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I've fitted a rather nice steering wheel to the old car which comes with a
horn push in the middle. At the moment the horn is activated by pushing the indicator stalk. It would be nice to have the push work as well - but of course this is usually achieved with fairly involved wiring either up the steering column or with slip rings. There's a fair amount of room inside the steering wheel boss, so a battery transmitter and 12 volt receiver elsewhere would be nice. Anyone seen such a device at a reasonable price anywhere? All I've found are IR ones. -- *Growing old is inevitable, growing up is optional * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 23:52:27 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
There's a fair amount of room inside the steering wheel boss, so a battery transmitter and 12 volt receiver elsewhere would be nice. Anyone seen such a device at a reasonable price anywhere? All I've found are IR ones. Wireless doorbell? -- John Stumbles Blamestorming Sitting around in a group, discussing why a deadline was missed or a project failed, and who was responsible. |
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In message , "Dave Plowman (News)"
writes I've fitted a rather nice steering wheel to the old car which comes with a horn push in the middle. At the moment the horn is activated by pushing the indicator stalk. It would be nice to have the push work as well - but of course this is usually achieved with fairly involved wiring either up the steering column or with slip rings. There's a fair amount of room inside the steering wheel boss, so a battery transmitter and 12 volt receiver elsewhere would be nice. Anyone seen such a device at a reasonable price anywhere? All I've found are IR ones. An interesting idea, these are a fairly standard module:- http://www.rfsolutions.co.uk/acatalog/DS000032.PDF At one time RS used to sell them, I'm not sure if they still do. -- Bill |
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On 21 Sep, 02:16, Bill wrote:
In message , "Dave Plowman (News)" writesI've fitted a rather nice steering wheel to the old car which comes with a horn push in the middle. At the moment the horn is activated by pushing the indicator stalk. It would be nice to have the push work as well - but of course this is usually achieved with fairly involved wiring either up the steering column or with slip rings. There's a fair amount of room inside the steering wheel boss, so a battery transmitter and 12 volt receiver elsewhere would be nice. Anyone seen such a device at a reasonable price anywhere? All I've found are IR ones. An interesting idea, these are a fairly standard module:- http://www.rfsolutions.co.uk/acatalog/DS000032.PDF At one time RS used to sell them, I'm not sure if they still do. -- Bill These ones work particularly well - I have one in my workshop for remote control of the dust extractor etc. The package of keyfob plus a multichannel receiver with relay outputs is ideal for that application - it drives an impulse relay followed by a contactor. For the horn application, there's more there than needed. However, RF Solutions supply the electronics modules separately for integration into something else. # RS Stock no. 505-6553 # Manufacturer RF Solutions # Manufact. part no. HIRK-433F |
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On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 23:52:27 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote: There's a fair amount of room inside the steering wheel boss, so a battery transmitter and 12 volt receiver elsewhere would be nice. Anyone seen such a device at a reasonable price anywhere? All I've found are IR ones. I've got quite a few of the Tx/Rx pairs similar to the ones at http://members.aol.com/rchelicam/microszr/microszr.htm - you are welcome to a couple if you wish. More details at http://www.remapsherts.org.uk/html/electronic.html -- Peter Parry. http://www.wpp.ltd.uk/ |
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On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 23:52:27 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
I've fitted a rather nice steering wheel to the old car which comes with a horn push in the middle. At the moment the horn is activated by pushing the indicator stalk. It would be nice to have the push work as well - but of course this is usually achieved with fairly involved wiring either up the steering column or with slip rings. There's a fair amount of room inside the steering wheel boss, so a battery transmitter and 12 volt receiver elsewhere would be nice. Anyone seen such a device at a reasonable price anywhere? All I've found are IR ones. Take a look at suppliers on the car modding scene - I've read of radio remote switches for switching extra (non-road legal) lighting. I can't remember any more detail, it's not my scene. SteveW |
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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
I've fitted a rather nice steering wheel to the old car which comes with a horn push in the middle. At the moment the horn is activated by pushing the indicator stalk. No need to go Radio. Align a couple of coils axially with each other so that they couple at all positions of the steering wheel. Drive the fixed coil from an oscillator (555 timer?), and wire the horn button across the steering wheel coil, maybe with a resistor load. Detect the current draw from the oscillator to drive a relay for the horn. -- Adrian C |
