extending alarm/starter wires

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Topic: extending alarm/starter wires

Posted By: MikeHusain
Subject: extending alarm/starter wires
Date Posted: January 25, 2010 at 10:53 AM

I installed a compustar 2WSS in my Honda Accord about 3 years ago and I am planning on upgrading to the Viper 5902. I solder ALL my connections when installing the compustar and I am trying to avoid un-soldering and removing existing wires. I was thinking about cutting all wiring fairly close to the existing module(I do not care about the compustar) and soldering or using terminal blocks to connect the new viper wiring. If I leave all the wiring the factory length on the viper when connecting to existing wiring, this will cause all wiring to be twice as long. Will this have any impact on functionality? Such as voltage drop on inputs and outputs? I know there will be a very small voltage drop, but will it be enough to cause any problems.

Thanks

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Posted By: kanarrjl
Date Posted: January 25, 2010 at 11:57 AM

no you won't have any problems except maybe hiding those wires when puttng stuff back together

Posted By: KPierson
Date Posted: January 25, 2010 at 12:20 PM

If you cut them all at the brain I would trim back the Viper wires at least a little bit, otherwise you'll have a big rats nest of wire right there! You may look on Ebay for a spare harness so you don't have to hack up the brand new one.

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Kevin Pierson

Posted By: tedmond
Date Posted: January 25, 2010 at 1:38 PM

if you cut the old one and trim the viper one, you should be good, just heatshrink the connection if you can.

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Ted
2nd Year Tier 1 Medical School
Still installing as a hobby...pays for groceries
Compustar Expert

Posted By: MikeHusain
Date Posted: January 26, 2010 at 3:54 PM

Thanks for the advise. !!!