P. 10
Installation
Guide
PS-3185SH
12
YELLOW
(+) Glow-Plug
input
(cont.)
A Note on the Diesel Glow-plug Indicator:
(Also known as the “wait-to-start light”.) The
purpose of the Glow-plug circuit on diesel vehicles
is to pre-heat the Combustion Chamber before the
vehicle is started.
When a Remote Starter is installed on a diesel
vehicle, the Glow-plug section of the Ignition
circuit must be activated and allowed to operate
before the vehicle is remote-started. For that
purpose, the Glow-plug input wire of the Remote
Car Starter must be connected to the Glow-plug
indicator light of the vehicle.
Caution!
The Remote Car Starter will
only
accept
positive
Glow-plug input signals, therefore
negative Glow Plugs should only be connected
using relays to invert the polarity.
A diode must be added between the negative
Glow-plug trigger on the relay and the negative
Glow-plug wire of the car. This is to prevent
feedback effects on the Glow-plug indicator light
on the instrument cluster: the light on the dash
would come on because of the feedback, even
though the circuit is off.
When the user remote-starts the vehicle:
•
The Remote Car Starter will power up the
Ignition circuit and wait to engage the Starter
Motor while the Glow-plug indicator light is still
on.
•
The Remote Car Starter will engage the Starter
Motor as soon as the Glow-plug light (+) goes
out.
o
Minimum waiting time is 3 seconds.
o
Maximum waiting time is 18 seconds.
If no Glow-plug wire is found on the vehicle, the
Glow-plug input on the Remote Car Starter may
be “timed out”. The Remote Car Starter will power
up the Ignition and Glow-plug circuits and simply
wait for the time-out before starting:
