You should not need a buzzer for the second case as with the key off, the blinker should not be on, even not blinking - there is no juice with the key off. Z --- TinkerMan <tinkerman007@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > Hello Volks! > > I keep having my battery discharged once in a while > because of two possible reasons: > > 1. I left the headlight switch on. The parking > lights > stay on although the headlights are turned off by > the > ignition switch. This is hard to notice in the day. > > 2. I left the turn signal lever not in center > position. This leaves the appropriate turn signals, > right or left, on (not blinking). These lights are > also not affected by the ignition switch. > > Situation #2 is much more common, because when I > turn > into the parking spot the lever doesn't always > return > to center and I don't notice it because the turn > signal relay isn't clicking with ignition off. > > I've searched the archives and found mention only of > the parking lights situation, but no specific points > where to connect a warning buzzer. > Looking in the schematics maze in the Bentley manual > doesn't seem to suggest an easy connection point. > > I'm sure other people have had these problems. > Has anyone found a "Holistic" solution to BOTH > mentioned problems? I don't mind installing TWO > buzzers, one for each circuit (parking and turn > signal) if necessary. > > > ===== > Cheers, T-man. > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product > search > http://shopping.yahoo.com
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