how to make parking lights stay on
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Topic: how to make parking lights stay on
Posted By: xcuter
Subject: how to make parking lights stay on
Date Posted: March 11, 2004 at 12:09 AM
Ive seen cars that the parking lights stay on for for awhile after the alarm is disarmed. is there a way to do this if my alarm doesnt have that feature?
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Posted By: bmf1000d
Date Posted: March 11, 2004 at 12:12 AM
Yes you can use a pulse timer for the parklights, my ? would be why you want them on so long?
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"Big" Mike
Double Take
Fremont, Ne
remember to check all your wires with a dmm not a test light!!
i take no responsibilty whatsoever for the vailidty of the info nor consequences thereof
Posted By: xcuter
Date Posted: March 11, 2004 at 12:16 AM
i like that feature its easier to find car at night
Posted By: bmf1000d
Date Posted: March 11, 2004 at 12:17 AM
sounds good to me, the customer is always right  ------------- "Big" Mike
Double Take
Fremont, Ne
remember to check all your wires with a dmm not a test light!!
i take no responsibilty whatsoever for the vailidty of the info nor consequences thereof
Posted By: sroth140
Date Posted: March 11, 2004 at 2:46 AM
thats common to black widow alarms. first one i put in i unlock it and they stayed on... i about crapped my pants wondering what i did wrong on a parking light connection.
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MECP certified installer
Posted By: NowYaKnow
Date Posted: March 11, 2004 at 5:52 AM
"Ive seen cars that the parking lights stay on for for awhile after the alarm is disarmed. is there a way to do this if my alarm doesnt have that feature?"
Most alarms have a domelight supervision output which will turn the domelight on for usually about 30 seconds or so when disarmed. You would need 2 relays to relay isolate the dome sup output so that when disarmed both your parking lights and interior lights come on for about 30 seconds.
If your module isn't equipped with dome sup you may consider a pulse timer as mentioned above or get creative. You could wire it up off of the unlock signal so that when unlock is pushed it latches a relay that keeps the parking lights on and then use the door latch wire to undo that latch so the parking lights go off when you open the door.. Of course if you never open the door the park lights will stay on and kill your battery at some point.. Just some things to think about. Good luck,
Mike
Posted By: FullForce
Date Posted: March 11, 2004 at 3:56 PM
what kind of alarm is it?
Posted By: xcuter
Date Posted: March 15, 2004 at 10:26 AM
NowYaKnow wrote:
"Ive seen cars that the parking lights stay on for for awhile after the alarm is disarmed. is there a way to do this if my alarm doesnt have that feature?"
Most alarms have a domelight supervision output which will turn the domelight on for usually about 30 seconds or so when disarmed. You would need 2 relays to relay isolate the dome sup output so that when disarmed both your parking lights and interior lights come on for about 30 seconds.
If your module isn't equipped with dome sup you may consider a pulse timer as mentioned above or get creative. You could wire it up off of the unlock signal so that when unlock is pushed it latches a relay that keeps the parking lights on and then use the door latch wire to undo that latch so the parking lights go off when you open the door.. Of course if you never open the door the park lights will stay on and kill your battery at some point.. Just some things to think about. Good luck,
Mike
Posted By: xcuter
Date Posted: March 15, 2004 at 10:32 AM
NowYaKnow wrote:
"Ive seen cars that the parking lights stay on for for awhile after the alarm is disarmed. is there a way to do this if my alarm doesnt have that feature?"
Most alarms have a domelight supervision output which will turn the domelight on for usually about 30 seconds or so when disarmed. You would need 2 relays to relay isolate the dome sup output so that when disarmed both your parking lights and interior lights come on for about 30 seconds.
If your module isn't equipped with dome sup you may consider a pulse timer as mentioned above or get creative. You could wire it up off of the unlock signal so that when unlock is pushed it latches a relay that keeps the parking lights on and then use the door latch wire to undo that latch so the parking lights go off when you open the door.. Of course if you never open the door the park lights will stay on and kill your battery at some point.. Just some things to think about. Good luck,
Mike
Ok how do i do this im have a ALPINE SEC-100S alarm. Im not using my dome lightsupervision output so its free how do i wire this with the relays?
Posted By: Toru
Date Posted: March 15, 2004 at 2:46 PM
Assuming your domelight supervision is negative output, use it to provide ground on the coil of a relay, then use 30/87 on the relay to switch +12V to your parking lights.
Posted By: NowYaKnow
Date Posted: March 15, 2004 at 8:50 PM
This is copied from the Alpine SEC-100S / SEC-150R system. Hookup the relay as described below (depending on if the parking light wire your using is positive or negative. Obviously put pin 30 to the parking light wire instead of the domelight wire like it lists..
Good luck,
Mike
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