Trouble with gauges

No. The brake warning light is not grounded, and should not affect other circuits. The way it works is that there is a grounding switch on the parking brake, and a grounding switch on the brake warning pressure switch. Both these are connected together and to one end of the lamp. the other end goes to switched ignition 12V so that if the parking brake is "on" the switch grounds and completes that circuit
Thank you so much for all this information, it’s going to make a big difference when I go to tackle this tomorrow. I seriously appreciate it.