RogueProeliator
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While anxiously awaiting my truck and, like many others, planning on mods and changes, I have been debating doing this same resistor trick. I do go into some places where I don't want the sound (neighbor works shift work and his window is next to our driveway, on family farm so as not to scare off animals, etc.) However, I agree with others that it really is a safety issue. So, I came up with what I believe SHOULD be an idea solution...
I plan to add button(s) or rocker switch to the cabin somewhere which will do one of several potential things:
The more interesting one might be the volume... in theory we should be able to set a variable resistance circuit "ahead" of the speaker, resulting in a quieter output. Not sure of the system could detect this as an error or not. I believe this is testable by putting a 2 ohms resistor in place ahead of the speaker and seeing what happens.
Anyway, I am supposed to get my truck this week so hopefully that project will not be long in at least experimenting. If anyone is interested I can post back results once any information is learned.
I plan to add button(s) or rocker switch to the cabin somewhere which will do one of several potential things:
- Flip a relay to switch between the speaker and the dummy load
- Flip above relay and set a time to auto-enable after a set time (5 minutes?)
- Control the volume of the speaker
The more interesting one might be the volume... in theory we should be able to set a variable resistance circuit "ahead" of the speaker, resulting in a quieter output. Not sure of the system could detect this as an error or not. I believe this is testable by putting a 2 ohms resistor in place ahead of the speaker and seeing what happens.
Anyway, I am supposed to get my truck this week so hopefully that project will not be long in at least experimenting. If anyone is interested I can post back results once any information is learned.
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