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Andy Hall
 
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Default Mobility scooter beeper.

On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 18:44:22 GMT, "dave" wrote:


"Andy Hall" wrote in message
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On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 17:54:58 GMT, "The3rd Earl Of Derby"
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Andy Hall wrote:
On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 15:38:59 +0000, Chris Bacon
wrote:

How can I quieten the reversing beeper on a mobility scooter,
preferably leaving the "horn" functionality normal? It's quite
a new machine, for road & pavement.

A small piece of masking tape partly over the hole in the sounder.?

But that would mean the horn will be lower tone as well?



Depends on the type of sounder.

If it's a typical piezo-electric one, the element is inside a
cylindrical container and there is a hole on the face of the
container. Obscuring part of the hole, reduces the sound level but
doesn't make any significant difference to the frequency of the sound.

It works for the beepers on PC motherboards as well.

.andy

If I remember correctly on the wifes TGA superlight I removed a link which
stopped the horn when reversing but allows the horn to work when the button
is pushed. check with a maintenance/repair company who will be able to tell
you if yours can be disabled.

Dave


The only thing I wonder about that is whether there is a requirement
to have this operative if it being driven on the road. IIRC, one has
to have an orange flashing light on a pole for that?

My father's one, which is more like a golf buggy is a pavement type
and has a button operated horn but not a reversing beeper.



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..andy