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Ever left you lights on? V70-XC70

posted by  Flame Trap UK on  Thu Feb 21 10:58 CST 2008
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Winter, early nights and lights on. The usual story: you park up, lock up and go off.

But you forgot to turn off our lights. No good!

I'm always doing this. So I rang up Volvo to ask why there was no warning buzzer.

"But there is" says the VovloMan. "Oh yea? " says I, "So how do I activate it?"...

"You got to reprogram the control unit"

"And?"

"It costs £60 plus tax (17.5%)" [about $145 in real money]

"S#d that, good bye"... click...

Out comes the tool kit, spare parts and the manual...

1 relay,
1 12v buzzer
1 earthing strap
1 lead from the tail light/number plate light fuse
1 lead from the cabin 12v supply fuse
2 diods PURELY for safety

Hey presto, problem solved in less than 1 hour and $140 saved...

POWER TO THE PEOPLE (especially brickies...

Andy
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Flame Trap UK






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