At 08:20 AM 8/30/2004 -0400, Early, Stephen wrote:
>>I purchased a used Acura Integra several years ago that had some sort of
>>Kill switch. Everytime I wanted to start that car I had to push a thin
>>button hidden under the carpet along the transmission tunnel. You couldn't
>>see or feel it, so you had to know about where it was.
>>
>>I don't know how it was installed, but I do remember that I would turn the
>>key to the ON position, some lights on the dash would come on, and then once
>>the kill button was pushed I had more lights on the dash turn on along with
>>the "put your seatbelt on beep".
>>There was also a "kill the kill switch" hidden under the passenger's dash
>>which would disable the entire setup. It was a neat setup, but I never seen
>>it sold in stores around here.
>I'd be interested in that circuit.
My guess is that the push button energized a holding relay. The kill the
kill switch was simply a spst toggle switch that applied power to the
relay any time the key was in the ign. switch. Doesn't sound to hard to
dream up.
John
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