Me thinks it's the exhaust noise with Spridgets.
Some early Porsche electronic ignitions caused some garage doors to open
when they drove by.
There is a Honda in the parking lot next to my office whose alarm goes off
every time the garbage truck goes by.
Larry Miller
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----- Original Message -----
From: <conan@ralvm8.vnet.ibm.com>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 1999 3:21 PM
Subject: Just curious... Bugeyes vs Car Alarms
> A while back I recall two or three people made comments about driving
> around in their Bugeyes and setting off car alarms everywhere.
> Years ago I remember it being said that old Fords with generators
> would cause static on your radio when they drove by.
> Is this related??
> Anybody know just what it is about the early Spridgets that caused
> the alarms to go off? Generator? Ignition? Other?? Defective parts or
> just the nature of the design? Loud exhaust causing enough
noise/vibration
> to rattle the alarms' motion sensors?
> Just seems like there might be a use for this kinda knowledge
SOMEwhere...
> :-) Ed in NC :-)
> I remember someone on a ham radio list talking about sitting at a
> stoplight next to a GM product. Everytime he keyed his microphone the
> GM car's engine would stall. (A little shielding problem around
somebody's
> computer! ;-)) Didn't do it to -all- GM cars, just this particular one.
> e in nc
>
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