My 'shorting' I meant wires touching something. To me open means the
negative and positive are not touching each other, right?

BenT

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On Jun 23, 2010, at 12:10 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
wrote:

> At 03:07 PM 6/23/2010 Wednesday, BenT Syncro wrote:
>> I was trying to answer this question. Your not expecting a load but I
>> say what if something is shorting on the "hidden" switch such as the
>> one in the wiper stalk. I didn't think VW would make a different
>> switch for vans with rear wipers and ones without.
>
> Dear Messrs Excorius & Tan,
>
> When non-electrical people say "short" they usually mean "open."  In
> short, it causes no end of confusion.
>
> Yours servant,
> Mr. Wizard