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Hi, all. Long time, no see. I dumped the bike over on its side from a slick spot on the road, so it's down for a couple weeks while I order new parts. Fortunately, no major injuries on me, just a couple small scrapes.
On to the topic at hand, has anyone considered a microswitch connected to the bottom of the accelerator pedal? In our car, the pedal can tilt, so if you push on the top of it with your toe, the pedal will pivot without moving the actual throttle linkage.
That could be used as an alternator disconnect... when the accelerator pedal isn't depressed (such as during coasting), the alternator is charging. When the accelerator pedal is depressed, the alternator is cut out. In my thinking, the microswitch would go to a solid state relay which cuts on and off the alternator field windings.
If you're on a long road trip and absolutely need to charge, it'd be a simple matter to adjust your foot so the pedal is pressed from the bottom, which would tilt the accelerator pedal back to its resting (undepressed) position and energize the alternator field windings.
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