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DrewE
Apr 11, 2020Explorer II
ScottG wrote:
Seems like a lot of wires for a B/U alarm!
Not really, not for "backup alarm" as in a sonar or similar system to detect when you're getting close to an obstacle. There's a power input on the right, what I assume is a lead to the buzzer or whatever on the instrument panel, and a few connectors (A, B, and D) for the sensors.
For a backup beeper such as trucks and construction equipment have, then yes it's a lot more wires than one would expect. That would typically just be a little noisemaker box wired to the reverse light circuit, and have no separate control box.
Given the little picture of a cartoon car emitting wi-fi, I think a sonar backup sensor system is a very good guess.
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