Originally Posted by spearfish25

I can't bear reading through 10 pages so I'm just going to post. Why not just cut the brown wire, strip the ends with some length on them and leave them taped off? If you actually need to prove the lock works for some random inspection, just remove the tape and twist the stripped wires together.

If you want a switch on it, just use some telephone wire taps from Radioshack on each end of the severed wire.