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| 1067.1 | How 'bout an A-oooo-Gah horn? | KAHALA::SUTER | Never too Hot! | Thu Jun 24 1993 13:38 | 14 |
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Mark,
I don't know if Car horns are "sealed" or not, but all the boat
horns in the Overton's catalog are listed as having a "totally sealed
sound unit". They range in price from 15.95 for the bottom of the line
to 129.95 for the Dual Trumpet Air horns...
As for mounting... All my boats have had the horns mounted so the
were pointed towards the exterior, forward section of the boat. Happy
Daze had dual trumpets on the deck. Corrective Action has dual horns
mounted behind the air inlets for the blower on the deck.
Rick
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| 1067.2 | how about a portable.. | USCTR1::BORZUMATO | | Thu Jun 24 1993 14:53 | 15 |
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You can also get the hand held types. They used to be filled with
freon, now the use some " enviornmentally safe" fluid, probably
nerve gas, who knows, anyways, on the serious side, these have
throw away canisters. They are relatively inexpensive, and are
portable, the advantage here is they can be pointed in any direction
v.s. something that is mounted on the bow etc.
JIm
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| 1067.3 | Try a car horn. | SALEM::LAYTON | | Thu Jun 24 1993 15:54 | 6 |
| Give the car horn a try; the price is right, when it breaks, go to the
JY and get another dozen. They are designed to resist a fair amount of
(salted road) moisture; if you pay two bux for one, and get a year out
of it, you're set for the next eight years. ;-) ;-)
Carl
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| 1067.4 | it worked for me | GNPIKE::HANNAN | Beyond description... | Fri Jun 25 1993 10:13 | 5 |
| I picked up an old car horn for $1 last year and installed it
under the dash of my boat. It seems to work fine, and you can't
beat the price. Keep the bike horn or a gas horn for a backup.
Ken
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| 1067.5 | | TOOK::SWIST | Jim Swist LKG2-2/T2 DTN 226-7102 | Fri Jun 25 1993 13:54 | 13 |
| Actually, most of the boat horns designed for external mounting aren't
as marinized as they should be. Particularly in salt water they can
corrode pretty quickly. To get 100% stainless steel air horns with
all internal components corrosion proof costs serious money (hundreds).
I agree - get the car horn and save yourself the "rich boater" uplift.
However, note that the ability to make some sort of noise is a coast
guard requirement. I would keep a backup regardless of how expensive
my electrical horn was. In my case I have a seriously loud whistle
I bought at Boat/US for $2. You could probably get a non-marinized
(i.e., in this case, the identical item :-) version for $.50 at
K-mart.
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| 1067.6 | How about a shotgun? | BUSY::CLEMENT | Smells like Nirvana | Fri Jun 25 1993 15:31 | 11 |
| Thanks for all the replies... I'll try a car horn under the dash with
a backup canister horn I saw at Wal-mart for $3.50, the little canister
is good for 80 blasts at about 120db a shot.
Makes me think of a show I saw on road regulations when cars were
first invented and on the road. You were required to stop at all
intersections, and perform about a dozen warnings before proceeding
which included an air horn, whistle, shouting, and firing a shot gun.
As they said not many people observed the rules.
Thanks, Mark
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