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    the reason I was wanting to know about heads getting warm was first I never seen this before on a jammer and 2nd of all im on my 2nd cpu as my original cpu would not power up ...

    my first thoughts was that I may have some defective heads drawing to much power hence my first cpu

    it has put my mind a rest knowing that ALP heads get warm

    my theory would be that the capisitors and circuitry sit closer to the inside of the housing hense heat soak

    my G8 and G9 heads don't get warm probly because the housing are so much bigger the circuitry is further away from the inside of the housing

    all of AL products work as a full time parking aid so for the ALP its nothing new ..I use to allways think if I switch off parking aid it will save diode life as its not scanning but cheked this out many years ago with IR

    BRD while you got the IR camera on hand as I have to strip out a cuboard to find mine and charge it up but try and do the same test one during the day and one at night

    I cant remember witch one I tested but the G8 or G9 flashed a different sequences day and night... system still worked 100% not to sure if the ALP will do the same I figured it must change a scan pattern for different lighting senarios like I say im not to sure if the ALP will do the same AL may of changed a few things
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    Quote Originally Posted by BestRadarDetectors View Post
    You are correct. Turning off the Parking Mode on any individual head will only ignore the parking signal from the head at the CPU side. I just tested it and confirmed you are correct.

    BRD is right on this, very nice video BTW.
    Sensors are doing a selftest and PDC every second, that is one proprietary routine of AL for many years. Even if PDC of the sensor is OFF, sensor is operating as normal with selftest blink every second.

    ALP sensors are using up a lot of electricity and is normal for them to warm up, some 10-15 degrees above ambient temperature. G8/9 sensors are much larger so heat dissipates more quickly so they only go 5-10 degrees above ambient temperature.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BestRadarDetectors View Post
    You are correct. Turning off the Parking Mode on any individual head will only ignore the parking signal from the head at the CPU side. I just tested it and confirmed you are correct.

    BRD is it the fog light edition;

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    Quote Originally Posted by L&R View Post
    BRD is it the fog light edition;
    No, There is no AL Priority fog light heads. The fog light heads are G9 heads but they will also work with the AL Priority.

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