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Rizzysi 
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Posted: January 07, 2005 at 10:40 PM / IP Logged  

Wanted to know if anybody knew of any kind of rain sensor that I could use to hook up to my alarm so that when it starts raining it will roll up my windows.  I have a Viper 791XV with both the 530t and 529t window modules.  I've been searching online for a week and can't find anything.  Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

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Posted: January 08, 2005 at 12:22 AM / IP Logged  
never heard of such a thing but then again do you think its even possible?  theres no way it could detect the humidity before its already started raining so your vehicle would get a lil wet inside before the windows roll up.  i suggest hook your rollup module to the ground when armed output, that way when you set the alarm....up go the windows
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I PREFER TO HOOK UP WINDOW ROLL UP MODULES TO A SEPERATE AUXILLARY CHANNEL BECAUSE WHAT IF IT'S A WARM DAY AND YOU DON'T WANT THE WINDOWS ROLLED UP OR YOU ARE COMIN RIGHT BACK BUT DONT WANT THEM UP. IF U HOOK THEM UP TO A SEPERATE CHANNEL YOU CAN THE OPTION OF ROLLING THEM UP WHEN YOU WANT TO
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sorry for the all capsRain Sensor for alarm -- posted image.
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Rizzysi 
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On most, if not all Viper alarm installs, the window modules are connected to the "ground when armed" wire.  In turn, the alarm will roll up the windows every time I arm the car.  But also, I have the door windows set to channel two and the sunroof set to channel 4.  I can roll the windows up or down independently.  If I don't want the windows to roll up when I arm the car, all I have to do is hit the channel two button before I arm the car, that then sends a signal to the roll up modules to not roll up when the car is armed.

And about the rain sensor.  There is a company out there that makes a rain sensor to be used for your wipers.  It will automatically turn on your wipers when it starts to rain and even adjust the speed of the wipers depending on how hard it is raining.   It uses a sensor mounted just behind the rear view mirror and uses infrared beams to detect rain on the windshield.  I'm not sure if I could use that same sensor and hook it up to a relay for the windows because I believe that rain sensor hooks into a controller that has a microprocessor in it.  Plus, that system is $150!  I really don't want to spend that kind of money.  I was hoping someone out there knew of another idea.  I thought about creating my own, but would first like to see if there's already one out there.

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You must be really bored.
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Posted: January 08, 2005 at 5:05 PM / IP Logged  
You might be able to use this.
http://www.firstdetection.com/waterbug/200/index.html
The model WB-200 operates on 12 or 24 Volt AC/DC and has a form C relay output that can be connected to alarm panels, bells, dialers, etc
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swamprat323 
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Posted: January 08, 2005 at 6:44 PM / IP Logged  
They have somthing, noit sure if it was ment to be used in cars or not, but saw it on mtv's pimp my ride, and this was for a sunroof.
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Posted: January 08, 2005 at 11:56 PM / IP Logged  
Yeah, unfortanely my gf made me watch that damn show again and I saw the same thing. Don't remember what the brand was though.
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Rizzysi 
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Ya, I saw it on Pimp My Ride too.  I might just call West Coast Customs out in LA to see what they use...haha
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