So I built a new locomotive horn!
#16
Are the five horns actually louder than the three or do they just sound sweeter?
I'm thinkin' of rigging my screw with a train horn (or two or more) by hooking it (them) to the factory horn system through a one second time delay relay. That way, if all I need is a polite little toot (or I sound the horn when locking the doors remotely), I'll have the factory horn available but if I need to penetrate someone's fog of stupidity, staying on the horn button past one second will switch from the factory horn to the serious one.
I'm thinkin' of rigging my screw with a train horn (or two or more) by hooking it (them) to the factory horn system through a one second time delay relay. That way, if all I need is a polite little toot (or I sound the horn when locking the doors remotely), I'll have the factory horn available but if I need to penetrate someone's fog of stupidity, staying on the horn button past one second will switch from the factory horn to the serious one.
#17
Actually, I think it would be less trouble than installing another button, wiring it up, then remembering where the button is. All I would have to do is break the line going to the factory horn and run it to the coil of a 1 second SPDT time delay relay. Hook the factory tooter to one side of the relay (I would have to shunt the hot side of the coil to the common terminal of the contacts) and the serious horn to the other side. If I lean on the horn for more than a second, the relay will trip, disconnecting the factory horn and rerouting the juice to the loud horn. That way, I won't have to do any surgery on my dash and all I'll have to do is just tap the horn button for a polite toot or lean on it to really get someone's attention. I'm more interested in getting someone's attention (or blowing them off the road) than getting a realistic train horn sound.
Last edited by Lady Fitzgerald; 06-15-2010 at 02:23 AM.
#19
I have had both now, and the k5's are not louder. They actually are a pinch quieter and a hair deeper sounding for some reason. Here is my evaluation... If you want a nasty sharp slap in face sound, get a K3LA. If you just want the best, most realistic, most melodic, sweetest sounding horns around, get a K5LA. The K3LA actually has a sharper high pitch punch to it, where as the K5LA just sounds amazing singing the B major sixth cord.
#21
Are the five horns actually louder than the three or do they just sound sweeter?
I'm thinkin' of rigging my screw with a train horn (or two or more) by hooking it (them) to the factory horn system through a one second time delay relay. That way, if all I need is a polite little toot (or I sound the horn when locking the doors remotely), I'll have the factory horn available but if I need to penetrate someone's fog of stupidity, staying on the horn button past one second will switch from the factory horn to the serious one.
I'm thinkin' of rigging my screw with a train horn (or two or more) by hooking it (them) to the factory horn system through a one second time delay relay. That way, if all I need is a polite little toot (or I sound the horn when locking the doors remotely), I'll have the factory horn available but if I need to penetrate someone's fog of stupidity, staying on the horn button past one second will switch from the factory horn to the serious one.
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#30
Scratch that. I threw my 1/2" DOT air line in the trash and ran 5/8" ID hose from my 3/4" solenoid valve to the horns. My K5HA is now a little louder than my K3LA was. And as for the sharp slap in face sound? Ya it's there now. I love it. They just needed more air!