anybody know if it is possible or how to make the running light flash a sec longer on lock mode? mine blink so fast, its like a strobe.

 

mine must blink even faster than yours, I didn't even realize they blinked! I just might have to brave the cold and go try it!

 

p.s I do know my horn honks if I push the button 2 or more times!

 

I braved it, my don't blink at all.

 

horn honks. lights flash super quick

 

My horn honks when I hit the lock button twice and my lights must flash at about 186,001 miles per second (just slightly faster than the speed of light) because I can never see them flash.

I am usually close enough to hear the locks "thunk" when I hit the button so I usually only hit it the one time. There is an ancient post here somewhere by someone who gets irked by folks that constantly push the button until their lights flash (if you can see them) and the horn honks. He was of the opinion that folks that did that were showing off somehow.
I can empathize with him as little things people do get under my skin sometimes too, but that one never really bothered me that much. Some peoples driving habits, though..................grrrrrrrrrrr!

 

I agree with the little things that can drive you nuts. My reason for the light question is purely because if its there i want it to work. I remember when keyless entry was sorta new, every jacka** had to keep setting off the horn/alarm to show off, so i also agree there. maybe ill post a vid of how fast mine flash ( if the camera can catch it) ha ha.

 

well I was up at O dark:30 this morning and sure enough when the horn honks the lights flash, well I think you can call it flashing, maybe twinkling is a better answer, I hear on time that GE timed how long it takes for your eye to twinkle and it was 44/1000's of a second! I think that is about how long my lights are on.

 

at least i know iam not crazy, somdody else saw it too!

 

I have a dually, so I have the quarterpanel flares. I put LED marker lights in them and while mine flashes only briefly like yours, the LEDs flash pretty bright and leave no doubt that the keyless entry has received the signal. I don't know where you might want to put some (clearance lights perhaps?) but I think an LED marker light might be a good option.

 

very true, leds are easy to light, i was just wanting to try to get my runnings lights to stay on a sec longer. mostly for dark parking lots, cab lights.

 

Well, there's one thing you could do, but it would also do it when you turn off your headlights. It wouldn't hurt anything, and it might even look kinda cool. You could get a capacitor and place it in your parking/running light circuits. When it gets energized, it'll take a charge, then discharge more slowly. Your lights would kind of dim out rather than flash out. There might be a drawback, though. Capacitors don't charge instantly, and it might give a noticeable lag when the circuit is energized, so the lights might not light to full brightness before the circuit is deenergized. With the amount of current these lights draw, you would need a larger value capacitor. The larger the value, the longer it takes to charge, and the more pronounced would be the dimming effect. It would get to the place where the lights might not light at all because the capacitor would dampen the voltage to them.

If you wanted to get real fancy-schmancy, you could cut into the circuit output from the keyless entry system (KES) that feeds the lights, put in a timer circuit that is controlled by a relay and use the KES output as its trigger. The timer's output would control the relay and the relay would control the lights. You could set the timer up so that it keeps the relay energized for one second when it's triggered. If you have some electronics background, it's a relatively simple circuit to build.

 

i have a pretty good electronics background, if i could find the schematics for the control box itself, i could add a small timer or larger relay, etc.. because running and interior lights run through it.

 

Well, if worse comes to worst, you could always probe the wires on the control module with a test light and see which one flashes with the lights when you lock it.

 

true. then i could add whatever i want to be triggered by locking my doors. could be fun.