which wire is the color code and where can i find it for the parking light switch in a 90 crx si?

 

You want your park lights to flash when the alarm is going off???

 

i forgot what the color was....you could remove the rear panel and probe the tail lights nah too much work. If you look in your fuse panel there is a row of male spades on top...one of those are your park light cicuit...gotta love honda

 

right on! thanks. now my alarm will be complete.

 

go to your dimmer switch....and use a multimeter to check it. should get +12V when parking lights are on (obviously). its either red/black or black/red...i cant remember...lol. sorry
hope this helps

 

hey thanks a lot! dimmer switch it is! but then again, i checked the voltage coming outta my alarm and there's no power there. should there be power there?

 

you will only have power out of the alarm when it arms. it flashes for a quick second there, unless its a negative circuit, meaning that it grounds out when armed, then you will see no power to it, its just completeing the circuit.
its the black red im pretty sure, been a long time since i opened up my column.
jim

 

If you are talking about parking light flash, it should supply power when you arm the alarm. If you want to add flashing parking lights when the alarm goes off, then you need to add a relay as most of the alarms supply a ground to activate other functions.

 

parkin light wire for honda and acura is red with black stripe.

 

this is all great, but where do i find this wire? i tried running it off the parking light fuse but that didn't work. thanks for the tips so far.

 

i found the red/black strip wire and tapped into it and still nothing. what kinda relay do i need? and how do i hook it up? thanks for the input ht peeps.

 

if the car is a 90 crx si there is a male blade in your fuse box that is unused that you can just plug a female spade onto to make your parking lights flash. if not its red w/ black in the drivers kickpanel. Dont go to the dimmer switch as in some cars it will only run your dash lights ( rookie mistake) cuz after all the dimmer doesnt dim your outside lights doh!

 

I belive that the prob may be that the park light output for the alarm my be a ground instead of a postive.

the park light circuit needs a positive.

so get a relay spst type

wire it as such

position 86 fused 12 volt source
30 same fused source ( 7.5 amp will do fine no bigger)
85 connect alarms park light output here.
87 connect to cars park light circuit

trigger system......... if lights flash jump for joy and have a

hope this helps

 

tight thanks a lot audioroach. where can i get this single pole single throw reley at? will radioshack do? and wat does 7.5amps mean and where can i tap for that? thanks in advance.

 

yes you can get it at the shack shoulbe be about 10 bucks or less

the 7.5 amp is the fuse size to put inline with the wiring circuit.

as stated above in the crx/civic fuse panel there is a row of male pins above the fuses ign batt ( 12 vs) and park lights are all in one of those spots.

HTH