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    alarm light dash LED

    Hello!


    New owner here, (YEA!) Anyway, the dash indicator for the alarm system will not illuminate.

    1. Removed light and checked power and indeed there was power, so assumed indicator light (LED?) to be defective.

    2. Could not find matching indicator at parts store so went with slightily larger indicator with a removable bulb.

    3. Hard-wired new bulb, but it will not light. I checked and there is indeed 12 volts surging on and off. I checked the bulb and it works on a 12-volt battery. But it will not illuminate when connected to the two wires that were feeding the dash indicator!

    4. Is there such a smaller amount of amperage available at these leads that only the smallest of LEDs will work, yet still trigger my voltmeter?

    5. Anyone hook in a relay to operate a greater intensity alarm indicator?

    6. What am I doing wrong?

    7. Seems odd.


    Thanks in advance for your thoughtful input.

    Rick
    Last edited by RicksVX : 07/09/2006 at 08:46 PM Reason: too much beer

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    is your new light an LED? if it is start by trying switching the wires because LEDs have to have a specific wire on positive and negative (if youve already done this, sorry, i always like to start simple)

    where are you testing the voltage coming through? i havent actually pulled the wires apart, but i saw it and it looked like there were just normal crimp on connectors, maybe one is loose and it just so happened it was connected when you had the volt meter hooked up

    one more thing to try is one more bulb, id take the stock one to radio shack and have them see if they can match it

    good luck and congrats on gettin your VX

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