Re: (ET) What was that crash?

["Christopher Zach" <czach computer org>]

Hm. This does not sound quite right. The switches are in series, and don't
power a relay per se; they power an interlock. Interlocks are designed to
"fail open" due to their position and the internal spring. Maybe the spring
is broken, and someone mounted the interlock solenoid upside-down?

Chris


> My seat switch works -- and that's a good point -- so it seems likely 
> this
is
> the relay itself failing.  Anyway, it can't be just the key switch
shorting.
> But as I said, the foot pedal interlock was nonfunctional when I bought
it.
>