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John Stumbles wrote: On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 23:52:27 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote: There's a fair amount of room inside the steering wheel boss, so a battery transmitter and 12 volt receiver elsewhere would be nice. Anyone seen such a device at a reasonable price anywhere? All I've found are IR ones. Wireless doorbell? Why didn't I think of that? Cheap as chips too. -- *Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery? Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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Bill wrote: In message , "Dave Plowman (News)" writes I've fitted a rather nice steering wheel to the old car which comes with a horn push in the middle. At the moment the horn is activated by pushing the indicator stalk. It would be nice to have the push work as well - but of course this is usually achieved with fairly involved wiring either up the steering column or with slip rings. There's a fair amount of room inside the steering wheel boss, so a battery transmitter and 12 volt receiver elsewhere would be nice. Anyone seen such a device at a reasonable price anywhere? All I've found are IR ones. An interesting idea, these are a fairly standard module:- http://www.rfsolutions.co.uk/acatalog/DS000032.PDF At one time RS used to sell them, I'm not sure if they still do. Looks a bit over specified for what I need - but would be ok if cheap enough. -- *There's no place like www.home.com * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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Peter Parry wrote: There's a fair amount of room inside the steering wheel boss, so a battery transmitter and 12 volt receiver elsewhere would be nice. Anyone seen such a device at a reasonable price anywhere? All I've found are IR ones. I've got quite a few of the Tx/Rx pairs similar to the ones at http://members.aol.com/rchelicam/microszr/microszr.htm - you are welcome to a couple if you wish. More details at http://www.remapsherts.org.uk/html/electronic.html Thanks for the kind offer Peter - it certainly looks like it would do the job. -- *Reality is the illusion that occurs due to the lack of alcohol * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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Adrian C wrote: Dave Plowman (News) wrote: I've fitted a rather nice steering wheel to the old car which comes with a horn push in the middle. At the moment the horn is activated by pushing the indicator stalk. No need to go Radio. Align a couple of coils axially with each other so that they couple at all positions of the steering wheel. Drive the fixed coil from an oscillator (555 timer?), and wire the horn button across the steering wheel coil, maybe with a resistor load. Detect the current draw from the oscillator to drive a relay for the horn. Interesting idea but might be difficult to arrange in practice. -- *Succeed, in spite of management * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 00:05:44 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote: Thanks for the kind offer Peter - it certainly looks like it would do the job. They are quite good, and if you get a lot of interference fail inert rather than false triggering. e-mail me your address if you want a couple to play with. -- Peter Parry. http://www.wpp.ltd.uk/ |
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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message ... In article , John Stumbles wrote: On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 23:52:27 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote: There's a fair amount of room inside the steering wheel boss, so a battery transmitter and 12 volt receiver elsewhere would be nice. Anyone seen such a device at a reasonable price anywhere? All I've found are IR ones. Wireless doorbell? Why didn't I think of that? Cheap as chips too. So you blast your horn and some poor sod with the same tx code answers their door? Love it. Leave it set at code 0000 like most people who fit wireless alarms do. Adam |
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On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 14:26:58 +0000, ARWadsworth wrote:
Wireless doorbell? Why didn't I think of that? Cheap as chips too. So you blast your horn and some poor sod with the same tx code answers their door? Love it. Leave it set at code 0000 like most people who fit wireless alarms do. Better still when neighbouring oiks find their doorbell works your horn! -- John Stumbles Bob the builder it'll cost 'yer Bob the builder loadsa dosh |
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On 2007-09-24 09:18:00 +0100, John Stumbles said:
On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 14:26:58 +0000, ARWadsworth wrote: Wireless doorbell? Why didn't I think of that? Cheap as chips too. So you blast your horn and some poor sod with the same tx code answers their door? Love it. Leave it set at code 0000 like most people who fit wireless alarms do. Better still when neighbouring oiks find their doorbell works your horn! Equally, he can drive along the street pressing his horn and seeing how many doorbells he can ring. That would be every schoolboy's dream for knocking on doors and running away. |
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On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:18:00 +0000, John Stumbles wrote:
Better still when neighbouring oiks find their doorbell works your horn! Mind, he's running windoze at home now so having kids working his car horn is the least of his security worries 8^) -- John Stumbles Women always generalise |
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On 22 Sep, 00:08, "Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:
I've fitted a rather nice steering wheel to the old car which comes with a horn push in the middle. At the moment the horn is activated by pushing the indicator stalk. Snip How long till MOT time Dave? IIRC any horn operaty thingies have to work if fitted, so you may have limited time to work on this. |
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John Stumbles wrote: Mind, he's running windoze at home now so having kids working his car horn is the least of his security worries 8^) Still using RISC OS for most things. ;-) -- *How do you tell when you run out of invisible ink? * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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wrote: I've fitted a rather nice steering wheel to the old car which comes with a horn push in the middle. At the moment the horn is activated by pushing the indicator stalk. Snip How long till MOT time Dave? IIRC any horn operaty thingies have to work if fitted, so you may have limited time to work on this. It will be in addition to the factory one. -- *Save a tree, eat a beaver* Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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