Single LED light
 

I have mounted a Varad LED light and used the IGN harness (yellow wire) and hooked the constant 12V to the positive post on the fuse box, and grounded on the strut tower bolt. Simple enough but when I try to remote start the stock alarm activates and the horn blows then the car shuts itself off. Also there is a nasty click when Ignition is turned off. Can anyone help me??


Thanks

No its just a single LED for theft deterrent.

Like a single LED or a strip?

If you used the ignition harness its the brown wire.I asked yesterday and hooked up my remote wire for my amp with no problems.

Where did u mount it and what is it for

Would the brown wire be used as a ignition grounded when engine is off?

No its just a single LED for theft deterrent.

You used a capacitor right? :confused:

The brown is the acc power and you ground somewhere to the body.

What kind of capacitor??

I was lead to believe if you are hooking up a singe led you are supposed to hook a capacitor up to the one line and a resistor up to the other line but I could be wrong. I have never personally installed LED lights in any of my rides and everyone else I know that has lights on their rides use neon.

I installed LED lights on my ride. :)

Where did you run the yellow wire to ?

But that's different because they include a transformer. :roll:

I guess I was wrong, you just need a resistor and not a capacitor also.

Hey Adam
Where did you run the yellow wire to ? On your Varad LED system

I'll have to check it when I get home. Its been a long time since I ve even looked at it.

OK, I think the culprit here is the VARAD led itself. I think the yellow input wire is feeding back into the ignition circuit somehow.

First though, verify you have the correct ignition wire. The wire you need is one that shows 12V when the car is on, and shows ground when the car is off. (Use a computer-safe testlight or multimeter to do this.) If you have the correct wire, then we'll go to the next step:

Get a 1 watt, 50V PIV diode. (At least. Bigger is OK.) diconnect the yellow wire from the ignition wire and connect it to the non-striped end of the diode. Connect the striped end of the diode to the ignition. That should fix the problem, because the diode will block any current from going back into the ignition wire.

Alternatively, you could use a 5 pin relay. Connect it as follows:

Terminal 86 and 30 connect to ground.
Terminal 85 connect to IGNITION ON
Terminal 87a connect to your yellow wire.
Do not use terminal 87.

The relay will connect the yellow wire to ground until you start the car, which will then disconnect and turn the LED off.

Hey BigJP, you get it working OK??