Almost all drivers today step on the brake pedal before turning on the ignition and cranking the starter. Informative video though on what you can do with a relay. 😃

This is a clever variation on the typical single pole single throw toggle switch hidden somewhere under the dash. May I suggest; however, not using the brake circuit as a potential car thief just might be the one who is in the habit of putting his foot down on the brake pedal before turning the key to start the engine.

Good to know the many applications for a common automotive relay. Thanks Hektor

Perfect. Nice job getting everything in the shot and a great explanation too. Have a great Christmas.

Best and easiest explanation I've seen about relays and their purpose.......Love the idea of the brakelight trigger! Wanting to do this with RFID tag system to use as a starter kill.

Just found you on KZfaq.. Enjoying a few cups of coffee along with all your handiwork.. Cheers from Wisconsin...

Kill switch and safety switch, im going to try this on my window switch. Thanks for the great videos.

Nice video, takes me back to the good old simple days.

I just order one of those power ground circuit testers that plugs into the lighter. What a handy tool to work with your test light!

Chingaderas right here! Only in Héctor's channel 🤣

Wired my homies horn to his turn signals before. I thought it was hilarious, he didn't think so.

Good vid. Back in 2002 I bought an Acura Integra with a bad engine. Once I got another engine in it, I couldn’t figure out why the starter wouldn’t spin. After about a 20 minutes I found a hidden relay under the dash and the control side was connected to the headlight switch. 🔦🏎

Didn’t know one could do that, appreciate it Hector, thanks to you I feel I can do that, keep up with the inspirational videos.

Even better would be to put a toggle kill switch on the brake power side that way you need to turn on the toggle switch and hit the brake pedal to start. I too step on the brake pedal to start my truck. This would be a better solution in my opinion. Just a couple more wires to wire up.

I tend to step on the brake before turning the ignition anyway. I’m used to it from being in cars with push button starters that require you to press the brake to start it

Some cars will not start unless your foot is on the brake pedal....

Sir Electric Magician.! Thanks So much for Showing this me this Magic. you dont even imagine how much i am grateful to you. Thanks So much.

Explanation was perfect and so easy to follow.

That is genius, it gives me all kinds of ideas to keep thieves from stealing my car. Gracias amigo hasta manana

Great easy to the point and very professional explanation of the job is very perfect I love thank you Sir

Thanks to this video did two kill switches on my 88 Silverado and also my 06 Silverado will be doing one on my freightliner and also my dads international

HEY MAN WHAT A BEAUTIFUL VIDEO FULL OF KNOWLEGDE AND HAS AGOOD EXPLANATION...

"This little chingadera..." AUTO SUBSCRIBED! 🤣

I gotta say this might be better than the one crisfix did 👌

Outstanding work, and a good follow-up.

Great idea; thanks for all your knowledge Sir!

Ooh that's how you do it it's a lot help watching this video I think ,I just ran into a problem like that with my 2001 impala

Homie, dude You did a good job, I liked the concept, right on!

Love you man. Learned so much alrdy.. thnx for taking the time to explain everything so detailed 😊❤

Good job thanks for sharing your knowledge

Thanks for this great video, helps to find hidden ones- If you are having problems with lights or radio, Fuel Pump etc... Shady Mechanics may have installed a remote Kill Switch to make you think there are mechanical problems-

Keep up the good work homie, love what your doing.

Awesome info greatly Appreciated 👍🏽

Great instructions. Thanks!

It might sound strange, but using the brake switch is not the best option. Personally I'm 99,% stick shift guy. But even the few automatic I drive. They all oblige to press the brake pedal to start the vehicle. With that said several with manual gearbox demand the same! So I can tell you, that the first reaction entering a car. That I intend to start, is pressing the brake and clutch! It's a second nature... I suggest something way more discreet. A button on the dash in plain sight! For the same function. There's tons of aftermarket buttons. With symbols of pretty much anything. From heated seats, to fog lights. Get a momentary switch, of your choice and that will be a "bitch" to locate by a stranger. You can even combine switches/functions, etc. Another interesting option, is a magnetic switch. As the name implies, activated by a magnet! ;-) Cheers

Yep, subscribed. This is solid content!

