Re: [ST] Stebel horn

[" Kevin Dicks" <rawsonboy@xxxxxxxxx>]

LOL...brings back memories.  When If first got the horn I wanted to make
sure it worked so I connected it directly to the battery.  Boy, I wasn't
expecting THAT level of sound to come out of such a small package :)

-----Original Message-----
From: st-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:st-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Zoltan Pavlakovich
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 12:05 PM
To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ST] Stebel horn


Do a test and connect the horn directly to the battery. Careful - extremely
loud. If not - battery is bad or horn is bad, check your voltage.

Z

On 7/11/07, philip.schilt@xxxxxxxxx <philip.schilt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> so i understand correctly. follow the instruction per twisted 
> throttle, except hook up the negative ground from the horn to the 
> negative side of the horn switch.  so my question is when i touched 
> the wires from the horn to the battery terminals why wasn't the horn 
> very loud?
>
> philip
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Zoltan Pavlakovich <zpavlakovich@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 10:33:51 AM
> Subject: Re: [ST] Stebel horn
>
>
> I found out that the switch is negative interrupt (at least on 
> Triumphs). If you hook it up as per Twisted Throttle (negative to
> frame) the horn will always sound. Connect the negative to one of the 
> two original wires from the horn (not the orange) and you're set to 
> go. Took me a while to figure it out but it works.
>
> Zoltan
>
> On 7/11/07, Kevin Dicks <rawsonboy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > A relay is definitely required.  The horn takes (IIRC) 20A YIKES !!
> >
> > Great horn though....it REALLY get's the f***wit's attention.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: st-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> > [mailto:st-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Neil Lindsey
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 11:21 AM
> > To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [ST] Stebel horn
> >
> >
> > you don't need a relay to perform the test if the wire you use is 
> > thick and relatively short
> >
> > but you do need the relay for the permanent installation -- 
> > otherwise too much current goes through the wiring to your horn 
> > switch -- it not likely heavy enough gauge wire to handle the 
> > increased load of the stebel -- horn switch contacts may not be up 
> > to it either
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ben Stiles" <benstiles@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 5:45 AM
> > Subject: Re: [ST] Stebel horn
> >
> >
> > > Did you put in a relay per Twisted Throttle?
> > >
> > > "You will not be dissapointed - just make sure you
> > > wire the included relay properly, as replacement horns used 
> > > without a relay don't get enough electrical current to be fully 
> > > effective."
> > >
> > > Check out these links: 
> > > http://www.twistedthrottle.com/trade/productview/2137/333/
> > > http://www.rattlebars.com/mtz/hornrelay.html
> > >
> > > I've been doing some reading.... and lusting after a louder horn. 
> > > ;)
> > >
> > > -Ben.
> > >
> > >
> > > --- philip.schilt@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > >
> > >> one piece of advice they don't tell you to do, but
> > >> test your horn and make sure it works. i just got
> > >> one a month ago and just discovered it doesn't work. took the hot 
> > >> and ground and hooked to the battery to test (wish i had done 
> > >> this part first). got a very weak horn sound. it should have made 
> > >> me deaf. so need to send back, and i am going to abandon this
> > >> project...
> > >>
> > >> philip
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> ----- Original Message ----
> > >> From: "Masiak, Richard" <richard_masiak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >> To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 6:09:52 AM
> > >> Subject: Re: [ST] Stebel horn
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Well, it wasn't an excuse to buy a new horn, but it
> > >> wasn't the horn afterall.  I looked after I got home
> > >> last night and found that the wires came loose from
> > >> the contacts.  Nothing a little solder can't fix :-(
> > >>
> > >> I may buy the new horn anyway though ;-)
> > >>
> > >> BTW - Driving home, knowing that I had now horn
> > >> yesterday was un-nerving.  I felt naked and exposed.
> > >>  What an aweful feeling.  I'd a been better off not
> > >> knowing the horn was broke.
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