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Internal switch that operates with the tour pak lid
51.85%
External switch that is under the Speaker Pod
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Oh the things we can come up with.......

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Old Mar 15, 2007 | 05:47 PM
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Default RE: Oh the things we can come up with.......

Don't go.... Look what happened last time you went !!!

Love the idea, but like the guy with the smilies says...Where are the pics...


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Old Mar 15, 2007 | 06:09 PM
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ORIGINAL: Cowracer

How about a mercury switch that is set to come on automatically when the lid is opened?

You could probably gut one out of an old car alarm, or get them here for cheap

http://www.elexp.com/cmp_00tl.htm

Tim
Good Idea! Thats how the dome light in my tour pack is rigged up. I like the lights under the speaker pods idea.
 
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Old May 30, 2007 | 11:11 AM
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Bump: how did this project windup ?? i was doing a unrealted search and found this post and the idea sounds very cool, just wondering what hte final results looked like and how do you like the functionality


 
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Old May 30, 2007 | 11:30 AM
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Mercury switch?
 
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Old May 30, 2007 | 11:40 AM
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Personally I would want the control of an external switch. Also less complicated, less could go wrong.
 
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