Jan, If I was going to use light bulbs instead of LED's or some other solid state lighting, I would use another relay and wire. Double the current draw on a switch may be a little to much, especially if your on the brake longer than you want to be some time. John Hervey www.specialTauto.com --- In dmcnews@xxxx, Jan van de Wouw <Jan@xxxx> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > Since my daily driver (an old Ford Escort) has a fuel leak I decided to take my > DeLorean to the movies this evening, everything went fine untill I got halfway > back home... > I had to use my High beams to signal someone from the opposit direction, as I > did this, my Radio cut off, the Tach mad a full 360 spin and the engine > heldback, followed immediately by a backfire (logical I guess, probably no spark...). > As I didn't trust this I tried the Highs several times more and it did exactly > the same, voltage dropped to about 8 Volt, then rose back to 11, at this point > the radio came back on and the high beams stayed on as they should, releasing > the switch only made the voltage go back up to 13, signalling made it drop again... > > When I was at home I parked my car and tried it again several times, both at > idle as well as with some throttle (about 1500rpm, couldn't revv too much: it > was 23.30h allready) stayed the same, so I'd thought I'd check tomorrow. Put out > the lights, released the throttle and turned the ignition off. > This made hell brake loose... Well actually just my alarmsystem going off, but a > 120dB siren in between houses makes a lot of noise! I finally got the alarm to > shut up (I HATE emergency-powered sirens), drove out of town -so I wouldn't get > into a fight with the neigbourhood- and tried all again. > NOTHING!!! Everything worked as it should, alarm, locks, tach, lights, EVERYTHING... > > I'm totally at a loss what this could be of could have been. I know (I've read > the manual) the alarm probably went off because of the voltage- drop: this is a > tamper-protection in case anyone tries to disconnect the battery or siren. I did > not see the BATT-light come on (light is in working order) and I DO have power > from the alternator: my voltages rises and drops with the RPMs. > The battery has power since even with the siren going off the remote on the > alarm still worked and I was able to start right away (when trying to get away > from an angry neigbour (he's an ^&%$^#%# anyway, so I don't really care about > him, but even more what he might do to my car)). > Turning the ignition to I made the alarm shut up (the way it is supposed to > according to the manual). > > So, what do I know? > - the car seems OK, since everything works now. > - my alarmsystem works the way it is supposed to. > - the battery connections are in place and firmly seated > - I HATE the sound of my siren and makes my ears hurt ;-) > - The tach can spin over 360 degrees without breaking... > - there is SOMETHING WRONG, but I don't know what or why!!! > > This last one is my trouble; does anyone have any idea what could have or can > cause this? > I really need to know this: I didn't dare put on the alarm after the argue I had > with the guy from across the street, so I put a surveilance cam on it, but > that's not an ideal situation... > > Please help, where should I check first? > > Thanks in advance, hope I can get some sleep after this. > > JAN van de Wouw > Thinking Different... Using a Mac... > Living the Dream... Driving a DeLorean... > > #05141 "Dagger" since Sept. 2000 > > check out the Delorean-Files at: > http://www.deloreanfiles.nl/ > ------------------------------ > > PS. since my message is kind of long, please trim your quotes when posting an > answer to the list. Let's make life a little easier for the moderators ;-)