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RE: Kill switch

To: bricklin@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: Kill switch
From: "John T. Blair" <jblair1948@cox.net>
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 17:44:27 -0400
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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