Gil
Very punny ;)
Actually, you are correct. The output amperage of system for the alarm
circuit is 1.0 amps, which is exactly what the big outside siren takes. My
next project is add a relay to let me add an inside siren and oterh
irritations to be named later.
Rex Burkheimer
J-CON Coordinator, WM Automotive Whse Fort Worth TX
Texas Region SCCA FC #19 Reynard
rex@txol.net rburkheimer@hotmail.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: Gil Fuqua <gfuqua@corpcomminc.com>
To: 'Rex Burkheimer' <rex@txol.net>; Dave Williams
<dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us>; <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, December 27, 1999 10:08 AM
Subject: RE: Shop security
> Add a really loud siren INSIDE the shop in addition to the one on the
> outside. If you break in and can't hear anything but loud noise, you
won't
> hang around. You can't hear your accomplice, the police or yourself
think.
>
> I hope this does not fall on deaf ears.
>
> Gil
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rex Burkheimer [mailto:rex@txol.net]
> Sent: Monday, December 27, 1999 9:27 AM
> To: Dave Williams; shop-talk@autox.team.net
> Subject: Shop security
>
>
>
> Since the theft, I have added a burglar alarm to the shop. I bought a
> 2-zone RS model, with switches on both the overhead door and the people
> door, plus a motion sensor. Will also add a bar with padlock over the
front
> door on the outside. Since there is no phone, I have it wired to a
really
> loud siren on the top of the roof. Also have a strobe light at the front
> edge of the roof. I feel pretty secure with this setup, and I probably
will
> add to it. Any suggestions?
>
> Rex Burkheimer
> J-CON Coordinator, WM Automotive Whse Fort Worth TX
> Texas Region SCCA FC #19 Reynard
> rex@txol.net rburkheimer@hotmail.com
>
>
>
>
> >
> >
> > -> Sorry for your loss. Had that happen to me in May, bastids broke into
> > -> my shop and took EVERYthing of ANY value - $3500 worth, most of it
> > -> new.
> >
> > It hasn't happened to me, but I worry about it. Here in the 'hood they
> > managed to kick the back door of the house completely out of the wall to
> > get in, but they haven't made it into the shop yet. I have no windows
> > in the shop, no external hardware on the bay doors, and a steel entry
> > door with a wire mesh (like the kind they use for walkways) "screen"
> > door, both with deadbolts only.
> >
> > Of course, most of the really valuable stuff in the shop is either too
> > heavy to move or too esoteric to be recognized of value, not that losing
> > some of the little stuff wouldn't hurt.
> >
> >
>
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