Re: BREAK IN-alarm success

["Jonas Karlsson" <jonas85k@hotmail.com>]

>From: "Christian Els" <tiAn@usiw.net>

>From: <Captnbr@aol.com>
> > On a side note, is there a way to wire up the stock horn to an
> > aftermarket  alarm.
>
>Sure, take the siren output lead (or any +12V  out from the alarm) and 
> >feed it into the OEM horn relay trigger.
>
>I would recommend using a diode so that when you press the button on your 
>steering wheel you don't send current back into the alarm brain
>unintentionally.

Actually, the horn goes on when the trigger wire is -grounded-. So you want 
to find an alarm output lead that gets grounded when the alarm goes off. No 
need for a diode. Most alarms have a horn output. If the horn output on the 
alarm is a +12 output, you'll need to use a relay.

HTH,
Jonas


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