On Thu, 11 Jul 2019 10:25:29 -0700 (PDT), AK
wrote:

On Thursday, July 11, 2019 at 10:26:53 AM UTC-5, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On Thursday, July 11, 2019 at 8:38:21 AM UTC-4, AMuzi wrote:
On 7/10/2019 11:05 PM, AK wrote:
Bought this today at a "mom and pop" hardware store. At $13, I thought the price was quite reasonable.

Searches for it lead me to believe the company is no longer in business though.

https://imgur.com/a/mHSoIA5

It has an alarm built in that detects movement a certain number of times and then sounds a 110 decimal alarm. Resets itself etc.

It uses 9 LR44 batteries which last around 2 years.

I think it is closer to 90 - 100 decibels.

What do you think?

Andy


Do you run outside every time you hear a car alarm? No one
else does either.

I wonder what percentage of blaring car alarms actually indicate a car being
stolen. I suspect it's close to zero.

I was in a tiny deli a few days ago. There was only one other customer. A car
alarm started blaring just outside the shop. After about 30 seconds, the other
guy said to me "Is that your car alarm?"

"It's not mine," I said. Then he walked to the door, looked out and said "Oh,
it's mine!" It took him another 30 seconds to figure out how to stop it.

- Frank Krygowski

For me, the alarm is for my notification.

I make no assumption that anyone would do anything about someone trying to steal my bike.

I am mulling on adding on a version of a fence charger.

I could do it for under $20.

But my bike is pushing some serious weight already. :-(

Andy

I suggest that something like, oh say, a quarter stick of dynamite in
the top tube with the donator attached to a "trembler switch" of some
sort. While it might not stop the first theft it would certainly
reduce the frequency somewhat as time went by.
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Cheers,

John B.