alarm school
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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=24630
Printed Date: July 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Topic: alarm school
Posted By: tee17
Subject: alarm school
Date Posted: January 15, 2004 at 1:09 PM
i am pretty goodabout follwoing directions on just about anything. i want to find out how to install alarms and the ins and outs of it. i was wondering if anyone know of any schools in the chicago area where i could go to learn?
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Posted By: Teamrf
Date Posted: January 15, 2004 at 1:31 PM
What I suggest you doing is getting an alarm pulling up a wiring diagram for your car and try it yourself. Now if you have no clue as what to do then don't try it. But you may want to go down to your local install shop and ask them some tricks. Some installers won't tell you how to do something they know but you have some people on this board that will help you out. Let me know if I can be of some insistance.
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Posted By: draasch
Date Posted: January 15, 2004 at 3:43 PM
i have been doing installs for 17 yrs and i am self taught. most install are common sense. however sometimes you have to be creative when it comes to running wires. abd thats the stuff you teach yourself. if you ever have any questions feel free to ask one of us here.....that is what we do! ------------- Good Luck
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Posted By: sroth140
Date Posted: January 15, 2004 at 5:45 PM
learn to love relays. thats all alarms/remote starts are. and you can manipulate different wires both factory and aftermarket alarm/RS.
Posted By: southpawboston
Date Posted: January 16, 2004 at 9:27 AM
also learn to love capacitors, resistors and diodes. with these (and relays as sroth140 mentioned above), you can do almost anything. you must have a somewhat creative mind to imagine all the possible ways in which these components can work together to produce the desired efffect. it wouldn't hurt taking a class in basic electronic theory. this website is a good start (the diagram section).
Posted By: tonto26
Date Posted: January 16, 2004 at 9:50 AM
You should first develop at the very least, a basic knowledge of electrical theory. Once you've got that the alarm is no problem. It's like putting pieces of a puzzle together, just match up each wire from the alarm to the diagram of your car. Don't be intimidated by the huge harness that comes out of the package, take one wire at a time, and you'll be fine.
Posted By: sroth140
Date Posted: January 16, 2004 at 10:01 AM
good point tonto26, you can usually eliminate over 50% of the wires when you do the pre-wire on the bench.
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