Hey, My stock alarm is so annoying when I get in late at night, I was wondering if there was a way to lower the horn volume when I arm or disarm it.

 

Put a huge resistor inline with the horn. You'd have to experiment with the values to see what's the lowest one with which the horn works. I can't think of anything else.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 02 accord &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Put a huge resistor inline with the horn. You'd have to experiment with the values to see what's the lowest one with which the horn works. I can't think of anything else.</TD></TR></TABLE> Put the resistor on the horn output from the oem alarm, or cut the horn output from the oem alarm and connect it to a soft chirp siren. 94

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by fcm &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> Put the resistor on the horn output from the oem alarm</TD></TR></TABLE>

Resistor on the horn output will not work as it drives a relay. It would have to be inline with the horn after the relay.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">or cut the horn output from the oem alarm and connect it to a soft chirp siren.</TD></TR></TABLE>

That would work as well. But the original poster wanted to know how to "lower the horn volume" and was not looking for quieter alternatives.

 

I think he meant lower the horn volume when he arms and disarms the alarm, not all the time, kind of pointless if it can't be heard when the alarm goes off. 94