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abnrdo
post Mar 20 2014, 08:30 AM
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Ok, I am such a noob when it comes to things that look out of place. What is the extra box next to my fuse panel?

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post Mar 20 2014, 08:32 AM
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Doesn't look stock, maybe aftermarket alarm?
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post Mar 20 2014, 08:35 AM
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Where do the 4 wires go? Trace them backwards. I'm betting old car alarm.
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post Mar 20 2014, 08:35 AM
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QUOTE(abnrdo @ Mar 20 2014, 10:30 AM) *

Ok, I am such a noob when it comes to things that look out of place. What is the extra box next to my fuse panel?

Thanks.



Oh.....

Look at that. That is very rare.....

NO IDEA! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Mar 20 2014, 08:38 AM
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QUOTE(wndsnd @ Mar 20 2014, 09:35 AM) *

QUOTE(abnrdo @ Mar 20 2014, 10:30 AM) *

Ok, I am such a noob when it comes to things that look out of place. What is the extra box next to my fuse panel?

Thanks.



Oh.....

Look at that. That is very rare.....

NO IDEA! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)


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I know I need a better schematic
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post Mar 20 2014, 08:51 AM
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that is the shock sensor for aftermarket alarm; always hot, if you tap it, an LED should flash.
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post Mar 20 2014, 10:37 AM
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What's in the box? The Future (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Mar 20 2014, 10:44 AM
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CUT THE RED WIRE! THE RED WIRE! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Alarm? Definitely aftermarket.
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post Mar 20 2014, 08:39 PM
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QUOTE(bandjoey @ Mar 20 2014, 09:44 AM) *

CUT THE RED WIRE! THE RED WIRE! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Alarm? Definitely aftermarket.


I don't know...I'm thinking either factory alarm or perhaps a dealer installed item.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)
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post Mar 20 2014, 09:19 PM
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I'm pretty sure that's a bomb!
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post Mar 20 2014, 09:52 PM
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Old solid state alarm, Clifford...Ungo?
I just pulled an oldie out of the '74 roller, must have been wires going in every direction: a train wreck !
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post Mar 20 2014, 10:26 PM
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What's in the box? The Future (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)


It's an digital/analog interface device for a flux capacitor. :-D
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post Mar 21 2014, 08:40 AM
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QUOTE(RJMII @ Mar 20 2014, 11:26 PM) *

QUOTE(JmuRiz @ Mar 20 2014, 10:37 AM) *

What's in the box? The Future (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)


It's an digital/analog interface device for a flux capacitor. :-D


Just keep it under 88....it's nothing...


Reminds me of something I got for Christmas that never worked...

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post Mar 21 2014, 06:43 PM
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Looks like a Transponder so if you cash they can send search planes out to find you.
So don't turn it off. OK?

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post Mar 21 2014, 06:52 PM
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QUOTE(dangrouche @ Mar 20 2014, 07:51 AM) *

that is the shock sensor for aftermarket alarm; always hot, if you tap it, an LED should flash.

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post Mar 21 2014, 06:54 PM
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QUOTE(Valy @ Mar 21 2014, 04:52 PM) *

QUOTE(dangrouche @ Mar 20 2014, 07:51 AM) *

that is the shock sensor for aftermarket alarm; always hot, if you tap it, an LED should flash.

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if anyone wants one, I have few for sale for a $10 shipped, though it is not transparent. get them fast, inventory depleting....
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post Mar 21 2014, 10:34 PM
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QUOTE(bandjoey @ Mar 20 2014, 09:44 AM) *

CUT THE RED WIRE! THE RED WIRE! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Alarm? Definitely aftermarket.


NO, NO, I MEANT THE YELLOW WIRE.....WAIT, GRAY WIRE........!
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post Mar 22 2014, 11:42 PM
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Car Alarm. The chip (LM2902) is dated 9248 (48th week of 1992).... The rubber band looking thing is probably a vibration sensor.
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post Mar 23 2014, 12:39 AM
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QUOTE(bryanc @ Mar 23 2014, 12:42 AM) *

Car Alarm. The chip (LM2902) is dated 9248 (48th week of 1992).... The rubber band looking thing is probably a vibration sensor.


I doubt it is an alarm.
There aren't enough connections.
Car alarms have lots of pins typically on a header to sense and control things.
Plus the LM2902 is an op amp, a simple amplifier, not any sort of microcontroller.
I'm with dangrouche in that it is just the motion sensor
for alarm that is/was somewhere else.

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