Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:19:52 -0400
Reply-To: Greg Potts <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA>
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From: Greg Potts <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA>
Subject: Re: SMART Keys and kill switches
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Hi Mike,
I am planning to do the same thing with my wife's 1985 VW Cabriolet.
The way I see it there is no point locking the doors on a
convertible, it just gives the thief an excuse to cut up the roof.
I'm hoping to put the switch near the seat belt receiver. That way
it's easy to arm the system without alerting people to the existence
of the switch. I may even use a 2-way switch on the powered side of
the circuit, so that the switch sounds a buzzer when the pump is
disabled. That signal will help me avoid any roadside assistance
troubleshooting calls if the switch is engaged accidentally and the
vehicle won't start.
Happy Trails,
Greg Potts
1973/74/77/79 Westfakia "Bob The Tomato
www.pottsfamily.ca
www.busesofthecorn.com
On 23-Apr-07, at 10:49 AM, Michael Elliott wrote:
> Greg Potts typed:
>
>>
>> Apparently the advent of so-called smart keys simply pushed the car
>> theives into doing a B+E to get the key. They break into your house,
>> steal your keys and then drive away quietly. It didn't lessen the
>> theft rate at all, it just put the owners at higher risk of personal
>> injury.
>
> And biometric locks, e.g. fingerprint readers, have resulted in at
> least
> one case of thieves cutting off the owner's finger to start the car.
>
> I like the fuel pump kill switch idea. I think I'll put one in. I
> reckon
> it should be mounted in a discreet location, one that the driver can
> reach without drawing attention before opening the door to get out,
> and
> one that is easily accessible without having to get into the van if
> the
> pump needs to be killed for whatever reason. (This wheel has probably
> been invented before, many times, but anyway it's Monday and I'm tap
> dancing here to avoid going to work.) I'm thinking that the pump's
> ground wire would be pretty easy to use: use the switch to ground
> it to
> any handy nearby good ground. Where's a discreet switch location
> that's
> easy to fish a wire to?
>
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
> KG6RCR
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