How do I wire a D-N-R switch into a Fardriver 72680 Controller?

[shawnm]

Hi:

I'm building a vintage scooter conversion. I can find a reverse wire on the Fardriver but don't know where I should connect a "Drive" and "Neutral" wires into the controller. I didn't see anything in the documentation. I used a Kelly controller on a previous microcar build that had forward and reverse wires so it was easy. Any guidance would be appreciated. thanks

 

[E-HP]

Drive is the default, so no connection. What do you want neutral to do? Turn the scooter off? Disable your throttle?

 

[albinoe38]

From what I know about the Fardriver 72680, it doesn’t have separate “Drive” and “Neutral” wires like some other controllers do. Usually, the reverse function is handled by a dedicated reverse wire, but for forward and neutral, the controller just responds to your throttle input and brake signals.

 

[amberwolf]

Drive is the default, so no connection. What do you want neutral to do? Turn the scooter off? Disable your throttle?

If you don't want it to do anything if it's not in drive, then you could use that to power the throttle, if the d/n/r switch is built in a way that uses separate poles for each mode. If htey use a common pole, you'd have to use it to control a relay if you want it to control separate functions that don't all have a common pole themselves.

So you'll need to determine how your D/n/R switch is actually internally wired, before you can use it to control things.