Fist off -

NOVAwhiteTypeS's instructions and pictures I found in the FAQ are the best. It sure is nice to know that someone tooked thier time to put that together for us. Thanks NOVAwhiteTypeS.

NOVAwhiteTypeS - In your instructions, you have a link, http://www.efunctional.com/new-crime...essories.html, to the site that you got your dual stage shock sensor. What is the exact part # that you got.

Anyone - If you did it what and where did you get your shock sensor from and some andcantages?

It sure is nice to know that I do not have to cut any wires.

Thanks,
Juice

 

I found these 3 on the website that NOVAwhiteTypeS suggeted. Does anyone know if they will work?


http://www.efunctional.com/cs-96dsp.html

http://www.efunctional.com/cs-98ss.html

http://www.efunctional.com/cs-97g.html

 

Any shock sensor would work. Single or dual stage doesnt matter. You can get it just about anywhere, web, local alarm shops, best buy, circuit city, etc. The only different is sensitivity.

 

What would you recommend? NOVA recommended a dual stage sensor that was not a DEI brand. What are your opinions on the matter?

 

Anyone??????? I no a few people have done this? I need to know so I can put it on my Xmas list.

 

I reccommend any sensor other than the dei that has a easy to adjust knob or button and something that has 2 leds indicating when each of the sensors go off. so you know when stage 1 is engaged and when stage 2 is.

and your welcome.

 

I still can't belive I get about 50 hits a day on that page everyday and its been up for like close to 3 months now. hehe thnx chod for linking it in the FAQ

 

OK, let me set this straight one more time. A dual stage sensor would not do any good since our alarm is single stage. You cannot make the alarm chirp on light impact and go off on hard impact (without building another circuit). You can only make it go off instantly. Funny thing, I have a DEI (what the shop told me). It is a dual stage. I choose a dual stage because it's easier to find (I know this for sure) and cheaper (or so I'm told). It has 2 LEDs, one red, one blue. The blue one lights up on light impact, red one on hard impact. But I installed the sensor inside the fuse box so the LEDs do me no good except for trouble-shooting. Regarding sensitivity adjustment, NoVa is right. I have to use a small screw driver to adjust it which doesn't matter to since I always have my tool box with me. So if you don't have you tools handy, you might wanna choose one with a knob.

Peace.

 

If you use a dual stage shock sensor and tie the two stages together it will go off when either is engaged. The only advantage of the dual stage is that it can be set to a very sensitive state. We do not have a warn feature. That way, being we are not putting these in prime locations, the warn stage can be set to the highest senitivity level and be triggerd easier from anywhere on the car. I ordered two yesterday and plan to put one in the truck and the other somewhere under the trunk.

 

What i meant was: One in the trunk, and the other under the hood.

 

Could some post the link to this how-to please? I found it on the opening page but it just links me back to the forum listings. Thanks!

-N

 

I'm actually doing some experiments, to try and include a pre-warn sound... The pre-warn does work, it's just that, when you're driving the car, the pre-warn still goes on, it doesn't turn off with the de-activation of the alarm. I'm going to try and build a little circuit that'll take care of that.

BTW, I would use some diodes (1N4004) whenever you are tying outputs together, you can damage an electronic circuit by sending a signal into an output. Same goes if you want to install several shock sensors, motion detector, and glass breakage sensor. Use those diodes.

Later,

MontrealCL

 

how about looking at my sig

 

I built a circuit for the warning chirp, added aftermarket siren. It behaved like normal. The only problem is, it drained the battery through a relay coil so I took it out. Did I say relay? Added a relay to turn off the warning when the car is running. Good luck.

 

Could someone advise on how to install sensor under the hood?
That is how to run the wires from under the hood....

 

Another dumb question: do I have to disconnect the battery to do this mod? I hate that

 

You should not hae to disconnect the battery. Just be careful not to short anything out.

 

actually your wrong. when we tie both first and 2nd stage together it basically ignores the first impact and only goes off when both 1st and 2nd stage is activated. good way to eliminate false alarms. if you didn't care about false alarms and wanted your alarm to go off at every little impact go w/ a single stage sensor.

 

you can either passs the wire through the steering colum or drill a hole through the firewall.

and the link is at the bottom of my sig.