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Show Novel Secret Ignition Switch Easy to Conceal The value of any secret ignition switch depends on how cleverly it is concealed. The switch shown in the illustration is so constructed that it doesn't look like a switch and can be placed in plain sight if necessary. No one would suspect the wire cleat of harboring a concealed break in the wiring. The cleat can be cut from any piece of hardwood. Drill the holes for the two screws and carve a groove for each wire end from the center notch to the screw hole. Then enlarge the screw holes just enough so that small loops can be turned in the ends of the wires and placed in these holes. Use flathead wood screws with copper washers and figure out the size of the enlargement at the bottom of each hole so that when the I 1 SPRING BRASS circuit sr-v- CLOSER ti- FLAT HtAO t V J$ CONNECTIONS "OLt The Particular Merit of This Secret Switch Is That It Need Not Be Hidden Hid-den From View. It Does Not Look the Part. screw is forced down tight, each wire end will be jammed between the side of the hole and the screw so as to get a good electrical contact A piece of spring brass cut to snap under the edges- of the flathead screws will complete com-plete the connection between the wire ends. Of course round-beaded screws would ordinarily be used, but anyone noticing the flathead screws is most nnlilkely to attach particular significance signifi-cance to them. If you install this switch in an old car, dirty the cleat to make it look old. Several convenient locations for the concealed .switch will suggest themselves'. them-selves'. Check up the location of the wire running from the timer to the dash switch and then choose the easiest ' location to get at. Popular Science Monthly. |