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Date:         Thu, 15 Aug 2013 11:02:21 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Horns
Comments: To: Miguel Pacheco <mundopacheco@GMAIL.COM>
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At 09:42 AM 8/15/2013, Miguel Pacheco wrote: >You respond that you cannot think of a good reason as to why VW wired the >horn this way. Is this still the case? I also cannot see why, but I >wonder....

Steering wheel construction (not just VW) makes it easy to have a horn button switch-to-ground. Same reason that the door switches switch the ground side instead of the hot side.

Yours, David


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