You just buy a 12v buzzer and wire it in to the fuse box so that when the headlights are on and key is off, the buzzer sounds...costs about $3. Adam P 81 Vanagon Westy (The Brick) 70 Single Cab "Whitey" 74 Beetle "Ol Yeller" 73 Transporter (STILL at paint shop) 1988 Vanagon Wolfsburg Used Vanagon Parts for sale (mostly aircooled) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian and Carol Megas" <bmegas@ISLAND.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 12:38 AM Subject: headlight reminder
> I often forget to turn the lights off in our 87 Westy. Ten years > ago, on my Toyota piockup truck, I installed an Archer Radio > Shack Headlight Reminder, which was a wonderful product that had > a red diode that would flash and a buzzer that would only > stay on for maybe ten seconds or so. This was a great feature, because > you could leave the lights on if you wanted to and the buzzer wouln't > continue to buzz forever. Before that, on our 72 VW camper van, I installed > a pretty light that I got from Radio Shack that was always on whenever > the headlight switch was on. Unfortunately, Radio Shack no longer has > the Archer Headlight Reminder, sounds like they stopped making them > maybe ten years ago. Anybody know of a similar product? > > Thanks, Brian > Brian, Carol, Thea, Deverelle and Kelsey Megas > Box 1051, Chemainus, BC,Canada, V0R 1K0 > bmegas@island.net http://www.island.net/~bmegas/ > **to make your dreams come true, you have to stay awake** > |
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