Wilwood MC Float Switches

[Gav]

Nice work Mikey

[Classic Revival]

Mike,
This is almost exactly how we decribe it in the wiring instructions. However, you have made one slight error that I feel we should rectify so other do not follow these instructions. DO NOT CUT OFF THE WHITE/RED WIRE.
Under the ADR's the light MUST come on when the system fails & when you turn on the igition. This function is performed by the white/red wire when it is wired into the alternator light circuit.
Your current installation will not pass engineering & will need to be changed.
Cheers,
Ian

[cameron02]

Fantastic post Mike,

People like you make this forum great. Your post will certainly save some people time and money and give people the confidence to try things themselves.

[acecob]

Thats a great post guys, nice detail.
I'm new in here and stay on for a while , haven't looked at porn for three days. Its great !

Keep it up

[Aussie Mike]

Originally Posted by Classic Revival

Mike,
This is almost exactly how we decribe it in the wiring instructions. However, you have made one slight error that I feel we should rectify so other do not follow these instructions. DO NOT CUT OFF THE WHITE/RED WIRE.
Under the ADR's the light MUST come on when the system fails & when you turn on the igition. This function is performed by the white/red wire when it is wired into the alternator light circuit.
Your current installation will not pass engineering & will need to be changed.
Cheers,
Ian

I haven't seen anything in any of the manuals I have that describes how to do this. It must be in another manual
I haven't seen.

I've been thinking about the way you suggest wiring it up and can see a bit of a problem. What happens when you get a charge fail problem and the charge light comes on? It seems to me you would get a brake fail warning as well.

I think a better way would be to use a delay circuit much like the seat belt warning light to short the float contacts for 10 seconds when the key is turned on.

Cheers

[Plums]

Makes sense to me Mike.
If you have no charge then you can't drive the car, hence you won't need brakes. Alternatively, if you have no brakes it doesn't matter if you don't have charge, you can't really drive the car anyway....