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missdaredevil



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PostPosted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 7:02 pm    Post subject: dummy Reply with quote

The explosive device is technically complex, with *dummy *switches

so, "not real and made to look real"?

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bud



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PostPosted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 11:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes... probably to make it more difficult to disarm it.
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iitimone7



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 9:01 am    Post subject: dummy Reply with quote

Sorry bud, but that does not answer the question...

A 'dummy switch' is a switch that is placed so that it looks like it can be activated, but the switch is not hooked up to anything so that it cannot really be used for a purpose other than asthetically.
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bud



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 12:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Er... Isn't that what MsD said using different words? I wrote "Yes" to say that she was right.
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