Fitting An Aftermarket Type Alarm

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Fitting An Aftermarket Type Alarm

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well after 5 days messing about feeding wires here there and everywere
i finally have my alarm up and running perfectly

so if any1 needs any advice fitting one just ask

hazard lights work with the alarm now (wired to the back of the hazard light switch)
alarm activates when doors opened (wired to 1 of the 4 interior light wires)

thanks to my mate helping me finish the last bits off

now i can sleep at night knowing my audio system is that little bit protected from theifing little bastards
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Cool,
Glad to hear you got it sorted,

you dont need an Alarm system in pie land do you ,?
it looks such a quiet town :|
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i know my car has an alarm but are they really much good.
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ye lozz on my estate i need 1 lol

alarms are good if your asleep at night and sum1 tries to break in your car thats the only reason i have it for peice of mind at night
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a lock will only keep an honest man out, an alarm will only keep an honest man out, but will make a loud noise when someone dishonest tries to get in. After getting the trailer robbed, every shed on the farm has had electric sliding doors added, all alarmed, with a code. Its nice and gadgety but id really prefer if there was that little bit less crime to make them unnecessary.
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FarmerPug wrote:a lock will only keep an honest man out, an alarm will only keep an honest man out, but will make a loud noise when someone dishonest tries to get in. After getting the trailer robbed, every shed on the farm has had electric sliding doors added, all alarmed, with a code. Its nice and gadgety but id really prefer if there was that little bit less crime to make them unnecessary.
ijust secure my garage with electric :evil:

ive put sighns up warning the Feckers but im sure a Dyslexic burgalar may come along and have a go, theyre feckers up here if its Not Nailed down theyl take it, :x

if isee someone walking about with black fingers and permed hair iknow theyve had a go :lol:
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i thought about buying a guard dog, but i have a sheepdog which barks at anything new on the farm, something like a german shepard would just be a danger to everyone.
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FarmerPug wrote:i thought about buying a guard dog, but i have a sheepdog which barks at anything new on the farm, something like a german shepard would just be a danger to everyone.
German Shepards are a good dog,
Theyre a clever dog theyre a danger to no one but they Are "comand dogs" they will do there job if told too,
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gary have you got the kit yet?
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kit ??
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im assuming aftermarket alarms come as a kit
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oh sorry mate , ye i got this alarm here , cheap but pretty good to be honest
unlike other cheap alarms that do voltage drops this 1 is all wired upto the interior lights
most alarms that do voltage sensing often give false alarms all the time,
it was only £19.99 when i bought it 3 months ago
but with the 20% VAT now its £21.99 still a good alarm at that price ,
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sniper-Easy-Fit-D ... 3f045f3162
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ah very good, this vat increase has killed the 99p
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