Date:         Mon, 21 May 2007 10:48:30 -0700
Reply-To:     Dug Smith <dug@DUGBERT.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Dug Smith <dug@DUGBERT.COM>
Organization: What, me organised?
Subject:      Immobilise the van?
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Hi all,

I've been playing around with an aftermarket alarm, and I'm slowly getting
everything connected (like the aftermarket central locking and suchlike).
The thing I'm stuck with is the disabling relay - I can't find anything in
the cab (I'm hoping to avoid running wires to the engine bay) that looks
like it would disable the van, but has small capacity wires.  I don't want
to run the starter circuit through a 30a relay :o)  I'm thinking that in a
perfect world, it would be something that would allow the van to turn over,
but not start, that way the potential thief thinks "POS Volkswagen" and
heads off to steal somebody else's vehicle.  I figure if the engine doesn't
even turn over, he'll know there's something stopping it, and look for that.
I'm not fitting a siren at the moment, as I figure they don't help, they
just irritate people.

There's been some talk recently about secret disable switches, but where are
people cutting into the loom?

toodle pip,
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       Dug Smith         | Terry Pratchett: It's almost
(mailto:dug@dugbert.com) |  impossible to ride a rock and roll
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