Attaching additional accessories (was "Garage Door Opener Dilemma Solved!")

[Knut Grimsrud <knut.s.grimsrud@xxxx>]

James' message reminded me of a simple circuit I built and installed in my daily driver car (outlined in the DeCO Newsletter back issues available in the FAQ at www.dmcnews.com) that provides control for two additional on/offaccessories without any new switches added to the car (same idea as re-using the flash-to-pass control). In my case I added a "flash" function to theexisting window switches. The additional circuits are activated by a quicktap on the window switch and does not interfere with regular window switchfunction. The circuit is general purpose and allows control of most on/offitems. In my case I have a cooling fan override controlled by the one switch and the other is currently unused (but the garage door opener is a greatidea).

Knut

>
> This message reminded of something I read somewhere (heer on the DML, 
> maybe?) about a way to wire your garage door opener to the high beam 
> relay so that when you approached the garage door, you only had the 
> use the "flash to pass" control on the high beams (pull back briefly 
> on the stalk) to activate it. Seems simple enough to devise - John 
> Hervey, can you tell us how to do it?
>
> James