[TR] Hand Brake left on

[Alex]

I see a need on my TR3A overdrive switch. When left in the on position it 
drains the battery in about 2 days. I probably have it wired wrong....but 
this would work for me in this application.

Alex Manzo
59 TR3A
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cosmo Kramer" <tr4a2712 at yahoo.com>
To: <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2011 9:10 AM
Subject: [TR] Hand Brake left on


> Hi List!
> Well I thought that Randall had a good idea of placing a switch on
> the Hand Brake (HB). The type that works like the refrigerator switch. 
> When
> the door is closed (the HB is down & not engaged), the light is off. Then 
> when
> the door is opened (the HB is engaged), the light would go on.
> To carry this
> one step future:
> Set the wiring up in such a way so when the HB is engaged
> (light is on), that the ignition circuit is disengaged (car won't start). 
> This
> could easy be done with a switch that would works in the reverse way the
> refrigerator switch works (or like a standard 'on-off' switch is), but 
> with a
> 'button style' like the refrigerator switch is with a spring inside it. 
> NOW,
> there is no way she (or anyone else) can  start the car to drive it with 
> the
> HB on or engaged).
>
> This would work as an anti-theft device, too!   OR    An
> automatic 'Kill Switch'. If you were driving along & say your brakes gave 
> out
> (like a leak in the MC or Brake Line) then once you lifted the HB, The 
> engine
> would die & the HB would be engaged & the brakes as well. Now if you 
> released
> the HB the engine would be off & the car's gears engaged until you pressed 
> in
> the clutch peddle or placed the tranny in Neutral.
> Just a thought?-Cosmo
> Kramer