Please 'Boom' Responsibly As most of you have noticed, the noise ordinances have become much tougher lately. Most of this is due to idiots, yes IDIOTS, who drive through residential areas with their windows down while their system is playing at full power. To make things worse, the music they listen to has all sorts of foul language that's not suitable for small children, (who may be playing outside). There are even a few people, who are even beyond idiot status, that play their systems at full power through residential areas after 10:00 PM (when many people go to bed). I don't believe that this type of behavior is good for the industry. If the fines get too stiff, people will stop buying large systems. If this happens, more people will get out of car audio (who wants a mediocre system). People get interested in things because they're exciting. A deck and four 6.5" speakers are not going to interest many of the younger car audio enthusiasts. If car audio enthusiasts keep annoying more and more people, the fines will keep getting tougher. All of this will only reduce interest in the equipment that fuels the industry. If you want to listen to your system at full volume, get out on the highway where there's little chance of bothering anyone. When you get to a red light, turn it down. If the only thing attractive about you is your 'system', you have some work to do. Bottom line... Think about what you're doing. Think about other people. It's not the end of the world if you have to turn the volume down for a little while.



NOTE: In the diagram below, 'fuse A' would not need to be any larger than 1 amp (it MUST be rated to protect the wire feeding the switch from a short circuit). Fuse 'B' MUST be rated to protect the wire feeding the relay (in case of a short circuit). It should also be smaller than the current rating of the relay.


This shows how to wire a switch so that you can turn your fans (or any other device connected to the relay) off if you want. You can see that the switch is in series with the remote lead. For the relay to switch on, 2 things must happen. The remote lead must be high (no, not on drugs.. the head unit must be on) AND the switch must be switched to the on position (position B).

NOTE: The diode will prevent inductive kickback from the relay coil from damaging the switch contacts.


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