Re: Re Switched DeLo Grounds

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxx>]

*NOTE TO MODERATOR*: previous message in thread accuses me of calling
DeLo switched grounds "stupid" and "a bad thing" -- neither of which I
did -- and caustically tells me to "RFTM" (which I do rather
extensively. How does poster think I identified switched grounds
otherwise). Please allow this straightforward, non-inflammatory, and
objective response:

1) 1987 Escort is not "contemporary" of 1981 DeLorean
2) Nissan and Toyota are not American "domestic"
3) Never once said switched grounds were "stupid" or "a bad thing"
4) DeLorean definitely does not "use car body as ground"
5) Switched hot requires no more wire than switched ground, just
depends where you put switch in circuit
6) Switched ground does introduce possibility of feedback or crossover
to other circuits
7) Switched ground does require slightly different troubleshooting
technique (can't simply put ice pick light on questioned device)
8) Add to list of switched grounds: cold start valve (thermal time
switch) and idle speed microswitch

For the record:
- Am very fond of my DeLo
- Have utmost confidence in my particular DeLo's capability and
reliability
- Read many manuals in maintenance and modification of my DeLo

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Jan van de Wouw <delorean@xxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, 05 Nov 2003 15:41:24 -0000, Bill Robertson wrote:
> 
> >>> Note most circuits that are switched on the hot side
> >>> in domestic cars are switched on the ground in DeLo.
> >> You've said this for SO many times...
> >> WHICH circuits do you mean???
> > Courtesy lights, courtesy light timer, door lights, hood/engine
> > compartment lights, fuel pump (inertia switch), parking brake
> > indicator, just to name a FEW.
> 
> Sha I name a few other ones? Others that I've found on both my
> 1987 Ford Escort as my 1992 Nissan 100NX, as well as on a 1979
> Toyota Landcruiser and a whole lot more?
> 
> Oil-light, Oil-Gauge, Fuel-Gauge, Seatbelt-Light, ABS-Light,
> CruiseControl-Light, EGR-Light, Check Engine-Light...
> 
> Switching ground isn't that stupid, it's a way of cutting costs;
> use ground (car body) instead of yet ANOTHER wire back to the
> item that has to be powered.
> 
> There's enough wires in a car anyways; just a SIMPLE Dashboard
> allready needs over 30 wires to get every indicator and Gauge to work.
> 
> Just because you're not USED to something,
> doesn't mean it's bad thing.
> 
> I'd be inclined to say RTFM, but I know you've got them AND use them...
> 
> JAN van de Wouw
> 
> Thinking Different... Using a Mac...
> Living the Dream... Driving a DeLorean...
> 
> #05141 "Dagger" since Sept. 2000
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