Date:         Sat, 15 May 2010 12:33:07 -0700
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      "headlights on" warning chime success
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Instead of doing yard work this morning, I've successfully installed
a headlight warning chime circuit. All I  used was a stock chime, a
short length of 14 G wire (female spades both ends) and an additional
relay socket.

Oh, instructions I posted only apply to '86 and up vans, those with
the earlier style relay panels are out of luck :) (its easy enough to
figure out though)

  pics on my blog, (http://shufti.wordpress.com) but this is what i
wrote

"Just for a lark, I thought I'd try and repurpose the seatbelt/key in
ignition warning chime to make it work as "lights left on' chime.

Funny thing is my van does not have a complete seat belt warning/key
left in ignition circuit:

-it does not have a switch on drivers side seat belt latch for seat
belt warning light

-warning light unit only has handbrake light and logo, seat belt
space blank

-warning light unit does not have wire into connector for seat belt
switch (yellow/red)

-door/seat belt warning relay missing

-relay socket  on top of fuse panel), has some wires to it, but not
all. Missing black wire from fuse S18. only one grey wire from door
switch the missing grey is for seat belt switch. Missing grey/red
wire that is also part of seat belt switch.

So I thought I would use that incomplete socket to make a "lights
left on chime" circuit. Turn out it is easier just to take another
socket and slip it onto the relay panel, less fussing with pulling
wires out of the relay socket, which is a bit of a pain.

Anyway, this is what I did... I had a 99 chiming relay, the "do-do-
do, do-do-do" annoying tune, a spare socket, and a short length of 14
gauge wire with female spade connectors at each end.  I pulled the
single grey wire from the incomplete seatbelt/key in ign socket
(those of you with two wires there, you will have to cut the right
wire, the one that leads to door switch, and put on a new female
spade on) and this will connect to 86 on the chiming relay. See how
the relay fits in the socket so you can get the spade connection into
the right hole so it will connect with 86.

This is the switched ground, grey wire will connect to ground when
door open,  drivers door only.

Now we need power to the 85 terminal of relay. But we only want power
when lights are on, right?

I choose terminal G9 on back of relay panel. Its on the right hand
side as you look at the panel, a group of 10 spade terminals. G9 gets
power when license plate lights get power, so it will supply power to
chiming relay when light switch is on.

So that's pretty well it, get the female spades of both the grey door
switch wire and the new wire to G9 in the relay socket so that the
grey wire goes to 86, and the newly installed wire goes to 85.

When installed, the obnoxious chime will sing out whenever driver's
door is opened and the lights are on."

alistair