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Date:         Thu, 6 Nov 2008 17:18:15 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Blinking stops, relay out ...
Comments: To: The Westy man <zolo@foxinternet.net>
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At 01:18 PM 11/6/2008, The Westy man wrote: >Excellent explanation, David. I will file it. Let me ask though; >when I have that 100k resistor across the legs, and it still blinks, >I ground the resistor or the leg, or its the same thing.

Same thing.

>Where would ground be for this sensor, when I have to clean it?

It ties into the licence-plate light ground, which then comes to earth on the wall beneath the ignition coil. Unless it's unplugged or busted wire, not too likely, since it will work fine with a seriously crappy ground. But you can test by sticking a pin into the back of the ground side of the plug and grounding that. Nothing will smoke if you get the wrong side of the plug.

-- David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage," '85 GL "Poor Relation"


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