In a message dated 9/21/02 1:03:32 PM, stcullen@TELOCITY.COM writes: << The Vanagon ain't got no speed sensor. >> I don't know if THE Vanagon ain't got no speed sensor, but MINE does. Of course, my Vanagoon also has factory-installed cruise control. <<Luckily a speed sensor is pretty easy and cheap to make, using magnetic reed switches (the kind usually found in window alarm systems). >> Oh yes, good ol' American ingenuity at its best where a switch, any switch, will do; where a mechanical device which is designed to change its state perhaps once a month is toggled hundreds of times a minute, hour upon dreary hour, and expected to be dependable. With the availability and dirt cheap prices of all things silicon, why not merely hack together an active device? George |
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