Autopage 405 & parking lamp fuse blowing
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Forum Name: Car Security and Convenience
Forum Discription: Car Alarms, Keyless Entries, Remote Starters, Immobilizer Bypasses, Sensors, Door Locks, Window Modules, Heated Mirrors, Heated Seats, etc.
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Topic: Autopage 405 & parking lamp fuse blowing
Posted By: Spaceman Spiff
Subject: Autopage 405 & parking lamp fuse blowing
Date Posted: April 21, 2003 at 12:01 PM
2002 Ford Explorer Sport Trac
Have the above listed with an Autopage 405. The parking lamps USED TO flash when armed or disarmed. I wired my fog lamps to turn on automatically when parking lamps are turned on running through a 20-30amp relay(don't recall which). For a while it worked with no problem however recently the fuse in the trigger wire for the parking lamps from the alarm (10 amp) blew. I replaced, and only lasted a few arm/disarms then blew again. I was wondering if the relay could be too demanding of the trigger wire and is causing the fuse to blow. Could/should I try a slightly larger fuse?
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Posted By: cool_greg
Date Posted: April 21, 2003 at 4:20 PM
it may be the back emf from the relay de-energizing, try putting a diode on the coil of the relay, banded side to postive and see if that fixes it
Greg
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