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brcidd 
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Posted: April 07, 2018 at 9:39 AM / IP Logged Link to Post Post Reply Quote brcidd
Since I am now regimented in my work schedule (leave house at exactly 11:20pm and leave work at exactly 8:30am), I took advantage of the green remote start initiate wire on my crime stopper remote start system. I bought a 12volt, 17 event programmable timer and a simple heat thermostat. Wired them in series and programmed the timer to start my Yukon at exactly 11:00pm each night and exactly at 8:10am each morning that I work. I mounted these inside a box- and put under the driver's seat. If it is the "right time to start" and is less than 50 degrees (adjustable temp) it sends a ground to the remote starter input green wire and starts my truck. If it is warm out, no need to start! So all Winter long, the truck decides whether to start itself or not. Where I work, I am too far away from my truck to go start it every morning with my remote- plus, half the time I would forget to remote start it- and end up scraping frost...so now my truck decides and I am welcomed by a warm truck, only when needed! I also wired in a "kill" switch and a status led light on the outside of the box so that if I don't work that day, I can throw the switch and it doesn't start unnecessarily. The only issue I have had was with Daylight savings change- Forgot to open up the box and change the time- this timer did not have Daylight savings programmed in to it....but that is only twice a year that I have to change it. If needed, my regular remote still works fine, If by chance, I'm driving, and it tries to start, it probably won't, because it is warm in truck, and if if did, it just goes into "pitstop" mode, until I hit the brake- no big deal. Just thought I'd share this....Everyone at work starts their cars on way out the door!! I drive off first!
Brcidd - Engineer That Does Remote Starter Installs on the side.
howie ll 
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Posted: April 08, 2018 at 12:36 PM / IP Logged Link to Post Post Reply Quote howie ll
Nice one!
bogucki 
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Posted: April 10, 2018 at 12:22 AM / IP Logged Link to Post Post Reply Quote bogucki
that's an amazing idea, I now want to install that add on to my remote starter in my truck. may I ask what programmable timer you used and what thermostat?
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brcidd 
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Posted: April 10, 2018 at 6:44 AM / IP Logged Link to Post Post Reply Quote brcidd
Thermostat is "OpenBox Honeywell CW200A Winter Watchman" off ebay-for $18.45-   need to cross up plug terminals on male plug end (solder them together) then use an electrical plug with wires- like I used a christmas string of lights plug only cut off- to plug into the female socket and use to wire in series with the timer.
Timer is "12 Volt DC Digital Programmable Timer for Solar Panels & Wind Turbines" off ebay for $18.49
Project box to house timer in and switch and led light is "ABS-Plastic-Project-Box-5-30-L-x-2-95-W-x-1-92-H-inch-Black" of ebay for $6.99
led light is blue 12v off ebay as well
as you can see I love Ebay..
You need to be sure your remote starter brain has a ground input wire dedicated specifically for remote starting- as do all the crimestopper models,....
Brcidd - Engineer That Does Remote Starter Installs on the side.
luminator@2018 
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Posted: May 27, 2018 at 8:41 PM / IP Logged Link to Post Post Reply Quote luminator@2018
Wow, so cool.
iskidoo 
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Posted: April 01, 2019 at 10:25 AM / IP Logged Link to Post Post Reply Quote iskidoo
What’s interesting is there used to be a unit that was designed to do this made by DEI but it eventually was discontinued. I had one installed in my moms car when she used to work at LL Bean in Freeport because she was in the boot factory and could not reach her car by remote start. So I had set up 2 times events everyday Monday through Friday to start 15 minutes before she got out of her shift and 15 minutes before she left for work. Too bad they don’t make these anymore. May be hard to find but I’m sure they are out there somewhere in some installers back closet of old inventory.
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Posted: April 01, 2019 at 10:27 AM / IP Logged Link to Post Post Reply Quote iskidoo
brcidd 
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Posted: July 01, 2020 at 1:47 AM / IP Logged Link to Post Post Reply Quote brcidd
I added an attic fan thermostat in parallel with my heater thermostat so that now my car remote starts at the commanded times when it is above 120 degrees inside as well- and with a/c on- it is cool for me to enter.
Brcidd - Engineer That Does Remote Starter Installs on the side.

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