Retrofit parking sensors to use with tow bar bike carrier?

forgotmyname

Same kit for £7.40 minus the dolphin sticker??

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/283282218012


Thats one expensive sticker.

Tip, make them an offer for less and then resell the hole drill on ebay and get more money back.

Richard53

custardy wrote: »

you needed a load resistor fitted into the circuit.
Mine (reversing sensors) are fitted fine in a canbus system car

I can see a load resistor adding extra resistance to make an LED bulb 'work', but what if I am adding load to the circuit by adding the sensors? Will it still need extra resistance, or is it something else?


You say yours work OK with canbus - are they the basic kind fitted aftermarket, or are they manufacturer-fitted? I would assume a mfr-fitted item would work fine, but I'm looking for the cheap type you just add to the reversing light circuit. I fitted a set to an old Discovery and they were great, but that was before canbus was even thought of.


Thank you.

custardy

Richard53 wrote: »

I can see a load resistor adding extra resistance to make an LED bulb 'work', but what if I am adding load to the circuit by adding the sensors? Will it still need extra resistance, or is it something else?


You say yours work OK with canbus - are they the basic kind fitted aftermarket, or are they manufacturer-fitted? I would assume a mfr-fitted item would work fine, but I'm looking for the cheap type you just add to the reversing light circuit. I fitted a set to an old Discovery and they were great, but that was before canbus was even thought of.


Thank you.

The load resister releated to your bulb issue.

my sensors are after market. the draw on these sensors is tiny
unlikely to cause errors.
If it really did. wire direct to the battery with a fused supply and use the reversing circuit on a switching relay.

Edit: these are the ones I fitted,but paid much less. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/REVERSING-PARKING-SENSOR-4-SENSORS-AUDIO-BUZZER-ALARM-CISBO-336-4/330340144598?epid=621226466&hash=item4ce9ce95d6:g:AJwAAOSwBahVSyYH:rk:1:pf:0
I got a perfect match for my paint work and my bumper had rear cut outs for OEM sensors so with a colour & position match they look OEM.