yer man exactly scrawn you hit the nail on the head its just the negative switching that still gets me
(still learning)
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| Author: | KEENSY85 [ Sat Mar 30, 2013 9:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Lights off when u turn off the ignition |
As the title suggests is it possible to get the lights to turn off when u turn off the ignition? ??? |
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| Author: | jono165 [ Sat Mar 30, 2013 9:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lights off when u turn off the ignition |
The simplest way to do this would be a relay which would break the headlight circuit with the ignition off. You would have the choice of wiring it into either the accessory or ignition circuits depending on when you want to be able to turn them on. Im not sure if there is a roadworthy requirement of being able to turn on the lights without the key though. |
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| Author: | atari4x4 [ Sat Mar 30, 2013 9:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lights off when u turn off the ignition |
fit a headlight buzzer/reminder from jaycar. |
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| Author: | Scrawny [ Sat Mar 30, 2013 9:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lights off when u turn off the ignition |
Redarc do a 'Headlights On' system, comes on a few seconds after start up then turn off with the key. You've probably seen a few at work anyway. Do you want something similar to your Subaru? |
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| Author: | KEENSY85 [ Sat Mar 30, 2013 10:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lights off when u turn off the ignition |
yer man exactly scrawn you hit the nail on the head its just the negative switching that still gets me (still learning)
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| Author: | sideways [ Sat Mar 30, 2013 11:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lights off when u turn off the ignition |
atari4x4 wrote: fit a headlight buzzer/reminder from jaycar. I had one of these. Something went wrong with it and it beeped when ever you turned the lights on, then it got worse and just beeped all the time. 
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| Author: | KEENSY85 [ Sun Mar 31, 2013 8:20 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lights off when u turn off the ignition |
I was hoping there was a way to rewire it so its turns off like a subaru |
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| Author: | royce [ Sun Mar 31, 2013 8:37 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lights off when u turn off the ignition |
Do you want it so you cant leave the lights on accidently or so the lights are always on when you are driving? It would be somewhat straightforward to make it so the lights cant come on if the ignition is off, but I think that isn't legal |
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| Author: | KEENSY85 [ Sun Mar 31, 2013 6:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lights off when u turn off the ignition |
royce wrote: Do you want it so you cant leave the lights on accidently or so the lights are always on when you are driving? It would be somewhat straightforward to make it so the lights cant come on if the ignition is off, but I think that isn't legal The secound 1 why isn't legal though? |
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| Author: | royce [ Sun Mar 31, 2013 6:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lights off when u turn off the ignition |
Something about parking lights being available all the time, if lights could only work with the ignition on, believe me they already would What you want is an automatic setting for the lights, these work with the ignition but can still be manually turned on with the key off, so its a bit different and a lot more complex I would say a DRL controller could work, but your lights will then ALWAYS be on with the engine running A reasonable compromise might be to wire an ignition switched relay into the parkers, so they always come on like an old Volvo |
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| Author: | KEENSY85 [ Sun Mar 31, 2013 6:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lights off when u turn off the ignition |
Always on would be fine as long as the lights could take it |
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| Author: | Scrawny [ Sun Mar 31, 2013 7:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lights off when u turn off the ignition |
Get the Redarc system then. The lights will be fine. If you can't twist someone's arm at work to wire it up bring it over to me |
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| Author: | want33s [ Mon Apr 01, 2013 8:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lights off when u turn off the ignition |
royce wrote: A reasonable compromise might be to wire an ignition switched relay into the parkers, so they always come on like an old Volvo A relay as suggested should work but the old 2 series Volvo's didn't use the parker lights as DRL's. They were a seperate circuit with their own bulbs. |
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| Author: | royce [ Mon Apr 01, 2013 12:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lights off when u turn off the ignition |
something else to consider, a stock sierra alternator wont keep the battery charged at idle and low rpm with the lights on |
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