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Oct 16, 2002

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Alarm light??

Hey everybody,
I'm new here... I have a 2002 civic DX 4dr, my question is how to install led light that goes on when the car is turned off. I had this led light installed in a 1995 Accord, it was hooked up to the fuse box, the wires end look like the end to speaker wire ends, (there is two wires, + & -).

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Oct 16, 2002

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do you actually want it hooked up to an alarm, or do you just want a dummy light

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I just want a dummy light...

, where would the positive & negative plug into..thankz!

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well you have a few options.. many actually...

You can wire the LED directly to the power on the fuse box and ground it and wire it to a switch so you can turn it on and off when you want. You can buy an alarm system [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG]..

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How would I hook it up if I wanted the led light to go on when the car turns off.

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that would be tricky...it's easier just to wire it to a switch..you'd need a relay.. a battery..and some other goodies to do what you want

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[hr]Originally posted by: mohawkboom
that would be tricky...it's easier just to wire it to a switch..you'd need a relay.. a battery..and some other goodies to do what you want[hr]

if you want to make one yourself (even though it seems that you have no clue (not flaming or anything)) then you'll need an LED, a capacitor 470uF, a couple of resistors 1Kohm and a schmitt trigger inverter, a 7805 regulator and a NPN transistor...

or better yet go buy that kind of led at radioshack for a couple of bucks so all you need to do is hook it up to +12v and GND...and voila you have a dummy light but in this case you'll need a switch or if you're electonically minded...use an NPN transistor so it will only work when the engine is off....nah..thats too hard....just connect it to +12V and the accessory wire...