trunk trigger always tripped

I bought an alarm system from ebay (i know i know not a great idea). Anyways, it is a pager alarm that seems to always say that the trunk is being triggered after i set the "lock" command. I disconnected the trunk trigger all together because i thought it might be some sort of diode issue. Same problem :( Oh, and somehow i burnt a diode in the process of all this when i tried to hookup my trunk trigger. I had it one way, which was originally the right way. Then i reversed it because the trunk trigger kept going off and it kinda burnt. The diode physically looked okay but i could see smoke. Anyhow, my question is: Is my alarm faulty? The door triggers seem to work great and almost everything else with it. The pager alarm system is called a HuaTai HT-800D. Thanks. Again - I completely removed the trunk trigger wire and it is still being tripped. Is there something else i could try before i try to get warranty on this?

You NEED to tell us what your driving!

KarTuneMan wrote: You NEED to tell us what your driving!

one more time......

Unless you got er fingered out?

sorry for the late reply and thanks for the help so far! Okay, here is what i drive: 05 cobalt LS (i think it is an LS) I used a DMM to measure the trunk trigger. It is a positive trunk trigger. Since my alarm system only recognizes negative triggers, i had to reverse the polarity of my trunk trigger when with the diagram i found on this website. It is the reverse polarity one using a relay. It was working great for about 1year but suddenly the trunk trigger kept going off on my pager alarm. I assumed it must have been because of a diode of sorts, so i tried installing a diode on to it. (i didn't know too much and still don't about alarms so i never put a diode on it to begin with) I did for the doors because all i had was 2 and i figured "why not" but i never bothered with the trunk. Anyhow, i burnt my diode from doing something totally different. My alarm system is really wierd...i suppose ebay junk i know. To explain how i burnt the diode i need to tell you why i originally started with all this. As stated before, the trunk trigger kept going off. This problem i already knew about and this just recently started happening. The OTHER problem i have with this alarm i believe to be a design flaw. I hook up the trunk open and trunk trigger and for the 1st year everything worked good. The only flaw with it was when i popped the trunk. Here is what happens, to pop my trunk i need to first hit unlock on the alarm, then hit "open trunk." If i do not open any doors, then the alarm will re-arm itself in about 30secs. Now this is great, except when i pop the trunk, don't open the doors, and DON'T close the trunk in 30secs. What ends up happening is the trunk is still open, and the alarm rearms itself and thinks that someone is breaking into the trunk. Stupid really, but i guess thats what i get for trusting a no name company. So i figured, why not tie the trunk trigger into the door triggers so that whenever i open the trunk, the alarm will think the doors are also opened? I tried that, and somehow when i wired the output trigger from my reverse polarity relay into my door triggers, smoke! Did that make sense to everyone? In the end, i just totally disengaged my trunk trigger and i still get the false paging problem.

mrcanngo wrote: In the end, i just totally disengaged my trunk trigger and i still get the false paging problem.

If it is reporting an open trunk with the trunk trigger disconnected, I would strongly suggest replacing the system.Installer, IT support, and FFL. I need less hobbies.