Lights on warning buzzer
Discussion
Ho ho ho fellow Tivvers,
Has anyone ever made a warning buzzer system to let you know when the sidelights or headlights are left on as you get out of the beast? I'd prefer to buy one to wire in (maybe from Maplins or something), but would be willing to rig one up myself. I reckon that a 12V buzzer powered in parallel with the side and headlights switch using 12V diodes to avoid both side and head lights coming on when sidelights only are on (keeping up OK?) with the interior light switch used to earth should work.
Shame TVR didn't fit one in the first place as this is probably the major cause of run down battery embarrassing breaking into beast syndrome.
Cheers,
Richard Fisher
Has anyone ever made a warning buzzer system to let you know when the sidelights or headlights are left on as you get out of the beast? I'd prefer to buy one to wire in (maybe from Maplins or something), but would be willing to rig one up myself. I reckon that a 12V buzzer powered in parallel with the side and headlights switch using 12V diodes to avoid both side and head lights coming on when sidelights only are on (keeping up OK?) with the interior light switch used to earth should work.
Shame TVR didn't fit one in the first place as this is probably the major cause of run down battery embarrassing breaking into beast syndrome.
Cheers,
Richard Fisher
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Ho ho ho fellow Tivvers,
Has anyone ever made a warning buzzer system to let you know when the sidelights or headlights are left on as you get out of the beast? I'd prefer to buy one to wire in (maybe from Maplins or something), but would be willing to rig one up myself. I reckon that a 12V buzzer powered in parallel with the side and headlights switch using 12V diodes to avoid both side and head lights coming on when sidelights only are on (keeping up OK?) with the interior light switch used to earth should work.
Shame TVR didn't fit one in the first place as this is probably the major cause of run down battery embarrassing breaking into beast syndrome.
Cheers,
Richard Fisher
I fitted a 12v buzzer powered by the lights circuit and earthed by the door switch for the interior light. Took ten minutes and works fine. In hindsight I wired it up slightly wrong though. I don't really want it to come on when I open the door, I want it to come on when I switch the engine off. But it's good enough that I can't be bothered rewiring it.
Cheers,
Peter Humphries (and a green V8S)
Can't think of an easy way to rig it up to go on when ignition is off as my 99 Chim has no accessory switch. It may be easier to rewire the lights switch to the radio ignition power wire so that the lights only work with the ignition on.
BTW where did you get the buzzer and how much was it?
Cheers,
Richard Fisher
BTW where did you get the buzzer and how much was it?
Cheers,
Richard Fisher
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Can't think of an easy way to rig it up to go on when ignition is off as my 99 Chim has no accessory switch.
BTW where did you get the buzzer and how much was it?
Cheers,
Richard Fisher
May be possible without the accessory switch, power the buzzer from the lighting circuit and earth to any terminal on the ignition switch which is earthed when the ignition is off. I don't know if there is one, but worth a look maybe?
Re the buzzer, 50p from Maplins, cost me more than that in petrol to drive across town to collect it!
Cheers,
Peter Humphries (and a green V8S)
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Hi chaps I fit them up here done a few now, yep got it from maplins three wire one to earth one to feed wire from lights one to ign live so if ign on buzzer does not sound only sounds when lights on but ign off.
Noel V8
Noel how does this work? From your (brief) description is seems there are 2 x live feeds going into the buzzer at any one time - the lights and/or the ignition, and 1 x earth. Is it a special component from Maplins? R...
I fitted a buzzer to my Griff 500 after leaving the lights on (horse/stable door/bolting/etc).
Wired a small DC piezo buzzer (maplin) between the output of the sidelight switch (live when lights on) and the wire to the drivers door pin switch (grounded when the door is open). You will need a diode (1N4001) in series with the buzzer otherwise it will go reverse polarity with the door closed and lights off!
Wired a small DC piezo buzzer (maplin) between the output of the sidelight switch (live when lights on) and the wire to the drivers door pin switch (grounded when the door is open). You will need a diode (1N4001) in series with the buzzer otherwise it will go reverse polarity with the door closed and lights off!
r how to wire uo buzzer as follows,
One to wire that becomes live when lights are on easy place to get that is on griff/chim red/white wire on dash light switch on underside of dash, secound wire to ign live wire red, will find one at multi plus just below dash in drivers foot well behine the carpet, right at the top drivers door hinge.
last wire to earth . peice of cake.
Noel V8
One to wire that becomes live when lights are on easy place to get that is on griff/chim red/white wire on dash light switch on underside of dash, secound wire to ign live wire red, will find one at multi plus just below dash in drivers foot well behine the carpet, right at the top drivers door hinge.
last wire to earth . peice of cake.
Noel V8
Even after nearly 4 years of ownership I still look back at my car as I walk away, this gives me a chance to check the lights are not on.
Instead of an annoying buzzer I think Peugeots are fitted with a nice chiming thingy. Might be nicer to source one of those (I'm sure there are a few Peugeot owners who can confirm/say I'm talking 80110X).
T/.
Instead of an annoying buzzer I think Peugeots are fitted with a nice chiming thingy. Might be nicer to source one of those (I'm sure there are a few Peugeot owners who can confirm/say I'm talking 80110X).
T/.
FYI, The Maplin order code for the lights on alarm is:
VF24B
Velleman Kit K3505
It is a "solder it yourself" job, but only takes 15 minutes or so
(30 minutes if you're crap at soldering)
The benefit of this over the buzzer, is that it only bleats for 20 seconds or so & then switches off, so if you really wanted to leave your lights on, you could, without it bleating away & deadening the battery even more.
Noel wired in mine & it gets used all the time :-)
Craig
VF24B
Velleman Kit K3505
It is a "solder it yourself" job, but only takes 15 minutes or so
(30 minutes if you're crap at soldering)
The benefit of this over the buzzer, is that it only bleats for 20 seconds or so & then switches off, so if you really wanted to leave your lights on, you could, without it bleating away & deadening the battery even more.
Noel wired in mine & it gets used all the time :-)
Craig
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