Bflauto
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So while going through a bunch of repairs for my new (to me) 96 GTX, I am on to the beeper. Like many others the beeper was no longer working.
I tore down the handlebar cover and got to the beeper module. I cut the wires and removed the module, as I planned to use the radioshack beeper that others have posted.
Out of curiousity, i cut open the beeper module with a band saw, just above the area where the housing flanges inwards. I wanted to see if a spare piezo speaker that I had laying around would repair the beeper.
Inside i was surprised to find a driver board and a 3-wire piezo speaker. I never seen a 3-wire before and the spare one i had was ony 2-wire. In doing a quick search on google about a 3-wire I learned a bit about how the 3rd wire works but also was offered a clue that smoke detectors often have 3-wire piezos. My mind quickly reminded me that i had an old smoke detector in a parts drawer.
A quick teardown of the smoke detector and i found a piezo in a housing that closly matched the portion of the module that i removed with the bandsaw.
The wires in my piezo were red, black and white. The wires on the beeper driver module circuit board were red, black and blue. I matched reds and blacks, and finally the white to the remaining blue wire. They got a quick dab of solder and I taped up the wires. Then I epoxy'd the module housing to the piezo housing (from the smoke detector). Lastly I zip-tied it as best as i could under the handlebars, soldered it up and plugged in my key.
CHIRP CHIRP!
SUCCESS!
I tore down the handlebar cover and got to the beeper module. I cut the wires and removed the module, as I planned to use the radioshack beeper that others have posted.
Out of curiousity, i cut open the beeper module with a band saw, just above the area where the housing flanges inwards. I wanted to see if a spare piezo speaker that I had laying around would repair the beeper.
Inside i was surprised to find a driver board and a 3-wire piezo speaker. I never seen a 3-wire before and the spare one i had was ony 2-wire. In doing a quick search on google about a 3-wire I learned a bit about how the 3rd wire works but also was offered a clue that smoke detectors often have 3-wire piezos. My mind quickly reminded me that i had an old smoke detector in a parts drawer.
A quick teardown of the smoke detector and i found a piezo in a housing that closly matched the portion of the module that i removed with the bandsaw.
The wires in my piezo were red, black and white. The wires on the beeper driver module circuit board were red, black and blue. I matched reds and blacks, and finally the white to the remaining blue wire. They got a quick dab of solder and I taped up the wires. Then I epoxy'd the module housing to the piezo housing (from the smoke detector). Lastly I zip-tied it as best as i could under the handlebars, soldered it up and plugged in my key.
CHIRP CHIRP!
SUCCESS!
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