Miata Mailing List: April 1993, Message #73
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   From: (none)
Subject: Re: New person w/ an electrical question..
   Date: (none)

> 
> Hello miata peoples
> 
> I was wondering if there is a simple way of making the lights in the
> miata automatically shut off when the key is removed?  I know that saabs
> have done this/still do?  On volkswagons all you need to do is move a relay
> 
> WRT alarms.  I am currently looking at the alpine 84?? because it has a 
> "quiet" chip, and a microwave intrusion detector.  I am not sure how it
> works, but in the saleslime's miata if you put you hand in the window the 
> alarm goes off.  He says that it also works w/ the top down or the hard top.
> Does anybody have anything good/bad to say about them?  One bad thing is the
> price ($325) and you cannot buy it and install it yourself.  So if anyone
> knows of a place in the Seattle area that would do high quality instalation
> that would be helpful too.  I have seen too many alarms w/ an inline fuse
> next to the battery to count.  When I install an alarm I integrate it into
> the factory wiring harness if possible
> 

I have an alarm that has some sort of motion detector, but I don't know
if its microwave or ultrasonic.  What I *do* know, is that I had to 
reduce the sensitivity since it was going off every time it rained.  Now
the sensitivity is so low, that its difficult to set off.  It *should*
trigger anytime someone reaches into the car.

	...Gary