SizzlininIN
Master Chef
YT2095 said:just quickly, what you`ll need will be an old mobile fone, the sort that doesn`t power off if left for a few mins, and you want this fone on the Vodafone Pay as you talk Smart price plan.
that way you can top the thing up with a fiver and leave it in there forever until you make a call.
next you give this fone to the Handy person with the solding iron, they take the fone apart to expose the keypad, the SEND button on the fone is the one you`re interested in!
the keypad is a rubber membrane, cut the send key section out push 2 wires through that new hole and solder them onto the 2 contacts that were under that send key, and then put the fone back together.
you want to put a little Micro switch to the end of these 2 wires, so when the switch is pressed, it now acts as the Send key (in effect you`ve just extended the key).
mount this to the garage door in such a way that when it`s closed the switch isn`t pressed, but gets pressed as soon as it opens a little.
now type in Your Personal mobile fone, make an entry in there called Garage, and put the number of your modified fone in there.
in the modified fone put in your mobile number ready to dial, then just wait for a burglar, as soon as the door opens a fraction that fone gets SEND pressed and dials you
on Your fone you see "GARAGE" show up
now dial 999 and tell then that you`re Currently being broken into
that`s the bare bones basics of it
I'm so sorry redkitty! How violated you must feel.
Brillant YT! You remind me of my dad in that aspect as he was always inventing something. Good for you getting it patented. I know dad invented something and someone stole the idea and made quite a bit of money off his idea..... this was a long time ago. Your suggestion is much better than mine and safer..... I was going to suggest hooking up an electric shocker and when the bugger grabbed the door handle he'd get more than he bargained for. **one of those things they hook up to fences for livestock** I thought of this as my dad did it to his screen door on the garage when we were little because the neighbors big dog kept jumping up on it trying to get in when we were in there.....one good shock taught that dog.
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