Audiovox Install Stumper ==

[kaitsdad]

No news yet?

It works now but it's difficult to type new thread title "Audiovox won't Disengage Stumper" when you're locked at 80 mph.

Sorry, guys, haven't been able to get to it yet - perhaps tonight.

My father-in-law was finally able to get out of the hospital yesterday and come home - so I was doing the heavy lifting, and the wife would have cut something off if I hadn't been there.

 

[kaitsdad]

FIXED !!

Removed the BackOff, and it behaved.

Rode it 70 miles today, was able to cruise, accelerate, coast, etc., all with no funny noises or sparks. This is good.

Pending, Shane, Thanks for the hint -

Radman, Thanks for not blasting my ears off - and thanks for the tip on the button head screws.

So - anyone want a slightly used BackOff Tailight modulator? Hmm, I could install it in my wife's Sienna.....

 

[jestal]

Hook the Backup back up (haha) with a diode to isolate it from backfeeding any noise and see if it is OK.

 

[dcarver]

Congrats Hal! Ain't nuttin' to that electrronics stuff now is there?

 

[kaitsdad]

Congrats Hal! Ain't nuttin' to that electrronics stuff now is there?

Ya know, I still don't understand how they can get those little "+" and "-" through that round wire. Just confuses me.

And thanks again for the offer -

When you're ready to do yours, let me know.

Hook the Backup back up (haha) with a diode to isolate it from backfeeding any noise and see if it is OK.

Jestal, I used to have a diode, however, I shipped it to Alaska to be gummed by a toothless Eskimo woman, and it got lost when the dogsled fell through the ice.... :huh: :blink:

Could you give me some details on how to do that, and where to obtain a diode for this? I'm assuming an electronics store? I have no experience with this, so I'm shootin blind... any details would be appreciated. I kinda like the blinky-blink of the brake light.

 

[jestal]

A diode is simply a one way device. Allows the electrons to flow towards the device but prevents stray electrons (noise) from flowing back into the voltage supply.

The first one on the list would work fine:

https://www.radioshack.com/search/index.jsp...p;origkw=diodes

Where ever you tapped into the brake light wire for the flasher just attach one end of the diode and attach the supply to the device to the other end. This way all voltage to the device flows thru the diode. The diode will only allow voltage to flow in one direction so if you put it in backwards it will not allow the device to work. No worry. Just turn it around....LOL. Really, you can use your volt meter to determine which direction the diode works in...which end should be attached to the + voltage. You really would have to struggle to hurt anything here so get one or two and try it. I generally isolate most any electronic device with a diode like that to prevent noise from backfeeding into the system and affecting other devices.

 

[kaitsdad]

Thanks, Jestal.

A trip to RatShack is first on my list for tomorrow.

I'll let ya know how it works, (or if I screw it up) :huh:

 

[ionbeam]

The end of the diode without the band is the + in and the end with the band is out. Practically, the current flows from the non-band end to the band end. The 1N4001 or 1N4003 are perfect.