Re: Why dual brake light switches?

[T Berk <tberk@mindspring.com>]

Marc Peterson wrote:
> 
> It was just pointed out to me that my brake lights were on all the time.
> DOH!  I did some quick troubleshooting and figured out that one of the two
> brake light switches is always on.
> 
> Why are there two switches, and more importantly, can I just use one?  It
> seems to work fine.
> 
> Marc
> 
> --

No, replace the faulty one ASAP, in fact get two replacements because
I'll bet the existing one is a short timer.

The redundancy aspect is only meant to be temporary, the increased
current in the single remaining switch will shorten it's duty life.

hth,
TBerk

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