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Jeff B
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Crazy Horns

#1 Post by Jeff B » Fri Jun 01, 2007 8:47 pm

A guy I work with is big into trailbikes. He has a KTM that he made street legal. One of the necessities for the street is a horn. He didn't want a big heavy steel one so he got creative. He used the buzzer out of a smoke detector. It's not real loud, but it does the job, saves weight, and space. The downside is that it needs a 9 volt battery.
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Re: Crazy Horns

#2 Post by rztom » Fri Jun 01, 2007 10:04 pm

Jeff B wrote:The downside is that it needs a 9 volt battery.
:smt043 :rolleyes:

Why did they ever invent the 9-volt battery? Seems like such an oddball.... :shock:
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#3 Post by Shaftoflame » Sat Jun 02, 2007 4:26 pm

Does it really need 9v? The smoke detector will be 9v but will it not work on 12v - may be a little louder and a little higher pitched?

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Re: Crazy Horns

#4 Post by RDzombie » Tue Jun 05, 2007 12:21 pm

rztom wrote: Why did they ever invent the 9-volt battery? Seems like such an oddball.... :shock:
ive always thought the same, but yanno, 9 is divisible by 1.5. 1.5, 3, 6, 9,12.

why bother with the 9v alarm buzzer, 12v buzzers are cheap as all hell
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#5 Post by Jeff B » Tue Jun 05, 2007 9:56 pm

Shaftoflame wrote:Does it really need 9v? The smoke detector will be 9v but will it not work on 12v - may be a little louder and a little higher pitched?

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He said he tried it off the 12v batter and it didn't work real well.
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