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- From: andrew@frip.WV.TEK.COM (Andrew Klossner)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: Forgetting to Turn Off Headlights
- Message-ID: <2108@shaman.wv.tek.com>
- Date: 7 Nov 92 01:30:55 GMT
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- Sender: news@shaman.wv.tek.com
- Reply-To: andrew@frip.wv.tek.com
- Organization: Tektronix Color Printers, Wilsonville, Oregon
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- "There are some perfectly good reasons why one might want to
- have one's lights on after one has turned off the car's
- ignition."
-
- Indeed. Likewise the radio, the windshield wipers, and the power
- windows. That's what the ACCESSORY position on the ignition switch is
- for.
-
- Yes, I know that headlights draw a lot of current. That's what relays
- are for.
-
- It's pretty obvious that American car headlight switches are intended
- to build business for car battery suppliers. ;-\
-
- -=- Andrew Klossner (andrew@frip.wv.tek.com)
- (uunet!tektronix!frip.WV.TEK!andrew)
-