Audible Alarm Ideas?

[serpentman]

I would like to connect an audible alarm to my AC3. I know anything that makes noise will do, but I wanted to get something that anyone in my house would recognize as "not good". Any ideas on what to get and where to get it?

 

[RussM]

Visit your local Fry's, Radio Shack, or other electronics shop, and pick up a piezo buzzer... 90dB or higher, along with a wall-wart power supply of suitable voltage. (12VDC should be good for most piezo buzzers) Wire it up, plug it into a DC8, and program accordingly.

Here's a nice LOUD one: http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062400&tab=features

 

[itZme]

Jeff, I have about 6 of those if you need a couple just let me know.
I could have brought them last night and left them in the car and forgot to give them to you

 

[serpentman]

Thanks Kevin, I will have to make arrangements to get you that trap. I was pretty proud of myself. I MacGyver'd a home depot water alarm used the sensor for the switch and and adapted the alarm to AC and used it. So far so good.

 

[Aquatic Hamster]

I have loud powered speakers on my laptop that is connected to a Jr. The speakers are plugged into a DC8. On the laptop I have a sound of a WWII air raid sirens playing in loop, it auto loads on bootup. So anytime I get an alarm, the Jr. trips the speaker electricity on and I get WWII air raid sirens blasting. I did find out my neighbors can hear them. $0 if you have the speakers and a computer close. You can play any MP3 sound on earth for an alarm.:

 

[jasonmartin1313]

home depot doorbell ringer, the metal bell with a hammer type, sounds like a old fashined phone contantly ringing, 10-30 volts, then just get a standard doorbell transformer add them up and your set $15 max and it will not scare the bejeebes out of you when it goes off!

 

[Jon Lazar]

Use a $5 smoke detector and a 9V power supply. Hardwire the "test" button closed so it will activate whenever power is supplied.

 

[jasonmartin1313]

the smoke detector I tried and it didnt work, it only beeped like 6 times and that was it, like it knew what i wanted to use it for!

 

[rjdudek]

If you are using the x10 modules, it is very easy. several companies have packaged x10 modules that include buzzers all the way up to 100dB+ sirens, or stop at a auto parts store and buy a roof top gumball light and run that in an appliance module

 

[rckrzy1]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14224701#post14224701 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by rjdudek
If you are using the x10 modules, it is very easy. several companies have packaged x10 modules that include buzzers all the way up to 100dB+ sirens, or stop at a auto parts store and buy a roof top gumball light and run that in an appliance module

Yep using an X10 for mine as well as my DC8 is busy with other tasks.
I got the door chime one, chimes once a minute when alm on.