I finally got tired of accidentally leaving my headlights on and draining the battery.
I found a simple little circuit online and happened to have a spare buzzer and relay, so all I needed was some scrap wire from work.
Here's the diagram I used.
http://www.earlycuda.org/images/Tech/HeadlightChime/Headlight On Wiring Diagram.jpg
I was able to place the buzzer, relay and inline fuse all right behind the driver side kick panel without bothering the fit of the plastic panel. Aside from bringing an ignition wire from the fuse box, all other wiring was done right there as well.
You can see the larger black box is the buzzer with the relay below, slightly behind the carpeting. The only thing I would recommend is choosing a less annoying of a buzzer. Maybe I'll try to find a chime on ebay.
Works very well. When you turn ON the ignition, it engages the relay which opens up the path to the buzzer. Turning the ignition OFF while the headlights are ON completes the path to enable the buzzer. With the headlights OFF the buzzer does not get power.
I found a simple little circuit online and happened to have a spare buzzer and relay, so all I needed was some scrap wire from work.
Here's the diagram I used.
http://www.earlycuda.org/images/Tech/HeadlightChime/Headlight On Wiring Diagram.jpg
I was able to place the buzzer, relay and inline fuse all right behind the driver side kick panel without bothering the fit of the plastic panel. Aside from bringing an ignition wire from the fuse box, all other wiring was done right there as well.
You can see the larger black box is the buzzer with the relay below, slightly behind the carpeting. The only thing I would recommend is choosing a less annoying of a buzzer. Maybe I'll try to find a chime on ebay.
Works very well. When you turn ON the ignition, it engages the relay which opens up the path to the buzzer. Turning the ignition OFF while the headlights are ON completes the path to enable the buzzer. With the headlights OFF the buzzer does not get power.
