When my brother put the car alarm in his vehicle a couple of years ago he mounted the alarm under the dashboard facing straight towards the driver. When it was activated you couldn't stay in the drive t's seat!
No one takes any notice of alarms these days, so he reckoned it was more a effective deterrent that way.
Just food for thought
03_Troopy said
07:50 AM Jan 10, 2015
You can get heaps of different ones these days with everything from central locking to turbo timers etc. Just get a well known brand with the functions you need and wire up through either magnetic reed switches or pin type switches to you canopy doors.
We fitted a couple to some mine utes but the ones supplied were way overkill (central locking, turbo timer and other stuff I can't remember now) and we ended up not using 90% of their capabilities.
TechnoGypsy said
05:28 PM Jan 10, 2015
Hey Cruising,
I'm unsure how expensive an electronic fix may be but you could always leave a big scrub python in the back !
(O.K. that's my silliness done for the day = stuck at work) regards Technogypsy
Bruce and Bev said
07:33 PM Jan 10, 2015
don't use PIR's (infra-red) in a vehicle (including caravan). When the air temp gets too hot (or too cold), they will either not work or go into a false alarm. They are very sensitive to major ambient heat changes. Movement sensors are useless - strong winds or someone bumping against your vehicle will set them off
You are better off putting reed switches on the canopy doors, but of course they will not go off if the intruder just breaks the window and reaches in.
About the only fail proof thing is the old fashioned tape they used to put around the outside edge of shop windows so if the glass was broken, so was the tape and the circuit was therefore broken.
Car alarms are not that wonderful and as Joga said, they go off so often city people ignore them. Only good if youre looking to scare off people if youre in the country/remote areas.
The car alarm co's still sell heaps of them though
chopit said
01:17 PM Jan 11, 2015
I can't find a name on our alarm/central locking/immobiliser but it works a treat. ( Sorry, not answering your question ) We have a solid lid & 2 tool boxes on the back of the ute. The sensativity is up a bit with the occasional false alarm. ( Nearby car slamming the boot shut will do it ) In saying that I am happy to have the occasional false alarm as a trade off to having the tool boxes etc. covered. On 2 occasions in Ipswich (Qld) shopping center car parks passers by have said " Your car alarm went off. We saw a guy running away." Nothing taken, one lock damaged but repairable. I guess having a ute that looks like a "Tradies" ute is just too much temptation for some.
I'm looking to get a alarm for my ute canopy
does any of you has an idea for what to get
Thanks John
No one takes any notice of alarms these days, so he reckoned it was more a effective deterrent that way.
Just food for thought
We fitted a couple to some mine utes but the ones supplied were way overkill (central locking, turbo timer and other stuff I can't remember now) and we ended up not using 90% of their capabilities.
Hey Cruising,
I'm unsure how expensive an electronic fix may be but you could always leave a big scrub python in the back !
(O.K. that's my silliness done for the day = stuck at work) regards Technogypsy
You are better off putting reed switches on the canopy doors, but of course they will not go off if the intruder just breaks the window and reaches in.
About the only fail proof thing is the old fashioned tape they used to put around the outside edge of shop windows so if the glass was broken, so was the tape and the circuit was therefore broken.
Car alarms are not that wonderful and as Joga said, they go off so often city people ignore them. Only good if youre looking to scare off people if youre in the country/remote areas.
The car alarm co's still sell heaps of them though
I can't find a name on our alarm/central locking/immobiliser but it works a treat. ( Sorry, not answering your question )
We have a solid lid & 2 tool boxes on the back of the ute. The sensativity is up a bit with the occasional false alarm. ( Nearby car slamming the boot shut will do it )
In saying that I am happy to have the occasional false alarm as a trade off to having the tool boxes etc. covered.
On 2 occasions in Ipswich (Qld) shopping center car parks passers by have said " Your car alarm went off. We saw a guy running away."
Nothing taken, one lock damaged but repairable.
I guess having a ute that looks like a "Tradies" ute is just too much temptation for some.
I was hooping to find something simple this way
I keep looking
Cheers John
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