#1: Sidelights when unlocking Author: samreecestrange, Location: Folkestone, KentPosted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 5:02 am ---- Wanting to wire my sidelights in with my interior light so when i unlock the car the sidelights come on.
Does anyone know which wire at the stalk i need to be tapping into, or can i go to the fuse box?
Any help greatly appreciated
Thanks
#2: Re: Sidelights when unlocking Author: Lee, Location: EnglandPosted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 5:17 am ---- Year (electrical system) of car is a must
#3: Re: Sidelights when unlocking Author: samreecestrange, Location: Folkestone, KentPosted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 5:19 am ---- preplex y reg 2001, forgot to mention that
#4: Re: Sidelights when unlocking Author: glenpring, Location: KENTPosted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 6:19 am ---- could i ask why would you want to do that??
#5: Re: Sidelights when unlocking Author: samreecestrange, Location: Folkestone, KentPosted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 6:35 am ---- not sure really, think it'll look nice
#6: Re: Sidelights when unlocking Author: NorthantsBen, Location: Raunds, NorthamptonshirePosted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 6:49 am ---- My mates st does that, trying to work out the point of it.
To find the Wire just get multimeter on the stalk, will take
2mins to do.
#7: Re: Sidelights when unlocking Author: samreecestrange, Location: Folkestone, KentPosted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 6:54 am ---- I cant get the multimeter in there without taking the plug out, i was hoping someone might have a wiring disgram and know which colour the right wire is.
#8: Re: Sidelights when unlocking Author: Mikey2uk, Location: StevenagePosted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 7:22 am ----
glenpring wrote:
could i ask why would you want to do that??
A lot of new cars do this now, so it could be a case of keeping up with the Jones as they say
#9: Re: Sidelights when unlocking Author: samreecestrange, Location: Folkestone, KentPosted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 7:24 am ----
Mikey2uk wrote:
glenpring wrote:
could i ask why would you want to do that??
A lot of new cars do this now, so it could be a case of keeping up with the Jones as they say
#10: Re: Sidelights when unlocking Author: Lee, Location: EnglandPosted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 7:47 am ---- It's to find your car in a car park
And yes you can easily get a multimeter in there. +12v on the sidelight circuit would turn the ignition on, so you need to protect with a diode.
#11: Re: Sidelights when unlocking Author: samreecestrange, Location: Folkestone, KentPosted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 7:48 am ---- UPDATE, the positive wire for the sidelights is the light blue cable on the left hand multiplug for the stalks.
However when the doors are shut and interior light fades the sidelights remain on, i know its the right wire from the interior light as im using it for footwell lights already.
anyone know whats going on here?
#12: Re: Sidelights when unlocking Author: Lee, Location: EnglandPosted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 7:56 am ---- That's because it uses a capacitor in the BSI for the earth
#13: Re: Sidelights when unlocking Author: glenpring, Location: KENTPosted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 7:59 am ----
Lee wrote:
It's to find your car in a car park
And yes you can easily get a multimeter in there. +12v on the sidelight circuit would turn the ignition on, so you need to protect with a diode.
On my 206 and 307 if you push the lock button when the cars locked the amber lights flash. That's how I find my car in a car park lol I thought that's what it was for lol
#14: Re: Sidelights when unlocking Author: Lee, Location: EnglandPosted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 8:01 am ----
glenpring wrote:
Lee wrote:
It's to find your car in a car park
And yes you can easily get a multimeter in there. +12v on the sidelight circuit would turn the ignition on, so you need to protect with a diode.
On my 206 and 307 if you push the lock button when the cars locked the amber lights flash. That's how I find my car in a car park lol I thought that's what it was for lol
I just use my memory and remember where I parked it. Much easier and you don't feel like a fool.
#15: Re: Sidelights when unlocking Author: glenpring, Location: KENTPosted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 8:05 am ----
Lee wrote:
glenpring wrote:
Lee wrote:
It's to find your car in a car park
And yes you can easily get a multimeter in there. +12v on the sidelight circuit would turn the ignition on, so you need to protect with a diode.
On my 206 and 307 if you push the lock button when the cars locked the amber lights flash. That's how I find my car in a car park lol I thought that's what it was for lol
I just use my memory and remember where I parked it. Much easier and you don't feel like a fool.
This is true but not everyone is as good as you lee lol my memory is well bad lol
#16: Re: Sidelights when unlocking Author: samreecestrange, Location: Folkestone, KentPosted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 8:07 am ----
Lee wrote:
That's because it uses a capacitor in the BSI for the earth
I dont know what that even is, is there a way round this?
confused as the footwell LED's go offonce the doors are shut but the sidelights dont yet there connected the same way
#17: Re: Sidelights when unlocking Author: copey, Location: rochdalePosted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 8:24 am ---- if you cant remember where you park your car in a car park its time to give up
#18: Re: Sidelights when unlocking Author: macca1411, Location: Westhoughton, LancashirePosted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 8:26 am ---- You've got to be close to your car to use the remote anyway so turning your head from side to side to find a car that you recognise as yours isn't that much effort.