Great idea for my manual mustang. Thanks homie.

“Chingadera”, is that a technical term? 🤣🤣 Thanks for the creative ideas. I subscribed.

Great video and great example. Not really a kill switch more like what you said a safety switch for the kids... Because every car I hop in, my foot is always on the brake when turning it on lol. Iam used to push to start cars lol...

Awesome information brudda!!! Thanks again!!

Hell yeah, something I can use for my personal use 👀

Thanks for the tutorial bro!!

Who else got their fingers crossed when he was piecing the yellow wire on the steering column and cranking.... Over all this is amazing. However one should think over the the relay activation ways as getting the relay clicks every time stepping on brakes pedal might be annoying at times.

very slick ~ thanks hektor 🎉

Hektooooooooooooor you’re a genius.

Nice, like that relay switch 👨‍🔧👍

Really good tips

It took me a minute to figure out that you were using the brake pedal ti energize the relay which then "allows" the key signal to get to the starter. I love your solution, that way you can't forget to re-arm the system. I've used a variant of this method for forty years but it is time for me to upgrade to your method

Thank you great information.

My personal favorite mod is use brake pedal switch power through switch to high beam trigger on relay. With switch closed no brake lights and high beam illumination without headlights/ tail lights on. Great for night escapes in wooded areas.

Nice video Brother! Thanks 🇺🇸👍

I like to wire the relay that the circuit stays open with power. But if the relay loses power the circuit will close grounding the coil killing the motor. I was looking at the relay thinking of the 87 and 87a. Any thoughs on 87a?

Great video

I stepped on my brakes and my airbag deployed. 😆

Heeeeeectoooooor crankin em out like disney+!!👊👑

Great info very useful, but if your relay is wired to your brakes everytime you use your brakes the relay is activated which is fine nothing will happen but when i drive i constantly use my brakes. so with this setup the relay will be switching on/ off a lot, still not a problem, but that means that the relay will wear out faster( i know relays last a long time) so maybe a diferent power source would be better (so you're not left stranded). I.e. something that is not constantly used all the time. Maybe a switch between both relays? Or get power from glove box light? Anyways Awesome vid love it. Just my two pesos

great video!!!!!

Yo I’m in Phoenix I actually just recently started working for firestone as a maintenance Tech but they recently moved me up to a C tech I’ve been trying to buy all the tools I can but they can be expensive if you need proof I can send you pictures of my Cintas uniforms tomorrow I really appreciated your videos they’ve helped me feel more confident in what I’m doing every day so thank you even if I don’t win I just want you to know I appreciate your vids

Youre the man!

Yo hektor, could u make a video about broken or rounded bolts u encounter at the shop and how to stay efficient when you deal with them? Thanks bro love the vids.

Cool video have older truck was thinking of doing same with cigarette lighter wont start unless you push in lighter. Grew up in New Mexico got a kick out of chingadera

If you hooked to your coil circuit, you would need power to the rely all the time, correct?

Hey what happen my car have ignition 1 and ignition 2 and also starter 1 and starter 2 then how you know which one to wires the relay? Can you used 87A instead of 87? Let me know ASAP. Thank you. @Homie Hektor

That’s what’s up homie!

Back in the day (the 90's), we used the cigarette lighter as the trigger. All you had to do was push it in, start the car and the cigarette light would rest itself. Also you could take the cigarette lighter with you or hide it somewhere in the car.

Wat if i want to add a switch for the on and off? Instead of having to step on the brakes, were would the switch tap in?

Grasias por la clase

Tu video esta de kea ese, del uno al dies te doy un 10 KEEP ON TRUCKING.....

