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Date:         Fri, 20 Oct 2006 21:25:25 -0700
Reply-To:     Courtney Hook <courtneyhook@SHAW.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Courtney Hook <courtneyhook@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: Van Break in
Comments: To: Tim Demarest <tim.demarest@POBOX.COM>
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You can also buy ultrasonic alarms that create an ear-splitting high frequency shriek that is even nastier than your friends idea. They are DESIGNED to drive people crazy with ultrasonic pain. HTH, Courtney ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Demarest" <tim.demarest@POBOX.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 1:34 PM Subject: Re: Van Break in

> That...is...brilliant!!! > > I think the best location would be right behind the driver's seat, inside > a > steel cage (to prevent just yanking the wires off the speaker). Which list > member will be the first to assemble this as a kit and offer it for sale? > ;-) > > Tim > > > > At 07:15 PM 10/16/2006 -0700, Pensioner wrote: >>One of my friends has the one of the usual annoyingly loud car alarm >>devices, the kind with an external speaker. He put the 135dbA speaker >>inside the car. It is virtually impossible to stay in the car with the >>alarm at full chat, unless one is deaf or soon to be. With the doors >>closed >>the alarm sound is noticeable at some distance but not bloody annoyingly >>loud. After a period of time shredding the eardrums of the mice that may >>have hooked a ride on your last camping excursion the alarm resets and >>waits >>patiently like a cobra for the unwary to return. To get an idea of what >>it >>sounds like, find someone with an alarm system, put your ear next to the >>speaker and have them set it off. >> >>Doesn't stop the break in by a determined thief but does dissuade further >>theft of property or further damage.


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