You just buy a 12v buzzer and wire it in to the fuse box so that when the
headlights are on and key is off, the buzzer sounds...costs about $3.
Adam P

81 Vanagon Westy (The Brick)
70 Single Cab "Whitey"
74 Beetle "Ol Yeller"
73 Transporter (STILL at paint shop)
1988 Vanagon Wolfsburg
Used Vanagon Parts for sale (mostly aircooled)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian and Carol Megas" <bmegas@ISLAND.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 12:38 AM
Subject: headlight reminder

> I often forget to turn the lights off in our 87 Westy. Ten years
> ago, on my Toyota piockup truck, I installed an Archer Radio
> Shack Headlight Reminder, which was a wonderful product that had
> a red diode that would flash and a buzzer that would only
> stay on for maybe ten seconds or so. This was a great feature, because
> you could leave the lights on if you wanted to and the buzzer wouln't
> continue to buzz forever. Before that, on our 72 VW camper van, I
installed
> a pretty light that I got from Radio Shack that was always on whenever
> the headlight switch was on. Unfortunately, Radio Shack no longer has
> the Archer Headlight Reminder, sounds like they stopped making them
> maybe ten years ago. Anybody know of a similar product?
>
> Thanks, Brian
> Brian, Carol, Thea, Deverelle and Kelsey Megas
>    Box 1051, Chemainus, BC,Canada, V0R 1K0
>       bmegas@island.net    http://www.island.net/~bmegas/
>           **to make your dreams come true, you have to stay awake**
>