2camsaam

How to make car beep when lights are left on?
I have a 1995 Civic Ex and want my car to beep indicating that I have left my headlights on.
Anybody know how to do this?

Greg L

no civic before 96 that i know of beeps when your lights are on and ignition off, theres probabley a way to wire up an alarm or somethin

tominos

you can wire up a relay to beep, look under technical at jdmfan.com

splitime

Bah there was a site for doing this to a Del Sol, and i did it on my 92 hatch over break. Its really easy, just a 5 dollar relay from radio shack and some wiring...... The site is gone though.... I might still have the directions though, if i find them i'll scan and post them.

92civicsi

when i hooked up my cd player i accadenlty hooked it up so that when my lights are on my cd player is still on. works good for me

2camsaam

thanks, guess I will check under the technical section.

flat-blk-HB

I believe I have seen a thing at wal-mart in the automotive section that you could use. Like a headlight left on reminder kit? I saw it by the toggles and butt conectors. Or you could buy on off ebay too.

IWearMyKswiss

yea i could of swore i also saw a headlight "buzzer" at walmart too,..i think thats what they called them,...a buzzer

Jon Black

OK

This is assuming you have above average intelligence.

Tools you will need include:

Test Light
Wire Strippers
Soldering Iron
Wire Crimpers
Razor Blade or Olfa Knife or Box Knife

Materials include:

Some sections of wire at least 18 guage
Some female "speaker" terminals
A Bosch (or equaivalent) 12 Volt 30 Amp Relay
Some kind of beeper or buzzer that works on 12 Volts or higher
Electrical Tape - Dont be cheap buy 3M
Some Butt Connectors - Red or Blue (indicates guage)
Ring Terminals
Self tapping screws

First you will need to locate the parking light wire. You are actually trying to indicate headlights, but if your headlights are on your parking lights are too. You will ground one end of the test light and "probe" around for the wire. You can switch the parking lights on and off to be sure you got the right one.

You should be looking under the drivers side dash. Places the check are at the bundle of wires that run into the steering column and near the fusebox. If all else fails you can tap directly into the parking light wire and run it into the car. I dont suggest this. You could pull the parking light and look at what color the wires are and then look for one of those colors inside under the dash. If you cant find it you probably couldnt hook it up anyway...

OK, so you found the wire...you did find the wire, right? Cut a slice into the insulation of the wire about 1" long and peel the insulating jacket off. Attach one of your sections of wire here about 1 foot long. Either solder it and tape it, tape it, or if all else fails use a butt connector (which I am not a fan of, soldering is best). Make sure your parking lights are off at this point. Now crimp one of your speaker terminals on the end of this wire, along with another short jumper wire, as indicated by the red wire and jumper in the diagram.

Now take another piece of wire, perferably black and connect this to ground with either a self tapping screw or use an existing screw.

Look on the bottom of the relay and make the following connections. I could be wrong with the labeling of the numbers but it really doesnt matter, its just the labels. The main thing is dont use the center pin on the relay, as it wont work and there is a chance for the whole thing to short out if the center pin touches metal.

At this point if you cant follow the diagram you are fugged...plus I am tired of typing.

If anyone else needs a custom relay design just IM. Good Luck!!!!
Jon Black

http://www.blotterart.com/ebay/relay.jpg



[Modified by Jon Black, 4:48 AM 2/23/2003]


[Modified by Jon Black, 4:49 AM 2/23/2003]

euclid

good explanation

splitime

the method i ended up using required a relay from radio shack, and 4 wires with connectors to attach to the relay. Thats it. It hooks into the keys in the ignition warning beeper. I just have to figure out if i kept those darn instructions.

Jon Black

Well, if you DONT leave your keys in the ignition, but DO leave your headlights on, then your buzzer wont buzzzzzz...

Jon Black

HyBriDcxR

Ebay sells those buzzer thing for $.99 i think. Or you can go buy all the parts at radioshack.

CXHatchback

You DON'T need a relay, just get one of those $2 kits from walmart or wherever. They tell you exactly in your fusebox where to put it.

flat-blk-HB

Yeah I will be going to walmart later today and will look and might pick one up for the hell of it.

splitime

Wrong, it just makes use of the buzzer. It will buzz if the keys are in, it will buzz if just the lights are on.

dwnthehatch

iTrader: (1)

Read this thread. On the second page I have pics and an audio file of the buzzer I got from Radio Shack.

http://66.81.7.238/zerothread?id=290569&page=1

Happyman

The del Sol does this stock.

XKWISIT1

The easiest way of doing this, is to buy a 12 volt pulsing piezo buzzer from Radio Shack part#273-066a, about $5.00, an inline fuse holder and a 3Amp fuse.
Now to install this buzzer. First ,you will see that the buzzer has 2 wires, a black and red wire. Solder your fuse holder to the red wire. This red wire will tap into your parkink light fuse, that way it will sound if you leave your parking lights on. The black wire will be tapped into your wiper fuse. Now insert your fuse, turn your key to acc, turn on your parking lights, and turn your key to the off position, if done correctly your buzzer should go off. Secure your buzzer to the vehicle and your done.

Jon Black

When you say "go off" do you mean the buzzer should *start* making a noise or *quit* making a noise? If it should *Stop* making a noise, it would be useless.

The idea of this project is to notify you when you leave your lights on when you leave the car, which I am assuming that you will turn your ignition off and remove the keys.

The headlight fuse should show power on both sides of the fuse with the key on or off. I believe it runs through the headlight switch AFTER the fuse, but I could be wrong as I havent checked.

Jon Black

VTEC

Go to WalMart and look for a headlight indicator. $5-$7 and you just put it in your fuse box I think...

2camsaam

Thanks everyone!!
Found it in WallyWorld aka Wal-mart for $6.79, installed in like 20 minutes.
Hardest thing to do, which really still wasn't to difficult was to find a fuse that would shut off the buzzing if the lights were on while the car was on. If I didn't do this anytime the lights where on, whether the car was on or off, it would make the buzzing noise.

I connected the red wire to the parking lights fuse/interior dash lights fuse, and the white wire to the SRS fuse.

Works fine, thanks guys.

leprechan117

my car does it, 92 sedan, well it does it sometimes, but not always.