C-curity System

[Adeline]

Hi all, Recently, C-Dog Fishwisher was the victim of a damaging break-in http://groups.msn.com/FishWishersHomePage/2500reward.msnw . As a result of his misfortune I resolved to research a security system for Adeline. As she is safely secured @ my home, this is intended as marina security. This thread is intended as a starting point and I hope others will add their thoughts.

[Salty Dog]

Adeline,
Great thread to start. I noticed that the company you contacted is in Dublin, Ohio. Just so happens, this company is only about 4 miles from my office, so if anybody needs any more info than what is on the website/brochures, etc., I can always try to swing by and talk to them directly and get any measurements of anything. Just send me a PM or e-mail and I'll see what I can find out for you.

Jack

[C-WEED]

FreighterGazer: That address caught my eye. I grew up on Sawmill road in Dublin. Just South of Ohio State University airport. Don Scott field in the old days. Brother-in -law and sister both work at Honda. Things really went south when Jack Nicholas built the big golf course. About 1979 at midnight I rode in a friends factory (Just like Smokey and the bandit)79 Trans Am. A Columbus policman had ordered it thru Hadocy pontiac with all options and declined it. So my friends parents bought it for him. As I clung for dear life we headed out route 33 towards Marysville at midnight. I watched as the speedo that went to 100 get wraped around to 45 and stopped. But the tach continued to climb. To demo the 4 wheel disk brakes he locked em up at 100 mph until we stopped. The cloud of stinkin tire smoke cought up to us about 10 seconds later. Then demo'd the posi-trac as (pinned in my seat) we emediatlly luanched back up to 100 mph. I have never ridden in a car that was so quick off the line and had unlimited top end. Right from the factory. Amazing. I never rode in that car again. He spun the main bearings at 8000 miles. Before that car he had the exact 1977 Starsky and Hutch Ford Grand Torino. With a flashing red light people really do pull over...
But that is a whole nuther story.

Back to on topic: Nothing yet for the CD other than to leave the door unlocked while in the yard. That way they won't break down the door as they steal my outdated GPS.

Poor mans anti-theft for tow vehicle: For the big sum of about $2 I always wire up a micro switch to the safety switch that is already on the clutch peddle. For an automatic trans I wire it to the safety switch that tells the vehicle to be in park or nuetral. Either way the vehicle won't crank until you hold in the momentary micro-switch. I usually place it around the parking brake release on the truck just under the dash lip. Nobody ever notices that I push the switch to start. I even showed my dad where the switch is hidden and he can't start it. (Switch is smaller than a pencil eraser). If somebody else wants to drive it, I have a wire with two alligator clips. Just bridge the connection under the dash and truck starts as normal. Most car jackings are in gas stations or intersections. Sure buddy steal my truck. The keys are in it! Like the owner this device is cheap and always armed and ready.

Luck to be alive...

[Adeline]

Hi all, I found a system that MAY work. I'll keep ya posted. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5766704928&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT

[gljjr]

For an EBayer that person sure has a marginal feedback history. 27 negatives in the last month! I would be VERY careful buying from them.

[Captains Cat]

Using 27Mhz to transmit on, the range won't be very great so, unless you're quite close to your boat, you won't hear the page. If you could use the phone lines , it'd be a lot more reliable. Might be better to buy a Rottweiler and throw food into the boat once a day and muck it out once a week!

Charlie

[M1911]