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Re: theft prevention

To: HALLJD@pictou.nscc.ns.ca
Subject: Re: theft prevention
From: michael e landskroner <datsunmike@juno.com>
Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 19:14:18 -0400
I put on a coil wire that has no "wire" in it or sometimes I remove the
rotor. 

On Tue, 23 May 2000 08:50:57 -0300 "Damian Hall"
<HALLJD@pictou.nscc.ns.ca> writes:
> There was an article in the "Roadster Review" @ 10 years ago centered 
> on theft prevention. I believe that it had both starter and ignition 
> circuits. It was designed to open the KEY cranking circuit. The car 
> would simply not crank. A second switch was in the ignition circuit 
> HOT side, meaning that even if you got it to crank (by jumping the 
> terminals at the starter solenoid) you would still have a 'no-start' 
> condition.
> 
> Even more frustrating for a would-be thief would be to put the 
> interrupt switch on the switching side of the coil. This would allow 
> a thief to 'hot-wire' the coil but still have no spark. This would 
> of course necessitate soldered connections as well as a quality 
> switch so that there was no effect on the coil's current flow. 
> 
> Unwanted 'voltage drop' is the bane of all electrical service, 
> repair and diagnosis. 70%-80% of all wiring problems are unwanted 
> voltage drop. Corroded connectors and poor grounds. "Shorts" are 
> extremely rare and are usually the result of physical damage.
> 
> Damian Hall
> 68 2000 and other gems
> NS   Canada
> 

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