Alternative alarm ? - Page 3

15-02-2018, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by utopia

Well, my alarm arrived and ...... it didn't work at all.

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Originally Posted by BLUNT

How long do you guys expect that Chinese tat to last?

I do apologise - I did expect it to work for 5 mins.

utopia · 15-02-2018, 12:27 PM

Yes, me too.
Though I'm not giving up just yet.
I don't really see why the electronics should be tat .. as stated earlier the chinese seem to produce lots of similar stuff to proper standards.
I'm hoping that its just a dodgy input wire or something.

...but I'm not holding my breath.

Either way, its only cost me a fiver to investigate its, er ..... potential.

ps.
So, I didn't want to spend much time on it but I've just connected the battery direct to the circuit board ... no joy.
Then I connected the battery direct to the alarm "speaker" ... still no joy.
I might give up there.
I'm still interested to try a "working" one though.
I suspect that many of the electronic components are identical to those used in more expensive alarms .. after all most of that stuff is dirt cheap once you have got the production process set up, so no need to make "cheapo" versions.

15-02-2018, 12:27 PM	#32
utopia No turn left unstoned Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: leicester Bike: M750 Posts: 4,545	Yes, me too. Though I'm not giving up just yet. I don't really see why the electronics should be tat .. as stated earlier the chinese seem to produce lots of similar stuff to proper standards. I'm hoping that its just a dodgy input wire or something. ...but I'm not holding my breath. Either way, its only cost me a fiver to investigate its, er ..... potential. ps. So, I didn't want to spend much time on it but I've just connected the battery direct to the circuit board ... no joy. Then I connected the battery direct to the alarm "speaker" ... still no joy. I might give up there. I'm still interested to try a "working" one though. I suspect that many of the electronic components are identical to those used in more expensive alarms .. after all most of that stuff is dirt cheap once you have got the production process set up, so no need to make "cheapo" versions.