Hi guys,
I ride a motorcycle and find that I am unable to hear my radar detector at speed. I have found several solutions, one of which is called the Radar Screamer which consists of a 108db Piezo buzzer and various wiring (**broken link removed**) It seems a little ludacris to me to spend $100+ US on something that seems relatively simplistic.
I purchased a 108 decibel speaker at a local electronics store that appears identical to the one sold in the Radar Screamer kit, but could not get it to work. I put a volt meter accross the earphone cord going from my detector to the speaker and found even when the detector was actively going off, it put out less than 1Vdc and 1 Amp.
I was wondering if there was a type of switch/relay that I could use so that instead of powering the speaker (which it obviously isn't powerful enough to do) the switch would avtivate upon sensing voltage/current and let 12v directly from my motorcycle to pass through to the speaker, then when current from the radar detector stops, the switch would flip back.
Does that make sense? Is this possible? I could just buy the radar screamer but at this point I am motivated to get this to work just for the sense of accomplishment if nothing else.
Any help would be much apreciated.
Thanks,
Jeremy
I ride a motorcycle and find that I am unable to hear my radar detector at speed. I have found several solutions, one of which is called the Radar Screamer which consists of a 108db Piezo buzzer and various wiring (**broken link removed**) It seems a little ludacris to me to spend $100+ US on something that seems relatively simplistic.
I purchased a 108 decibel speaker at a local electronics store that appears identical to the one sold in the Radar Screamer kit, but could not get it to work. I put a volt meter accross the earphone cord going from my detector to the speaker and found even when the detector was actively going off, it put out less than 1Vdc and 1 Amp.
I was wondering if there was a type of switch/relay that I could use so that instead of powering the speaker (which it obviously isn't powerful enough to do) the switch would avtivate upon sensing voltage/current and let 12v directly from my motorcycle to pass through to the speaker, then when current from the radar detector stops, the switch would flip back.
Does that make sense? Is this possible? I could just buy the radar screamer but at this point I am motivated to get this to work just for the sense of accomplishment if nothing else.
Any help would be much apreciated.
Thanks,
Jeremy
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