shut off somewhere outside, under the wheel well...thieves dont sit there trying all the differing switches or knobs...but they will drag the hand in obvious kill switch locations (humans are lazy, stereo installers being easily predictable, because of cost, repetition, etc locations are routine) I have mine paired to my fog lights, (*not your headlights*) and Ive had 4 88-93 Fox 5.0 Ponies over the last 20yrs in a high car theft location and literally have video up, of me laughing at people trying to steal one, the only way to get it is to have it towed. Great tips! Peace!
Thanks for sharing, Great video brother
Excellent video man! It was perfect because I have the same exact car but an Si.
As a mechanic the first place you look if the car doesn't start is the fuse box. You'll see the fuse that was tapped into. All you'd have to do is put a bit of wire in there.
The fuse you used isn't for the fuel pump. It was for the fuel injector and fuel pump relays.
true true
Or grab one of the adjacent fuses already in the panel.
My fuse box is locked
So no more "gone in 60 seconds". I'd rather walk out to the parking lot and see someone messing with my fuse box then driving away in my car. See my point? This is a quick and cheap kill switch. I also have my wires hidden and fuse box locked just to make it more annoying for a thief. I also have a throttle control and set it to max slowness when I park it so if they do manage to take it, it won't be fun.
no you wont. I removed the fuel injectors as a precaution just in case. I also have it chained to cement anchors so it can't be towed. Plus its parked in my garage three stories below the earths surface.
Thank you Man, very easy to understand. I will install my on my car. Thanks!
Install two 1" +/- pieces of heat shrink tubing before soldering over the wires and allow enough clearance for soldering the joints after soldering slide heat shrink tubing over soldered areas and use a hair dryer or other heat source to shrink the insulating tubing over the entire connections. Next, never try to hold anything with your fingers when attempting to drill holes as you can seriously injure yourself when the drill bit grabs and turns the material by then it is to late to release the part. OUCH! Other than lack of experience in these areas a great well thought out video. Thanks
Thanks for the great video and info!
very smart idea my young bro! i actually spliced into my ignition wire ,, but this method is so much easier.. thanks for posting... you da man!
Nice. Just got my 1992 GSR Teg ripped off today in San Diego. Wish I would have had this in it. Good vid, easy to do
thanks... my 00 civic got stolen friday ... i recovered it so im doing this to my 07 too
Thanks for the informative video. I appreciate you putting it up.
Mate, you're a hero! Really nicely presented too, clear and easy to follow. Subscribed.
i'm kinda like a mad scientist experimenting on my truck. Currently, I run a self made (DIY) HHO Generator fashioned inside a comparable sized milk crate in my truck bed (outside in case of 'H-Bomb' *BOOM* I got a safe place for all the glass from the pickle jar to go but my redundant safeguard is in the thermodynamics of the stator vacuum pressure.) with its tube going under my cab to the engine compartment, then to a smaller pickle jar that fits perfect in the area in front of the brake booster on the 'cool side of the engine' with one hose in from the crate in my truck bed and one hose out to my air intake right before my throttle body.. Your video gives me the idea of how to make an on/off (I/O) switch for my fuel pump. Just what I need to confirm my truck can run without gasoline except for when starting up. I mean, to shut off the fuel pump and run my engine completely off of Hydrogen. I'm harnessing the forces of nature here bro and you'll be the first one to know if it works after I shut off the fuel pump with your switch. Thanks amigo and nice looking girlfriend you got helping you out. Respect. Caveat* I'm no real Scientist, Professional or have any Certification to prove I know whatever it is I'm talking about so don't quote me on sh*t!
Top man, worked like a charm on the work van 👍👍👍
Try using heat shrink next time for wires , it works better than hot glue.
Christian I finished the kill switch and it came out great I live in south central so now I can sleep with out worring that I parked my car to far from the house thanks man. Next I will try the SRS light off.
How about tapping the wire for fuel pump even before it gets to fuse box? That will be very difficult to trace. As it stands right now, Thief will suspect fuel pump and check out the fuse box. Maybe 5 sec to bypass for knowledgeable thief.
