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Postby jonnyshag » Tue Dec 27, 2005 12:23 pm

ive got a jcb compress which i run some power tool off, to run the compress ive got a 2000w inverter ,im kitiig the out into a mobile workshop , so i will run a air seat of it , i already have some 170db train air horns runing from it :D

Edit - Split from a different topic- Luke
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Postby stevew » Tue Dec 27, 2005 2:14 pm

jonnyshag wrote: i already have some 170db train air horns runing from it :D


:shock: Is that legal?
I had to use my horn for first time other day and it was soooooo feeble :(
Time to fit something a little larger! :twisted:
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Postby jonnyshag » Tue Dec 27, 2005 3:13 pm

i dont no the law on horns , im gonna put a standard one on too just incase , i had twin air horns my transit 120db and never failed the mot
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Postby Luke » Tue Dec 27, 2005 3:52 pm

i quite fancy a 170dB air horn too :twisted: can you buy them anyware or are they just for trains? :?
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Postby jonnyshag » Tue Dec 27, 2005 6:22 pm

i got mine from near you ,at cdc truckstuff shop just off jt1 m18 rotherham ,its that truckstop you can see at side of the m18 , its a 40ft trailer converted into a shop , the horn is 12v -24v and requiers 80psi , it costs £55 for the horn , its a beast of a horn :twisted:

its a two tone horn sounds like a train :lol:
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Postby Gunslinger » Tue Dec 27, 2005 7:00 pm

used to be that the original horn had to work for mot if you had air horns fitted they couldn't be the only one, but that was a long time ago i was told this and probably gone by the wayside now, I'd still leave the original there and use the terminals/power feed as a convenient hook up place for a relay :)
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Postby Luke » Tue Dec 27, 2005 7:12 pm

jonnyshag wrote:i got mine from near you ,at cdc truckstuff shop just off jt1 m18 rotherham ,its that truckstop you can see at side of the m18 , its a 40ft trailer converted into a shop , the horn is 12v -24v and requiers 80psi , it costs £55 for the horn , its a beast of a horn :twisted:

its a two tone horn sounds like a train :lol:

Yeah i think i know the shop! sells CB's too and coffie!!! :lol:
which one is that the 120 dB or the 170dB :?:
and how much are the compressers :?:
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Postby jonnyshag » Tue Dec 27, 2005 7:36 pm

yeah thats the one , i got the compress for £99 from argos they gone down now to £89 , i only got the compress to learn how to spary paint but never got round to it , its a 240v 1300w , i got a 2000w inverter to power power tools and a tv so the inverter powers the compress , the inverter was £140 off ebay new ive yet to put these in but ive tested anything , the horn is 170db
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Postby Luke » Tue Dec 27, 2005 8:31 pm

Might see if i can get a small tank to run the air horn with a tyre compresser to charge it manually after each use!! :idea: :?
not exactly gonna be sounding it constantly :P

also ive split the topic as weve changed subject :D
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Postby jonnyshag » Tue Dec 27, 2005 9:15 pm

yeah that should work , ive only got the inverter and compress to power power and air tools and may as well make more use out of them by have air horns and air seat :)
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Postby MRspivvy » Wed Dec 28, 2005 1:26 am

yeah that should work , ive only got the inverter and compress to power power and air tools and may as well make more use out of them by have air horns and air seat


Thats a good idea. I can get hold of an ISRI air seat from an ERF in work. (not my lorry so no worries haha)
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Postby jonnyshag » Wed Dec 28, 2005 1:27 am

just been looking though the cdc truckstuff catalog 12v air compress with tank and twin chrome horns £140
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Postby MRspivvy » Wed Dec 28, 2005 1:31 am

just been looking though the cdc truckstuff catalog 12v air compress with tank and twin chrome horns £140


not bad. I was thinking along thse lines myself for my old mk2 tranny, fancy a nice set of chrome hadley horns on the roof.
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Postby FredTransit » Wed Dec 28, 2005 11:38 am

Hey jonny, do they do dee dah style air horns? Still looking for them for the amby (at the right price!). Maplins do inverters for less than £100.
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Postby madmark » Wed Dec 28, 2005 12:55 pm

:shock: johnny the seats worth more than the lorry ha ha :lol:
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