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Old 08-15-2006 | 04:51 PM
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Is there a way to have your underbody glow kit attached to your car alarm? so that when you lock/unlock your car, it blinks with the rest of your lights?? And with the option to manually override that setting by using an on/off switch??
Old 08-15-2006 | 06:37 PM
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yeah... wire your undercar kit to the park light output... and then diode isolate a switch so that you can override it and have it on whe you want... easy as that...
Old 08-15-2006 | 06:59 PM
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^^ can't get much simpler than that..

unless you want me to say... umm.. just wire it all together..

it's possible.
Old 08-15-2006 | 07:46 PM
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instead of wiring the little led bulb that comes with an alarm kit, just wire it to the box in which the neons attach to and u should be set.... the light output might not be as bright tho since you are powering more than just a little 3 mm led.
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Is it possible that when it's in the "Off" position, that the lights flash with the car alarm.. but yet when it's in the "On" position, it works independently of the alarm?
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^^ yes.
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so... deffinately dont wire the lights off your status LED... it wont work and well just dont...

you can have it so when you arm your alarm it blinks once and when you unarm it blinks twice it will work like the park lights should now...

then you can diode isolate the switch.... basically so that switch power doesnt feed back into the alarm and you can control the lights seperately with a switch..

is that clear enough... just asking cause its makes perfect sence to me....
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Originally Posted by tweetertc
so... deffinately dont wire the lights off your status LED... it wont work and well just dont...

you can have it so when you arm your alarm it blinks once and when you unarm it blinks twice it will work like the park lights should now...

then you can diode isolate the switch.... basically so that switch power doesnt feed back into the alarm and you can control the lights seperately with a switch..

is that clear enough... just asking cause its makes perfect sence to me....
sorry its just i dont know where the park light or what a diode is.... i.e. not up to par with car language! thx for making it a bit easier though
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a diode is an electrical thing.. not really automotive.
it's a component that allows current to only flow in one direction.

can be used to turn on things without affecting other things (i.e. regular use of underbody without electrical flow to the other lights you wired to) or some relay system can be used as well.

and the parking light is that little 168/194 wedge bulb you got inside your headlight. it usually blinks when the alarm system is set, but not necessarily.. just wire it to something that does.
Old 08-26-2006 | 12:30 AM
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Since i will be messing with the electricity going to my alarm.. am I going to have to have it reset some how? I'm assuming it's best to take off one of the terminals on the battery correct?
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