Hi folks. Recently purchased a cheap, battery powered motion detector with a built in piezo siren. The siren is rated at 130db. It's not loud enough for the distance I need. I have a 12 volt siren from a poultry house rated at 113db. It is much, much louder and will fulfill my need.
1. The sensor is powered by 4 AA batteries.
2. The sensor allows for a 4.5 volt ac adapter.
Here goes my ignorance:
1. The symbol at the female receptacle shows "4.5 volt" and "+ center".
2. It appears the end of the adapter would need to be a small male plug which would have the center of it as positive and it's outer as negative.
3. If I can figure out the adapter plug hot/ground, I want to know if the following is possible:
1. Can I use a 12 volt adapter without frying the other components on the little circuit board?
2. If that's doable, can I assume I will get the 12 volts to my new siren for maximum db? My siren brochure shows that it's 6v/12v though it doesn't show any differences in the way the wires would be hooked up. I tested the siren with my 12 volt lawn mower battery and it worked well. The siren has 3 wires.
a. One wire is for steady tone.
b. One wire is for chirp tone.
c. One wire is common.
3. The small, built in piezo siren has a hot wire and ground wire. These two wires are very skinny.
4. I would like to snip those 2 wires and splice them into my new siren. Current drain for my new siren is 0.8 amps @ 6 volts and 1.6 amps @ 12 volts.
5. I would go with the basic AC household current motion detector, however, I need to have a remote control and I have found none (affordable) with a remote.
That's about the extent of it. I have little to no experience in electronics therefore, if you find this amusing, less than intelligent, etc, fire away. I'm thick skinned.
Thank you,
shooter
1. The sensor is powered by 4 AA batteries.
2. The sensor allows for a 4.5 volt ac adapter.
Here goes my ignorance:
1. The symbol at the female receptacle shows "4.5 volt" and "+ center".
2. It appears the end of the adapter would need to be a small male plug which would have the center of it as positive and it's outer as negative.
3. If I can figure out the adapter plug hot/ground, I want to know if the following is possible:
1. Can I use a 12 volt adapter without frying the other components on the little circuit board?
2. If that's doable, can I assume I will get the 12 volts to my new siren for maximum db? My siren brochure shows that it's 6v/12v though it doesn't show any differences in the way the wires would be hooked up. I tested the siren with my 12 volt lawn mower battery and it worked well. The siren has 3 wires.
a. One wire is for steady tone.
b. One wire is for chirp tone.
c. One wire is common.
3. The small, built in piezo siren has a hot wire and ground wire. These two wires are very skinny.
4. I would like to snip those 2 wires and splice them into my new siren. Current drain for my new siren is 0.8 amps @ 6 volts and 1.6 amps @ 12 volts.
5. I would go with the basic AC household current motion detector, however, I need to have a remote control and I have found none (affordable) with a remote.
That's about the extent of it. I have little to no experience in electronics therefore, if you find this amusing, less than intelligent, etc, fire away. I'm thick skinned.
Thank you,
shooter