Connecting Strobes to Alarm

[YoungLord]

Has anybody know or have connected their strobes with the car alarm -- so when the alarm goes off the strobes turn on -- I would like the option to turn them on without setting off the alarm....

Peace:flash:

[EFsleeper]

You could do this the only problem I see with it is that when your typical car alarm goes off is pulses the parking lights. You would probably need a constant 12v output to keep your strobes going off contiuously. Depending on your alarm you may have a wire that is grounded when armed but switches to 12v when set off. Im sure a competent installer could figure out a way to do it if he saw your alarm.

[GhettoLegs]

Originally posted by YoungLord
I would like the option to turn them on without setting off the alarm....

I believe he means that he wants the strobes to flash when the alarm system is armed... not just when the sirens are blaring... I've seen a number of cars that have this. As was said... a good installer can do it for you. However, some alarm systems are not designed to be used with anything but the LED that comes with it... adding strobes to the mix may fry the relays. But yeah... I dunno... check out your local installers to see what they think.

[EFsleeper]

so when the alarm goes off the strobes turn on -- I would like the option to turn them on without setting off the alarm....

Looks like he wanted both. You could prolly use a second channel output to click them on without setting the alarm off but the output only pulses a short time.