damnit, i think i killed the lock relay or actuator on the car and the unlock side on my driver's side with this 'mod'. this is what i did
-spliced blue/white wire-driver side lock-with an 18 gauge wire onto a diode, then i spliced another 18 gauge from the fog light-yellow/black(cant remember right now) and connected it on the other side of the diode. the grey bar being closest to the fog light wire. so if i press lock button on either remote or the button in the car, my fogs light up.
-did the same thing with the unlocks, spliced 18 gauge with tan wire on drivers side and diode on the one end. tapped off the same 18 gauge wire coming from the fogs to the other diode. again grey bar cloest to fog light wire.
its been working fine for the past couple of days when i'd press the lock/unlock on the remote and the buttons. just today when i accidentally pressed the unlock twice(it was raining hard outside and i wanted to get out quick b4 getting soaked), when i pressed the lock on my remote i didnt see or hear my locks lock. so i tried unlocking by pressing on the remoteand the driver side didn't respond, so i pressed the unlock again for the passenger side, it still works. something i did wrong? i cant check the wiring, but the fog lights still light up in lock/unlock, just no reponse from either the remote or the power locks. something please help me! im in need of some schooling in electrical wiring
*Devil Z*
yes. you made a BIG mistake.
fogs lights take up a LOT of power. not a lot, but enough. anyway, the circuit for handling the power locks isn't that big and isn't made to hold much power. so there's one of two things that you could have done.
1) fried the circuit.
2) HOPEFULLY you only popped the fuse. check all the fuses in your fuse panel, you might just luck out.
but for future reference, if you dont know what you're doing, dont do it.
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wahhhh......ya i kno now, but i guess i've learned from this mistake. hopefully someone else doesn't think of doin this in the future. *sigh
*Devil Z*
checked the fuse panel, and it turns out the power acc fuse has burnt bad. im gonna run to pep boys and get an upgrade fuse from 20A to possibly 40A just in case. thanks Viper98912 for the notice. i would of checked it soon enough, but its raining and i didnt have the motivation to go out and get wet again. but since you pointed it out i decided to check. so im soaked now
*Devil Z*
DO NOT DO NOT DO NOT DO NOT DO NOT DO NOT DO NOT DO NOT DO NOT stick a 40 amp fuse in there. If you're going to hook up your fog lights like that, run a separate relay for the fogs, and a separate power feed for the relays.
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realy, why's that? im still learning about electrical current. i thought running a diode would work running from the locks to the fog lights. i was trying to use a relay, but im still confused on what wires to ground and what source to hook the wires onto the relay. i went to the12volt.com site but they rarely respond to ppl's questions. anyone know what wires i should connect to the relay? thanks in advance
*Devil Z*
DO @!#$ NOT STICK A BIGGER FUSE IN THERE
YOU NEED TO BACK THE @!#$ UP FROM THE CAR AND LEARN A LITTLE BIT.
you ALWAYS stick the SAME size fuse in there, its for a reason. if you want to run the foglights, you must run a relay. inserting a relay is basically like inserting a new line thats capable of 30-40 amps. the relay uses a very small current from the source you are using it from (in this case, the lock module) with a direct connection to another main 12v source.
basically for the relay, pins 85 and 86 are the activation pins. for the relay to "turn on", 85 must be 12v and 86 must be grounded, or vice versa. if those two conditions are not met, the relay is currently "off". 30 and 87 are connected together, so for example, if you connect an 12v source to pin 87, when the relay is on, 30 will also have a 12v source output. if the relay is off, 30 has nothing on it.
thats the quick of it. i highly suggest you learn up on relays.
also, those "diodes" that you're using are probably small 1 amp ones. your foglights take up more than one amp, rendering those diodes to possibly blow.
and yes, fuses are made as a protection for your circuits and in case you run something too big and pop your circuit, or in case you do something dumb and risk causing a fire. in this case, you blew the fuse because you ran too much current through a circuit that wasnt made to handle that much, and possibly could have caused a fire or blown your lock components. tsk tsk tsk!
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aww man, i didnt realize how ad it would of gotten. damn i feel like a moron now, but i learned alot from this. i'll do the realy tomorrow when the weather is decent;y dry, and revert using the specified fuse. thanks guys for your input
*Devil Z*
