Neons/LED connected to alarm

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Topic: Neons/LED connected to alarm

Posted By: papacubanlover
Subject: Neons/LED connected to alarm
Date Posted: February 18, 2004 at 6:11 PM

Hi I am new to this site and read a few posts in the past, but not really seen a defenitive answer.

I have a 95 Cobra with Underground LED's want to connect those LED's to flash with the alarm LED and still be (turn on and flash when alarm is armed and turn off when alarm is deactivated) Continue to have normal function with them. This is a stock Ford alarm and Plasmaglow Fusion LED's.

I also have a 2K Acura TL with Streetglow Neons underneath with stock alarm and would like to acheive the same thing.

Thanks for your help

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Posted By: Teamrf
Date Posted: February 18, 2004 at 9:28 PM

You may want to check the amperage draw on those lights before you do this. It may kill your battery if it draws too much current. But I would think you just tap the 12volt wire into your LED wire/

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Posted By: draasch
Date Posted: February 18, 2004 at 9:45 PM

most led are low voltage. 1-2 volts you may be asking for trouble for try to hook them up to your LED.

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Posted By: wblakes
Date Posted: February 18, 2004 at 10:12 PM

i would tap the neons into the parking lights for they flash when you arm and disarm. also put a switch between the neon and parking lights so you have the ability to turn them off when not needed.

Posted By: papacubanlover
Date Posted: February 18, 2004 at 11:10 PM

draasch wrote:

most led are low voltage. 1-2 volts you may be asking for trouble for try to hook them up to your LED.

Thanks for info is their an alternative in connecting to LED or can I use a realy of some sort to eliminate troubl;e with low voltage?

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Posted By: papacubanlover
Date Posted: February 18, 2004 at 11:14 PM

As Wblakes wrote "tap it into the parking light" I am actually wanting to have it so the undercar lights are on with the alarm not just the status indicator. This might be to much of a draw for the neons but I wouldn't think the LED's if so worse case maybe to the washer nozzles or something simple like that

Thanks for the responses

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Posted By: clearman
Date Posted: February 19, 2004 at 9:04 AM

Let the led output of the alarm activate the coil of a relay, don't let it run directly to any of these lights, it will burn up your output. With a relay, you can have anything you want to flash with the led, as long as it doesn't pull so much power that it drains your battery.

Posted By: xetmes
Date Posted: February 19, 2004 at 9:48 AM

i would run the led to a transistor then to a relay.. but it would kill the battery if left on for any good amount of time...