Is a handbrake warning light now a requirement for sva or is it still just a level test switch and light.
Im pretty sure you do need a handbrake warning but could be wrong
Next post down from MNR about the digidash clarifies the point.
[Edited on 17/4/08 by coozer]
Its always been a requirement for SVA to have the brake warning lamp - just now the symbol has to be on the face of the lamp itself.
as per here
If you wire up a live feed to the lamp and then have two paths to earth, one via the handbrake switch and one via the fluid reservoir cap if you have
a test facility then you are safe.
Always been a requirement to have a brake fluid level warning lamp but not sure about handbrake.
The post ref the digidash i take to mean that if it does have a handbrake warning light it must have the correct symbol on the light
itself.
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Originally posted by Paul TigerB6
Its always been a requirement for SVA to have the brake warning lamp - just now the symbol has to be on the face of the lamp itself.
as per here
If you wire up a live feed to the lamp and then have two paths to earth, one via the handbrake switch and one via the fluid reservoir cap if you have a test facility then you are safe.
i dont have one on my hand brake i have a fluid test lamp on my dash, the handbrake switch is only there to test the bulbs working
As above - the handbrake switch is just a convenient way of proving that the brake fluid warning light is OK. A push-button would be ok, although you
should remember to use it occasionally (!) or, if you're feeling really geeky, you could wire up a simple IC like a 555 timer and get it to light
the lamp for 5 seconds when you turn on the ignition.
Only the brake fluid warning light is a SVA requirement.
well to be honest, i've taken the switch off the dash now, i wired it to the starter motor so it flashes on when i crank the indy over.