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I've heard about the mod where you install a switch and a dash light to show when the secondaries are open. I'd like some more details from anyone who has done this.
I'm thinking about doing the circuit with a normally closed plunger switch contacting the cam when the secondaries are in the closed position. When they open and come off the switch the light comes on, sort of like a door interior light switch. I will wire it through a fused circuit that is only hot with the ignition on.
Anyone have any pics of their switch and how you have it attached as well as the dash light? Where did you buy the switch and light from? Thanks.
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Isn't this a little "gimickie" 
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Mother#@%@!* did I sound abstract?
I hope it sounded more confusin than that!
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LOL Johnny 
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Actually, I might be interested in something like this as well. More so I can tell when they aren't opening, they've been screwy lately.
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Originally posted by JonnySVT:
Somebody wants a "VTEC" light, is that too much to ask? 
lol just label them DTEC! lol
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I used this. Used the NO contact when secondaries fully open. If you do it the other way it will still trigger if the cable hangs halfway. A bit of sheet metal to make the bracket.
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Roger,
Thanks for the info. The reason I was going to use a NC contact is I didn't know if the secondaries can open just partway, depending on the tach reading and throttle opening. That way the light would show they are open a little whether they open completely or not.
When I replaced my IMRC box the other week I didn't see there being a potential problem with the cable hanging but I'll look at it again. I need to study it some more to see what type of sheet metal bracket to make. Do you have any finished pics of yours?
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Will this work for use few with vacuum secondaries?
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Sean, As long as the secondaries have a some sort of external moving cam I wouldn't see why it wouldn't work. Now that I've thought a little more about Roger's normally open roller switch setup all you'd need to do is mount the switch along the side of the cam so it closes the contact as it moves by. A NC roller switch might work as well, depending on where it's located. I'll have to study this project some more. My wife will probably say, "Not before you finish hanging the outside Christmas lights." My original game plan was to have a plunger switch at a notched end of the cam. That probably wouldn't work so well since it rotates so far.
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