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Re: Brake light wiring

To: Chris Mottram <c_mottram@yahoo.com>,
Subject: Re: Brake light wiring
From: Steve Laifman <SLaifman@socal.rr.com>
Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2005 11:15:21 -0800
Chris,

This is a safety feature to make all wiring (most) disconnected from a 
power source, in case of a switch or wire insulation failure when 
parked.  You wouldn't want to come back to one that had burned out your 
bulb, or started a fire.

Steve

Chris Mottram wrote:

>I am on my last few items before the Tiger is
>roadworthy.  The wiring diagram shows that the brake
>lights use the switched side of the fuse block and not
>the constant power side, is this correct?  Doesn't
>seem right (or safe) to me, especially after I spent
>and hour trying to figure out why my lights were not
>working when my kids were pushing the brake pedal!
>
>Chris
>  
>

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