parking light fuse blows when armed
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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: parking light fuse blows when armed
Posted By: ph00ln
Subject: parking light fuse blows when armed
Date Posted: April 20, 2004 at 2:03 PM
I have an `98 Eclipse with an Alpine alarm/remote entry system was installed in `01. On saturday uninstalled old stereo and now when the alarm it armed the parking light fuse blows out. The fuse is fine as long as I do not arm the car. There is currently no stereo in it. (I don't cur wires, I used a wiring harness).
Any help on where I should look would be great.
Thank you in advance.
-b
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Posted By: chasesaccessori
Date Posted: April 20, 2004 at 2:11 PM
was something on the alarm somhow tied into the stereo wiring???
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Posted By: ph00ln
Date Posted: April 20, 2004 at 2:16 PM
No, I installed the stereo a year before the alarm was installed. I didn't do anything, but unplug the harness.
Is it possible that a diode went bad? I was just reading about them, this site is a great resource.
any other questions let me know.
Posted By: draasch
Date Posted: April 20, 2004 at 4:04 PM
find out which wire on the alarm is for the parking lights and trace it to the point where it connects to the car.....disconnect the wire and arm the alarm...if everything works good, turn on the parking lights and then reconnect the wire from the alarm to the car...then try to arm it again...see what happens...also while you have it DC, use a meter and see if the wire coming from the alarm has 12v when you are and disarm the alarm....if you dont show 12v, put the red lead of your meter to 12v and put the black lead to the alarm parking light wire. then arm and disarm again....if the meter shows 12v then you have a bad alarm. that means the output is not working like it should be....
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let me know what you find out... ------------- Good Luck
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Posted By: sroth140
Date Posted: April 21, 2004 at 3:31 PM
if your car and brain have the option, use (-) parking lights or (+) if its already (-).
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Posted By: auex
Date Posted: April 21, 2004 at 8:12 PM
It could be coincedence, so check all your bulbs and make sure the car's fuse doesn't blow when you use the factory switch.
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