Headlight warning buzzer
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2014 3:05 pm
I don't know if anyone has ever posted this mod before (I did a search, apologies if I'm doubling up). All you need is a little piezo speaker/buzzer (worth $1 or something) from any local electronics shop, maybe a bit of wire and some basic soldering skills.
One of the quickest yet handiest mods I can remember doing, I just completed this is about 15 mins. I have a terrible memory and I'm fed up with accidentally leaving my headlights on overnight and waking up to a flat battery. The scorp factory lights aren't exactly the brightest on the road so it's often easy to forget they're on if it's not completely dark.
1. Simply splice the black buzzer wire into the "Door" light on the dashboard (the yellow wire going to the "door" dashboard light on my early model scorp).
2. Then splice the red buzzer wire into the positive wire of any light which is constantly on when headlights are on (I used the ash tray light on my scorp as the ash tray is part of the dashboard and the light remains on at all times when the headlights are on - but the glove box light for instance would be a bad idea as it turns off when the lid is closed).
3. Done! How easy was that?!
Illustrations:
One of the quickest yet handiest mods I can remember doing, I just completed this is about 15 mins. I have a terrible memory and I'm fed up with accidentally leaving my headlights on overnight and waking up to a flat battery. The scorp factory lights aren't exactly the brightest on the road so it's often easy to forget they're on if it's not completely dark.
1. Simply splice the black buzzer wire into the "Door" light on the dashboard (the yellow wire going to the "door" dashboard light on my early model scorp).
2. Then splice the red buzzer wire into the positive wire of any light which is constantly on when headlights are on (I used the ash tray light on my scorp as the ash tray is part of the dashboard and the light remains on at all times when the headlights are on - but the glove box light for instance would be a bad idea as it turns off when the lid is closed).
3. Done! How easy was that?!
Illustrations: