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mogema

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Posted: January 23, 2005 at 1:55 AM / IP Logged

Car: 97 Honda Civic w/ factory keyless entry.

The factory system didn't have a parking light connection, so I wired one using the (-) horn output to a 30A SPST relay. Relay clicks fine, so this connection is okay.

To power the lights, I tapped into the 10A headlight lead from the underhood fusebox (which should definitely supply enough power, right?) Well, when observing the bulbs when the lock/unlock buttons are pressed, the lights do flash, but very very dimly.

So, could it be that the neg. pulse time from the horn output isn't long enough to heat the filaments all the way? Or should I have used a 10A lower impedence relay?

Any help would be great, I'm stumped.

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vitalio

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Posted: January 23, 2005 at 6:52 AM / IP Logged

Try connect capasitor between contacts of winding, or you can use door lock-unlock pulses together with diodes for turn relay

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metaverse

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Posted: January 23, 2005 at 10:28 AM / IP Logged

Connect the relay output wire to the RED / black parking light wire at the fuse box. Get a 12v feed from a 12v constant source and fuse it.

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mogema

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Posted: January 23, 2005 at 11:36 AM / IP Logged

metaverse: the RED / black is the wire I connected to

vitalio: connect the capacitor between the relay and the parking light wiring?

would door lock/unlock tapped into the hazard control circuit work?

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vitalio

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Posted: January 24, 2005 at 8:43 AM / IP Logged

i mean connect capasitor between contacts of coil: 85 and 86 of parcking lites relay Very dim parking light flash - Last Post -- posted image.

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daniel2002p

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Posted: January 24, 2005 at 9:42 AM / IP Logged

The horn output does not produce enough time to light up the fillaments all the wat in that setup. Like stated before by somebody your best bet is to diode your door locks and use that to get the relay going. You can also buy a puls generator and wire that up so that it flashed when the door are locked or unlcoked.

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