Ignition switch, what happen when Left or Right is selected

Wade wrote:

I've been taught this shtudown procedure, too.
But, what is the magic about turning them BOTH off, simultaneously?

If, at idle, you turned off the left mag, and noted an rpm drop,
then turned off the right one, and also noted an rpm drop,
then doesn't that confirm the same thing as turning
both of and feeling for the engine to start to shut-down?

The procedure you suggest does not test the OFF position of the switch itself.
These cheesy switches have been known to fail that way.

Wade wrote:

If, at idle, you turned off the left mag, and noted an rpm drop,
then turned off the right one, and also noted an rpm drop,
then doesn't that confirm the same thing as turning
both of and feeling for the engine to start to shut-down?

No. Turning off the left mag verifies that that position of the switch will
ground out the left mag. Turning off the right verifies that the switch will
ground out the right mag in that position. You can only verify that "off" really
grounds out both mags by turning the switch off.

George Patterson
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