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Nice build! The LED's are a nice touch. 
From a purely electrical perspective, there should be no reason why you couldn't use a 2 pole switch and common ground. However, when I tried it during my experiments, the throttle behavior became erratic. I can only guess but it appears there are eddy currents involved which affected the hall effect sensor. Isolating the ground return solved the problem. This may only happen with my particular bike/controller combination though, and a 2 pole switch may work fine on other bikes.
It's true that miniature 3 pole switches can be hard to find but they are only pennies more than a 2 pole. I found these on Amazon:
At $2.50 US each, I thought the price reasonable. I only needed 4 to convert my bikes though. If I were building a large quantity, the price would be more of a consideration.
Welcome to the forum and please post more pics of the finished product!
From a purely electrical perspective, there should be no reason why you couldn't use a 2 pole switch and common ground. However, when I tried it during my experiments, the throttle behavior became erratic. I can only guess but it appears there are eddy currents involved which affected the hall effect sensor. Isolating the ground return solved the problem. This may only happen with my particular bike/controller combination though, and a 2 pole switch may work fine on other bikes.
It's true that miniature 3 pole switches can be hard to find but they are only pennies more than a 2 pole. I found these on Amazon:
At $2.50 US each, I thought the price reasonable. I only needed 4 to convert my bikes though. If I were building a large quantity, the price would be more of a consideration.
Welcome to the forum and please post more pics of the finished product!
