According to the service manual, disconnecting the "brains" of the system in the passenger side footwell allows a shorting resistor to come into play to prevent an unintended discharge of the bag.
At least that was how I understood it. Dan Sent from my iPhone On Jan 17, 2012, at 11:31 AM, Jim Cathey <j...@windwireless.net> wrote: >> Disconnect the battery ground strap... they don't have an independent >> power source do they? > > In 1986 our SL's have a switching boost power supply and a capacitor > bank to ensure that there is deployment current during a wreck that > might sever the main battery feed. This stuff is, I believe, integrated > into the controller in later years. It is, also, likely to be discharged > by the time you go to work on the car. It's only there to handle a > power failure of a matter of seconds at most. > > -- Jim > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
