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Re: PDWA switch follow-up question

To: "Walt Fogle" <foglew@hotmail.com>, spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: PDWA switch follow-up question
From: Atwell Haines <carbuff@nac.net>
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 09:22:55 -0400
Walt,

Before you tear your hair out,

Ken Copeland mentioned that the light will stay on if oil pressure is not
present. The light should light also if the emergency brake handle is up.

You may want to isolate that part of the circuit before spending money on
the PDWA switch.

Atwell Haines
'79 Spitfire with intermittant emergency brake switch
Succasunna, NJ USA

"How many roads must a man travel down, before he admits, he is lost?"

At 07:57 PM 09/21/1999 PDT, Walt Fogle wrote:

>  Should the brake warning light go out when the electrical 
>connector is pulled from the nylon switch unit that screws into the PDWA?
>
>My light stays on when this is done.  It seems that the bulb should 
>extinguish when this connection is broken, unless the connector is shorted 
>out. 

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