I want a louder horn: Difference between revisions
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*Several feet of flexible ''stranded'' copper wire. 14 gauge is generally recommended. Positive/hot/+ is usually red. Use a different color for ground (negative). Always use stranded wire in auto/moto applications. Pictures show stranded (left) and solid (right) wire. | *Several feet of flexible ''stranded'' copper wire. 14 gauge is generally recommended. Positive/hot/+ is usually red. Use a different color for ground (negative). Always use stranded wire in auto/moto applications. Pictures show stranded (left) and solid (right) wire. | ||
:[[image:stranded wire.JPG|80px]] [[Image:solid wire.JPG|80px]] | :[[image:stranded wire.JPG|80px]] [[Image:solid wire 2.JPG|80px]] | ||
*Crimp connectors | *Crimp connectors | ||
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====How this works==== | ====How this works==== | ||
The pair 85-86 are the trigger. When a circuit is made through this pair, via the horn switch, a switch on the pair 30-87 is toggled from open to closed. When this switch is closed, 30-87 are connected; this connects the battery to the new horn, and we get sound. | The pair 85-86 are the trigger. When a circuit is made through this pair, via the horn switch, a switch on the pair 30-87 is toggled from open to closed. When this switch is closed, 30-87 are connected; this connects the battery to the new horn, and we get sound. | ||
==Using a Stebel air horn== | ==Using a Stebel air horn== | ||