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sparky Posted April 3, 2006 Author Posted April 3, 2006 Whats the approx price for the alarms people have mentioned ? the castle one looks good but at what price ! For over winter/storage I have a solar panel thats about 15w output on a good sunny day which would trickle charge the battery if it was bright, the normal caravan alarms are very basic, car alarms consume a fairly large amount of current and house alarms req the mains so its a problem finding one that will last off the battery. 73s Stuart.
arfur mo Posted April 3, 2006 Posted April 3, 2006 Whats the approx price for the alarms people have mentioned ? the castle one looks good but at what price ! For over winter/storage I have a solar panel thats about 15w output on a good sunny day which would trickle charge the battery if it was bright, the normal caravan alarms are very basic, car alarms consume a fairly large amount of current and house alarms req the mains so its a problem finding one that will last off the battery. 73s Stuart. hi sparky, i have seen proprietry caravan/boat alarms at the larger camping or chandeler shops (camping and general or blacks) which also had solar panel power, mainly they rely in a loud noise for 3 -5 minutes due to power consumption. what you need to concider is who will respond to it if left out in a field? i think there is a gsm voice/speech dialler is available which would obviously use the mobile network and PAYG sim, there was also a 4 mile radius car alarm & pager by a firm in Dagenham, useful if you live nearby to where its parked. i did some digging a while back for a builder who was having heavy duty tool chests robbed on a building site, it never went any further so no prices but food for thought. regs arfur_mo If you think education is difficult, try being stupid!!!!
Boldman Posted March 1, 2007 Posted March 1, 2007 Hi, I have a touring caravan and I have been thinking of fitting an alarm to it, the panel would have to consume very little power as it would be powered by a 80ah caravan battery for over the winter months (approx Nov-April). Is it best to go for a wireless system as the PIRs would have there own batts and I would only have to find power for the main panel, or a hard wired system ? It would be nice to have the alarm remote controlled can anybody recomend a suitable system which isn't too pricey ? Stuart. You could use a GSM Pager 4 from Bold. It only consumes 15mA and you could connect a couple of PIRs to it to make a cheap alarm panel. We do battery powered wired PIRs that last about a year on an internal bettery. The GSM Pager 4 would last over 200 days on an 80Ah batery. www.boldcommunications.co.uk Regards, Dan.
arfur mo Posted March 1, 2007 Posted March 1, 2007 hi all, i think this post has reached a reasonale conclusion so is being closed by me, many thanks to all for you input. regs alan If you think education is difficult, try being stupid!!!!
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