Kill Switch and Fog lights

[Kaan]

In light of JayRays car getting wtfstolenandormolestedforthe10thtime ... I need electrical guru help.

They attempted to steal the CRX in nyc. they didnt take it... but they could have. So i'd like to get a kill switch put in. whats the best way to do it? how thick of a wire should i used? I can hide it myself, thats not the issue, i just dont know exactly the best way to rig it wire wise. If they want it bad enough to tow it... fucking let them have it...

Secondly... my POS has terrible headlights... they are clear, they work, but they arent bright enough... so i want to add fogs... how do you wire them in so that when i hit the high beams they turn off... the inspection guys go nuts on me for this. i'd rather have them run all the time if the headlights are on, and just click off if the high beams are activated (probably only in the inspection station!)

[Jeff]

Kill switch is easy. Just put normally closed relay on you main ignition wire and have a switch that throws ground to it...hide that switch anywhere. Small wire, low cost, no BS.




As for the lights I would need to see how they are wired. I ran mine off the parking lights so they were on all the time.

[Kaan]

how high should the switch be rated?

[Jeff]

Switch does not matter...it's ground only. The relay needs to be high enough but most of the time they are at least 15-20 amps I think. See what rating your starter relay is and use at least the same rating. Make use to fuse the 12v.

Edit- obviously you would put the switch to ground where it says "negative alarm output when armed" up there. So whenever the switch is on and passing ground it will disable the car.

[Kaan]

thank you! no alarm... i'm too cheap for that... plus i'd never hear it going off anyway its either at my house where no one would steal it... or somewhere where i'd never hear the alarm go off.

[Jeff]

I was just putting in my note there about the switch and the alarm when you posted.

[Kaan]

I was thinking about using the switch ont he main fuel relay. it will act like it wants to start, but wont... they might stop trying to steal it if they think it is broken (which it seems to be all the time anyway)

[Jeff]

That would be just as easy. You could use the exact same setup.

[.RJ]

You can kill the ignition coil pretty easily too, but it will always be 'hot', same with the fuel pump relay. Jeffs idea is more better.

[BLINGMW]

I like the idea of killing the pump too. There's not much current there either, you could probably just skip the relay and go with a decent switch.

[NTIman]

Kill switch is easy. Just put normally closed relay on you main ignition wire and have a switch that throws ground to it...hide that switch anywhere. Small wire, low cost, no BS.




As for the lights I would need to see how they are wired. I ran mine off the parking lights so they were on all the time.

I could be wrong, but wouldn't it be a normally open relay he would need?

[lillitnn92]

this is a popular site to reference among the honda crowd.

http://causeforalarm.thecarthing.com/ver...index.html

[Kaan]

thanks guys....

electrical shit gives me a headache. maybe they should just steal it.

[Steve85]

I could be wrong, but wouldn't it be a normally open relay he would need?

I don't think it matters really...it only effects the position the switch will be in for kill or enable.

For the fogs, relay to the rescue again. Putting a relay on the low beam circuit (instead of to a dash mounted sw.) will switch off the fogs when you switch to the high beams. Exactly how to do this will of course depend on how the CRX is wired for hi-lo operation.

[Jeff]

As said, either way will work. The issue is that normally closed will let him be on his way in the event of a power failure to the relay or some other mechanical failure of the relay.

Kill switch is easy. Just put normally closed relay on you main ignition wire and have a switch that throws ground to it...hide that switch anywhere. Small wire, low cost, no BS.




As for the lights I would need to see how they are wired. I ran mine off the parking lights so they were on all the time.

I could be wrong, but wouldn't it be a normally open relay he would need?

[Kaan]

well Hella has a kit that you wire in and has it all for you... now to see if 7 inch lights will fit on that little ass car!

[NTIman]

As said, either way will work. The issue is that normally closed will let him be on his way in the event of a power failure to the relay or some other mechanical failure of the relay.

Kill switch is easy. Just put normally closed relay on you main ignition wire and have a switch that throws ground to it...hide that switch anywhere. Small wire, low cost, no BS.




As for the lights I would need to see how they are wired. I ran mine off the parking lights so they were on all the time.

I could be wrong, but wouldn't it be a normally open relay he would need?

Cool, I didn't really think of that.