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Old Aug 31, 2009 | 02:56 PM
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What's the consensus out there for an alarm with 1 or 2 high db hidden horns, powered by a seperate, well hidden battery activated by a mercury switch which would trigger if the car is at any point grossly moved or not parallel to the ground? It would seem if you could get 3 - 4 minutes of ear piercing noise out the perp would probably not hang around to finish the job.

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Old Aug 31, 2009 | 07:41 PM
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Originally Posted by jlagarde
What's the consensus out there for an alarm with 1 or 2 high db hidden horns, powered by a seperate, well hidden battery activated by a mercury switch which would trigger if the car is at any point grossly moved or not parallel to the ground? It would seem if you could get 3 - 4 minutes of ear piercing noise out the perp would probably not hang around to finish the job.

Just a thought.
OR,

Just buy a 5 gallon tank, small compressor, a train horn. Wire it to the alarm system. NOBODY will get away with your car!
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Old Aug 31, 2009 | 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Reeltales
Has anyone found a simple way to add security to their car by adding a kill switch? I was trying to find a way to kill the ignition spark so that if someone tried to hot wire, the car would not crank. I would prefer something under the dash so that it could be enabled easily.
Any ideas?
Here's the original question . . . . .
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