I have the exact same car and I worry every knight that my car will get stolen thank you for punting this video up thank you, may god bless you with a bunch of kids.
Dont use the fuel pump fuse! Imagine that fuse falling out or barely connected plus It's hokey as hell! Use the clutch or brake switch ( yes the one where you have to hold the clutch or brake in order to start it. Way easier as all you do is relocate it from the pedal to another location. It's free and it works. Twice now I had someone punch the ignition and obviously someone tried to use the OBD port as the rubber boot was missing. No luck for the scumbags
thank you so much man every other kill switch video is so dumb or fake yours actually worked thanks for the help.
the basics always wins over bollox . welldone kid good video
Dope guide, doing this on my Foxbody.
... GREAT video. ✊🏾💯💯💯💯
Hey man just a question how does this work in terms of install on something like a Camry Hybrid, with a push start? Thanks for the video!
Good job young brother !
thanks will have to watch this over & over BUT should do the job.
I totally trust my fuel pump to some speaker wires LOL
take out the fuse with the wire and plug in a new one and we are good to go. 10 sek tops. Yoy shoud have cut the wire behind the fuse box and put the wire there, that would be harder to se and fix.
thank very much ,great video
+Kimo Clyde haha yea, sometimes things slip by you when editing. Its hard not to repeat yourself when not on a script.
when you drill the fuse were you hitting the metal part of the fuse or just the plastic.
We hit the metal in the center to break the contact
Do you need to add in that extra fuse? I understand you do it so you don't have to redo the fuse that you rigged up again but is it necessary for any reason??
Yes
i just did the same thing for my radio cause it wouldnt turn off with the truck.i did not add the extra fuse so i was wondering what would happen if i didnt have the extra fuse and if it failed would it do any real bad damage .btw i have it hooked up to a 20 amp toggle switch ,same amps as the fuse needed to run my radio just to add that in.
I recommend having two switches in series instead of one switch. One switch on the dashboard and the other one wherever you prefer to have.
I did this to the two fuses in the boot of my clk 230 cabrio. 1 was for the rear windows and the other was for the electric roof module the VDO control box. I had to break the circuit in these two only for a couple of seconds every time my cabrio developed an intermitent fault with the roof module. My windows , mirrors , rear head rests and roof would all stop working. The red light on the roof switch would stay on and the only way to fix it was to remove the negative lead of the battery for a couple of seconds and put it back on.This would reset the module and everything worked again. I know this is a crude fix but a new module was a couple of hundred quid. I just ran 2 pairs of wires into the front of the car and. Put a couple of switches, 1 on each pair. I know what your thinking but it works. Saves me keep geting out the car usually at least once every couple of days and down powering the whole car. Specially the ECU.
Not trolling here, but you just gave the viewers (and average thief) the 411 on where you installed the kill switch on your car. Guess where they will be looking after they see your tutorial? Don’t get me wrong, it was a good tutorial, I really enjoyed it. I would just not post it for everyone to see where I installed a kill switch. The goal to stall thief for as long as possible, so they give up and move on to the next car without one, because like you said, no car is impossible to steal. However, you can make it a pain for them to do so. I however have the best kill switch on my cars, it’s called a 45 ACP deterrent switch. Man, It works miracles.
good work.
Nice vid man very helpful .
Thank you! I'm glad it was helpful. :)
so the fuse u drilled wont work right its just to have the wires attached in place?
Is this guy some demigod? He grew extra limbs to help with the soldering.
manual the American kill switch
but what if the theft knows how to drive manual.
This happened to my brother. I'm guessing the guy was a professional. Hot wired the car, and pop the clutch. Didn't hear a sound.
yeah my manual car was stolen last week, but i got it back two days ago :) now kill switch lol
Lololol, nice one Empty.
The american kill switch has always been fast food
Great tip thank you.
Good video bro,., I'm gonna run a switch lime that in mines
now do u have to drill the middle of the fuse for this to work or can you get a fuse adapter?
