Angel
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so..putting away any switch, if I add one more wire on top of the sparkplug and while the engine is running I touch the end of that wire to the frame, the engine will stop without any damange?
So why cant a momentary switch be wired inline with one end attached to the spark plug(s) and the other to ground. Isnt that how a briggs works essentially. Most likely will have to hold it down.
so..putting away any switch, if I add one more wire on top of the sparkplug and while the engine is running I touch the end of that wire to the frame, the engine will stop without any damange?
If I understand you correctly the easiest way to so this is to ground the source from the stator , killing the spark. The best solution would be to have a 3 pole switch with a input, and 2 outputs. Connect one output inline with the ignition system and the other to the ground/engine.
I don't think I quite understand your explanation of your key switch, there should be one wire that stays the same when you turn the key.
Earlier in this thread posted the Giovanni published wiring diagram as scanned from their manual. Like most published diagrams it had errors in it. I fixed those errors in this picture (click on it to expand): Note how one of the errors had the starter button labeled as the ignition switch, and the actual ignition switch was labeled as just "switch".
Giovanni 110 wiring diagram-another-giovanni-110cc-wiring-diagram_fixed.jpg
Your ignition switch should have 4 wires on it.
Red: Fused 12 volt power
Blk: Switched, fused 12 volt power
Grn: Ground
Blk/Wht: Kill Switch connection to CDI
The ignition switch is actually two switches ganged together on a common shaft:
When the Ignition Switch is off:
Switch 1: (Red and Black) are not connected
Switch 2: (Grn and Blk/Wht are shorted together
When the ignition switch is on:
Switch 1: (Red and Black) are shorted together
Switch 2: (Grn and Blk/Wht) are not connected.
You told me to attach one more wire to the red wire from stator. but white one should remain connected?Just splice a wire into the red one coming from the stator and send it to the green on your key switch and ground the black and white wire.