Thread: Brake Light Switch Options

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Originally Posted by 36 sedan

I had the wire come off my pressure switch and didn't know until someone told me my brake lights weren't working. Because I'm anal, I mounted a mechanical switch to my under floor pedal wired in parallel with the pressure switch (either or both switches activate the brake lights). This switch adapts well;
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Then because I'm incredibly anal and didn't like the idea of not knowing when my brake lights were not working, I took my third brake light mounted in the rear window apart an wired an LED into it. Biased the LED dim and faced it so I could see it in the rear view mirror. Now I know when my brake lights are working. I told you I was anal, LOL!

Next a very loud peizio buzzer wired to a micro switch on my parking brake handle. Lol..

I think in addition to all that you should also put in a fiber optic link to the dash, you never can have too much back up.

Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

I think in addition to all that you should also put in a fiber optic link to the dash, you never can have too much back up.

The fibre optics were a little distracting coming on with the brakes, so I bought an app for my smart phone that uses FaceTime to hack the phones of nearby cars for a realtime view of my car viewed on my windshield’s heads up display. Now I’m converting the in-tire pressure senders into temperature senders attached to the fibre optics so I know when the wheels get too hot because I left the parking brake on..