I have a Viper 4105v remote starter. How do I program it to stop chirping when I push the lock and unlock buttons?
thanks for the easy help =)
Gun Smoke No Problem!!
THAT IS GREAT INSTALLATION MY FRIEND
I HAVE INSTALLED A VISIBLE KILL SWITCH FOR CARS EFFECTIVELY
NICE WORK!😆
You can also do the starter.I had a few muscle cars and it was easy to hide switches .Plus those old cars are easy to steel and after putting all that work and money into something it would suck to have someone steel it.
This'll come in handy for my Dodge Charger SRT8 from 2006 (I'm converting it from Gas to electric).
Excellent!
How did you get that trim piece off, I have the same car and I would like to do the same thing
Good vid keep it up
Tip: instead of drilling a hole through the fuse, just blow it using the 12 volt battery. Attach cables to the battery terminals and touch the other ends to the fuse.
Good video .
Very usefull video thankz, quick question the fuse we have to drill it to the point where the wire breaks? The one goes across from one side to the other
Yes. You're purposely breaking the little wire.
this is cool.i agree with this.it lower the risk off your car being stolen.come on guys lets install this.
thx for the video
Plain & simple. My fuse cut power to the ignition switch. Dummy lights come on with no engine crank. Can use alarm. TY
Another good kill switch is to connect a switch between the main distributer power wire running to the selinoid.
thanks Christian for sharing this video. some car dealers here are selling this about 1k RGT (USD 400) LMAO.. luckily i saw your video and now I know this should not even cost more than few bucks.. haha
I would wait a little longer if you can. I'm getting ready to make another one that is much harder to bypass!
+Christian Macias will do.. I'll await for that. thanks again bro.
No prob!
What kind of wire are you using looks like speaker wire in what gauge does it have to be
Thanks good job, very help full.l will do that in my dodge
do you have a video to uninstall a aftermarket car alarm keyless entry thx
Nice presentation
ok sounds good bro thanks my fuses are smaller than yours so ill try thanks
Nice Professional video👍
In 2018 ...Question..why did you have to make that hole on the fuse? And whats the purpose of it? Thanks
I have a double din deck and amp and subs I got it installed a long as time ago now my deck automatically turns on when the car is started. There is no button to power it off its a pioneer deck also my amp is always on when the car is on... I wanted to put a switch to power it off and on when I'm not using it both of them..
Tips ?
It is normal operation to turn on when the vehicle to turn on but you would rather have manual control over this you can do the following. There is a wire on the radio and amplifier labled as remote or signal. Cut that wire and run a new one that goes to a switch, then connect that switch to a +12v always on wire. The current the the remote wire is normally very low so dont worry to much about high currents. You maybe want to fuse that wire for safety.
If I was really worried about where I was leaving a car, would taking the fuel pump fuse be a better option?
Hi there. I have the same car. It has 2 issues that disturb me, and I want to solve them somehow. Would you help me?
-1. That buzzer alarm sound just disturbs me a lot. I don't want to remove it totally but just to reduce the buzzing volume it makes. Maybe cover it with some plastic tape to block the sound a bit. I couldn't locate the buzzer. Where is the buzzer on this car..?
-2. From time to time my kids just cannot close the doors so good. The door is open when the car is running. It indicates with light that the door actually is not completely closed and locked on the dashboard, but it does not buzz signal. I would like to set a buzzing signal for open doors as the car runs. Is there any way to set the buzzer to signal when the doors open when the car runs?
Thanks...
Hello, I have a drain that I was able to trace to some wires (a whole bunch of wires) on a clip that goes into my fuse box. I've been unplugging the clip so the battery won't drain. My question is when you turn the switch off does it kill all power which in my case I need to stop my drain. Please let me know, thanks.
+H. Jones If it's a clip with a whole bunch of wire then this won't work. If you can trace it a fuse then it might.
Question:
How did you start the car to test it just after you drilled a hole in the center of the fuse??