I have done this on my 86 cabrio, and it is definately the way to go.  No
more dead batteries!!!

Adam Puzerewski
81 westy
86 cabrio
74 beetle
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Beierl" <dbeierl@IBM.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2000 9:27 PM
Subject: Re: [VANAGON] Parking lights + ignition switch = flat battery

> At 19:45 6/11/2000, =David-M= wrote:
> >Is there a (simple?) way to rewire the parking lights so they go off
> >when the ignition is turned off?
>
> Not what you asked, but you can wire a buzzer, RS p/n 273-055 btw the
light
> circuit and either ignition or driver's door switch so that it buzzes when
> the lights are hot and the other is dead.  That particular buzzer has a
> built-in diode and color-coded leads, it's all you need.  Low pitch,
> pleasant tone (for a buzzer).
>
> d
> David Beierl - Providence, RI
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> '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
> '85 GL "Poor Relation"