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Re: I think I need a kick-a** honker

To: Skye Poier <skye@ffwd.cx>
Subject: Re: I think I need a kick-a** honker
From: Tab Julius <tab@penworks.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 20:31:56 -0400
Nah, I got a cute little horn that's fine for alerting a pedestrian in 
town, but totally inaudible on the highway.

On the other hand, I don't want to shake the car apart.  I don't need a 
truck horn.  Nor do I want some silly thing that plays "Nearer my god to 
thee" every time you honk it.  I just want something loud enough to warn 
some SUV at 80 miles per hour that I'm to his left in case he decides to go 
through with his left-hand lane change.

- Tab

At 04:29 PM 6/17/02 -0700, Skye Poier wrote:
>Enlighten me, does the later rubber-bumper car have the twin horns that
>my 66 has?   If not, I find mine *plenty* loud and definately get
>people's attention.  IMHO I think swapping parts between new/old models
>is much better than fitting some Scandanavian doohickey :)  I'm sure it
>could be fitted to the existing circuit, the horn circuit is about as
>simple as it gets.
>
>Or, try hooking your horn up directly to the battery.  If its twice as
>loud you know you have resistance problems...
>You might want to try cleaning all the contacts on the horns, and
>on the horn push on the steering wheel.  Horns draw a lot more current
>than you probably would expect.  So watch out for sparks when hooking
>things up live.
>
>Skye
>66 B

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