I would put a toggle switch on the yellow wire! The one that's going to the starter relay I think! And hide it somewhere!! Much easier!

Will it Kill everything. I have a old Yukon with a current draw. Need to disconnect the battery every night. I want to put a switch inside

Do you know the location of the fuel pump relay on a Nissan Frontier 2008?

So after it's all wired up is your horn supposed to go beep beep when you open the glove box? Because my radio is on but my wipers are blinking, send help!

Great video👏👏👏 video made me subscribe to the channel

I want to install LED for reverse lamps and be able to use at Will and as well automatically when I hit reverse in my car, how can I install my relay? Can you help me please..

Hey homie hektor bro please help me to dissemble my kill switch is ground up in the main relay and the starter 04 mazda 6

If I wanted to add a physical hidden switch to this circuit where would I put it?

Great idea brother!

Good idea

can you please do this for modern SUV or car? Fob version with mass electronics all over the place.

Dang good idea. Didn't know you could do that.

No entiendo del kill switch, but I love you 😘💕❤️

Man great video !!!!! I don't know how I never thought of this . But your the genius for thinking of it . And brakes is the way to go. Most if not all cars now a days. You must step on the breaks to shift into drive . Even stander cars and trucks . I suggest to solder the connections to the relay.

Im a legend in my own mind. Boom

Brilliant! Nobody steps on the break before they try starting a car.

My car has a seatbelt dashboard indicator light. I used the switch in the seatbelt socket to control the relay, interrupting the starter circuit. Seatbelt not fastened, starter won't work. That combined with a small normally open pushbutton switch hidden under the left front of the drivers seat makes it hard to figure out for someone else. Got to have the seatbelt fastened, reach under the edge of the seat, push the button and then turn the key.

It has a chengadera! 🤔 I’m in!

Awesome!

good job

Bro, thank you much for showing this and I would really love your help in building one kill switch that’s gonna be activated after your started your vehicle, I mean that if you get jumped in the street and get you out of your vehicle, the kill switch will trigger and the vehicle will shut down. Really hope to get in touch with you for more details. Thanks

Thanks to your video, I learned how to wire up a relay kill switch. But I decided I'd go one step more-- a two relay immobilizer AND a kill switch for my theft-magnet Accord. I tapped into the clutch safety switch (you have to hold the clutch in for the car to start.) So now I have a hidden kill switch which acts like the clutch safety switch. But the real magic is in the two relays-- they are set up in a circuit so a momentary push button energizes the relays, which then allows the fuel pump to run. When the car is turned off, the circuit opens and the fuel pump won't run. So secret switch one = allows starter to turn over, but secret switch two = allows fuel pump to activate. Hopefully this keeps the thieving bastards from boosting this car.

Could I wire it up to a switch if I do my fuel pump relay🤔

Hi i have a compressor, in side i have a relay that is wired in a very strange way, maybe you can help me to understand way, 85 and 87 are connected together with a pfb, they are as on, and 86 is used from the other side, 30 is not used at all... Can you see any logical explanation for what it's used for? And if so, what does it do?

Muy buen video homie, a question? What will happen after when the car is running and you step on the brake pedal,? The relay is going to click everytime de pedal is push, ? Thank you hektor, happy new year 2020 to you and your family, from your vecino .

Hi, do you deactivate kill switches or do you know who offers that service or can guide me through it.

Good Video, with useful information... Personally I just go under the hood and pull the Fuel Pump or Starter relay from the fuse box and stick it in my pocket. Chances are a thief is not going to be walking around with a relay for your specific vehicle in their pocket. Like the idea about the curious kids. A combo wiring might be good (Foot on the brake with the headlights on) too.

Can you do the same thing with a switch on the relay power wire?

Thanks. Using a switch already on the car as a kill switch. You don't have to worry about the thief finding your switch.

I don't know what I did wrong but now every time I step on my brake pedal my dog barks.

Thanks homie B)

Are those wires 10 awg?