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wired correctly, whats the issue then?

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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.
URL: https://www.the12volt.com/installbay/forum_posts.asp?tid=134239
Printed Date: July 13, 2025 at 5:08 AM


Topic: wired correctly, whats the issue then?

Posted By: xconcepts
Subject: wired correctly, whats the issue then?
Date Posted: May 20, 2013 at 11:53 AM

Ok so I've had my alarm installed for about 2 years.  Its a Dowentec pushbutton/alarm, S Korean brand.  I have 2 sirens installed, one in the engine bay and a piezo under the dash.  Over the last 6 months the one in the engine bay has been working half the time, it would only chirp half of the chirp.  Finally it stopped working and I figured it went bad for one reason or another.  So I tried another siren a buddy had that I know worked, still nothing, so I tested the old siren on a battery and its still good. 

I tested the wires at the siren and don't have any voltage and figured the output might be bad but then the other siren shouldn't work.  I'm wired this way; brain to a relay to the siren in the engine bay, the 2nd piezo siren is tapped into the wiring after the relay. 

I tested voltage at the tapped wire and have voltage before and after, however nothing after the firewall.  I cannot see where the wire is coming from the firewall if there is a cut/splice/grounding out.  So my question is 1) Am I wired correctly for the 2 sirens?  2) Can I run a wire from where I know I have voltage to the siren to make sure it works and if so keep it hooked up that way?




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Posted By: howie ll
Date Posted: May 20, 2013 at 12:38 PM
Waste of time checking voltages, run a siren from the output immediately before and after the relay that eliminate or not the alarm and the relay.

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Posted By: xconcepts
Date Posted: May 20, 2013 at 3:50 PM
So I'm good though wiring 2 sirens with the single relay?




Posted By: howie ll
Date Posted: May 20, 2013 at 4:30 PM
Of course.

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Amateurs assume, don't test and have problems; pros test first. I am not a free install service.
Read the installation manual, do a search here or online for your vehicle wiring before posting.





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