Just fit one of these and connect it up to the battery before you leave the car. You'll be able to spot where you parked from even further away.
#19: Re: Sidelights when unlocking Author: NorthantsBen, Location: Raunds, NorthamptonshirePosted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 9:20 am ---- the flashing hazards when you unlock the car work fine for me
#20: Re: Sidelights when unlocking Author: MrBSI, Location: What's it to you? ? ?Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 10:04 am ----
glenpring wrote:
Lee wrote:
It's to find your car in a car park
And yes you can easily get a multimeter in there. +12v on the sidelight circuit would turn the ignition on, so you need to protect with a diode.
On my 206 and 307 if you push the lock button when the cars locked the amber lights flash. That's how I find my car in a car park lol I thought that's what it was for lol
Interior light will comes on as well
#21: Re: Sidelights when unlocking Author: samreecestrange, Location: Folkestone, KentPosted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 10:04 am ---- lol dont want them for finding the car, i just really want it to work!
Bloody car is iritating me, cant seem to fix anything!
#22: Re: Sidelights when unlocking Author: JayM, Location: SW ScotlandPosted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 11:41 am ---- Wasn't this a feature on some 206's? or perhaps it was the headlights not sidelights "follow me home" or something.. For seeing your way to your door in the dark..?
Could be completely wrong and it's a different car I'm thinking of.
#23: Re: Sidelights when unlocking Author: MrBSI, Location: What's it to you? ? ?Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 11:48 am ----
JayM wrote:
Wasn't this a feature on some 206's? or perhaps it was the headlights not sidelights "follow me home" or something.. For seeing your way to your door in the dark..?
Could be completely wrong and it's a different car I'm thinking of.
Multiplexed 206
Flash main beam after removing ignition key will put the dipped headlamps on for 30 seconds.
#24: Re: Sidelights when unlocking Author: samreecestrange, Location: Folkestone, KentPosted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 3:59 am ----
samreecestrange wrote:
Lee wrote:
That's because it uses a capacitor in the BSI for the earth
I dont know what that even is, is there a way round this?
confused as the footwell LED's go offonce the doors are shut but the sidelights dont yet there connected the same way
Anyone know a way round this?
Thanks
#25: Re: Sidelights when unlocking Author: Mikey2uk, Location: StevenagePosted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 4:11 am ----
MrBSI wrote:
JayM wrote:
Wasn't this a feature on some 206's? or perhaps it was the headlights not sidelights "follow me home" or something.. For seeing your way to your door in the dark..?
Could be completely wrong and it's a different car I'm thinking of.
Multiplexed 206
Flash main beam after removing ignition key will put the dipped headlamps on for 30 seconds.
That would be 45 seconds
#26: Re: Sidelights when unlocking Author: Lee, Location: EnglandPosted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 4:21 am ----
samreecestrange wrote:
samreecestrange wrote:
Lee wrote:
That's because it uses a capacitor in the BSI for the earth
I dont know what that even is, is there a way round this?
confused as the footwell LED's go offonce the doors are shut but the sidelights dont yet there connected the same way
Anyone know a way round this?
Thanks
4 pin relay - switch and +12v pins to a constant +12v, output to sidelights, earth to BSI earth. Protect existing circuit with diodes
#27: Re: Sidelights when unlocking Author: macca1411, Location: Westhoughton, LancashirePosted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 4:26 am ----
Mikey2uk wrote:
MrBSI wrote:
JayM wrote:
Wasn't this a feature on some 206's? or perhaps it was the headlights not sidelights "follow me home" or something.. For seeing your way to your door in the dark..?
Could be completely wrong and it's a different car I'm thinking of.
Multiplexed 206
Flash main beam after removing ignition key will put the dipped headlamps on for 30 seconds.
That would be 45 seconds
Around a minute according to my handbook pack.
#28: Re: Sidelights when unlocking Author: MrBSI, Location: What's it to you? ? ?Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 5:53 am ---- The time the follow you home headlamps stay on for depends on the BSI SOFTWARE VERSION installed on the car
#29: Re: Sidelights when unlocking Author: samreecestrange, Location: Folkestone, KentPosted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 10:11 am ---- Switch and +12vpins to pernament live at the ignition, output to sidelights (blue wire at stalk)
is the bsi earth the what im getting from the interior light?
I want to be sure as iv never used a relay before, also does anyone have a link for a suitable diode and where should i put them?
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