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June 1, 2015 at 11:40 pm
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The vacuum cut-out switch won’t totally prevent a runaway condition, it senses a runaway condition that is beginning and keeps it from going totally berserk. It may take it a few seconds to get it under control again.
Having said that, there are a few springs for those switches. You have to have the right one in there. The switch can be vacuum tested, but I would have to search for the specs. Actually, I don’t think I’ve ever tested one, except to see if it works under actual conditions.
If it runs and idles as it should, there is adequate vacuum.