kill switch working bacwards

[Ryan450er]

I have a 660 raptor and i recently installed a tusk kill switch. When I wired it up and tried it, it worked backwards. When the cord is unplugged the quad runs and when you plug the cord in the quad dies. I wired one wire to the orange wire located just before the ignition coil and ran the other wire to my frame for a ground. Did I do something wrong or do I have a defective tether cord?

[Krandall]

Yeah, there's no way to wire these backwards really.
Sounds like you have a defective one.

randy
www.raptorsource.com

[tater_kamik]

agreed. if you want to check it next time before you install it, take a multimeter and when you shoot across the switch with the cord unplugged it will be a short. with the cord in it will be an open circuit.

[yfzrider310]

are you sure its grounding on the frame? It can't be grounded to something thats painted.

[tater_kamik]

if it wasnt grounding to the frame, nothing would happen at all since whether the switch itself is open or closed, the circuit would always be open

[daddio]

sounds like he wired it into the factory kill switch wires.

[tater_kamik]

cant say i know what you mean about a factory kill switch, i know mine doesnt have one nor does my wiring diagram show one. i may be missing something but what he said he had done would be the correct way to hook up a switch to an 660