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Subject:Re: Idiot Buzzer for Headlights
From:Alistair Bell
Date:Thu, 16 Jul 2015 18:39:14 -0700

Yup I did that.

https://shufti.wordpress.com/2010/05/15/headlight-on-warning-chime-mod/

Recently it's been working erratically, I have to delve in and see what's what.

Alistair

> On Jul 16, 2015, at 4:53 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> wrote:
> 
> At 07:33 PM 7/16/2015, Jim Felder wrote:
> 
>> S20 is the parking light circuit, and S19 is connected to the 15
>> circuit that is switched by the ignition key.  If lights are on but
>> key off, the buzzer will sound.
> 
> Bell Industries (Sidney) Ltd has a much fancier arrangement that uses
> the cucaracha buzzer.  But it's no good for me because I need
> something abrupt and instant-starting to catch my attention.  By the
> time those melodious what-have-yous have sounded I'm already
> somewhere else.  The one I finally put in per the above description
> works a treat.  But it's so irritating I will have to rig a disabler
> for times when I *want* to leave the parking lights on.
> 
> And of course it's more elegant to wire it in properly.  But I stared
> at that buzzer for four or five years and then leapt up and did it in
> ten minutes including cutting the little tabs of copper and soldering them on.
> 
> Yrs,
> d