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| eako2107 Regular  Joined: 27 Jul 2006 Posts: 81 Location: South Bend IN |
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| QualityLights Frequent Poster Joined: 23 Sep 2007 Posts: 1650 Location: Port Jervis, NY |
Not any install I've ever done!  If anyone working for me ever did work like that, they wouldn't be doing installs any longer. |
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Joined: 27 Jul 2006
Posts: 81
Location: South Bend IN
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Here's a pic sent to me by a detective who noticed this from a nother agency who came to our dept. for a class today on their CVPI. I guess this must be the way to fix that annoying MX7000 rattle?
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Joined: 04 Aug 2006
Posts: 56
Location: Chicago, IL
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| [quote:36c272a0f0=\"eako2107\"]Here's a pic sent to me by a detective who noticed this from a nother agency who came to our dept. for a class today on their CVPI. I guess this must be the way to fix that annoying MX7000 rattle?
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Nothing new for me. My old neighbor worked as a K-9 officer for the sheriff's dept. He always kept the dogs tennis balls there.
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Joined: 03 Feb 2007
Posts: 2627
Location: Columbus,OH-IO!
| Posted: Tue 22-Jul-2008 09:14 Post subject: Re: |
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| [quote:2c35ead25e=\"Detour9C1\"][quote:2c35ead25e=\"eako2107\"]Here's a pic sent to me by a detective who noticed this from a nother agency who came to our dept. for a class today on their CVPI. I guess this must be the way to fix that annoying MX7000 rattle?
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Nothing new for me. My old neighbor worked as a K-9 officer for the sheriff's dept. He always kept the dogs tennis balls there.
I knew a K9 officer that kept a tennis ball there so it could dry out & not stink up the car....
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Joined: 13 Mar 2006
Posts: 494
Location: College Park, MD
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Posted on another forum I admin on.
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Joined: 27 Oct 2006
Posts: 488
Location: East Tennessee / Smokies
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A couple of more from the two hundred or so I've collected now...
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Joined: 29 Jul 2007
Posts: 147
Location: Hardin County, Texas
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| [quote:ded5de2835=\"dustymedic\"][quote:ded5de2835=\"Detour9C1\"][quote:ded5de2835=\"eako2107\"]Here's a pic sent to me by a detective who noticed this from a nother agency who came to our dept. for a class today on their CVPI. I guess this must be the way to fix that annoying MX7000 rattle?
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Nothing new for me. My old neighbor worked as a K-9 officer for the sheriff's dept. He always kept the dogs tennis balls there.
I knew a K9 officer that kept a tennis ball there so it could dry out & not stink up the car....
Yep...I used to do the same thing! Thank God my current dog gets a rubber \"kong\" toy....they dont get stinky.....
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Joined: 23 Apr 2006
Posts: 796
Location: Oak Grove, Ohio
| Posted: Mon 28-Jul-2008 14:42 Post subject: Re: |
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| [quote:e938e36121=\"K9cop18\"][quote:e938e36121=\"dustymedic\"][quote:e938e36121=\"Detour9C1\"][quote:e938e36121=\"eako2107\"]Here's a pic sent to me by a detective who noticed this from a nother agency who came to our dept. for a class today on their CVPI. I guess this must be the way to fix that annoying MX7000 rattle?
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Nothing new for me. My old neighbor worked as a K-9 officer for the sheriff's dept. He always kept the dogs tennis balls there.
I knew a K9 officer that kept a tennis ball there so it could dry out & not stink up the car....
Yep...I used to do the same thing! Thank God my current dog gets a rubber \"kong\" toy....they dont get stinky.....
It always worried me when the doggy cops did that - I figured some scrote would douse the ball with crystal or something.
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Joined: 04 Jun 2006
Posts: 213
Location: St. Charles, Illinois
| Posted: Sun 10-Aug-2008 13:59 Post subject: Re: |
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| [quote:9d49762138=\"sendec\"][quote:9d49762138=\"K9cop18\"][quote:9d49762138=\"dustymedic\"][quote:9d49762138=\"Detour9C1\"][quote:9d49762138=\"eako2107\"]Here's a pic sent to me by a detective who noticed this from a nother agency who came to our dept. for a class today on their CVPI. I guess this must be the way to fix that annoying MX7000 rattle?
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Nothing new for me. My old neighbor worked as a K-9 officer for the sheriff's dept. He always kept the dogs tennis balls there.
I knew a K9 officer that kept a tennis ball there so it could dry out & not stink up the car....
Yep...I used to do the same thing! Thank God my current dog gets a rubber \"kong\" toy....they dont get stinky.....
It always worried me when the doggy cops did that - I figured some scrote would douse the ball with crystal or something.
That would take a lot of balls... lol. In my county one of the K-9 Deputies sticks a tennis ball between the domes of his Vector. Looks real nice.
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Joined: 21 Aug 2005
Posts: 2872
Location: Hart, Michigan - by some big sand dunes
| Posted: Wed 13-Aug-2008 09:36 Post subject: |
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My next project......
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Turbo Poster
Joined: 08 May 2006
Posts: 2759
Location: Detroit, Michigan
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| Andy,
But it's zip tied...looks good to me! 
You have alot of work ahead of you!  |
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Member
Joined: 04 Jan 2008
Posts: 29
Location: Murfreesboro TN
| Posted: Tue 19-Aug-2008 11:50 Post subject: Sad scanner antenna |
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| This came through the shop the other day. This officer went to a lot of trouble to put this scanner antenna here.
For your enjoyment:  |
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Member
Joined: 15 Jun 2008
Posts: 45
Location: HAYWARD,CA
| Posted: Sat 23-Aug-2008 21:24 Post subject: Re: Sad scanner antenna |
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| [quote:cee23212ee=\"installtech\"]This came through the shop the other day. This officer went to a lot of trouble to put this scanner antenna here.
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I LOVE IT(LMFAO)
Regular
Joined: 27 May 2008
Posts: 907
Location: Hartford, CT
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| The fact that he went through the effort to do that just makes it even more ridiculous. The point of those is to mount high in the window to give it that \"cell phone\" antenna look.
I am sure what drove him to do it was a clearance issue. Those window scanner antennas are actually pretty tall. |
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Joined: 13 Mar 2006
Posts: 494
Location: College Park, MD
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| [quote:ae22d51657=\"Robert W.\"]The fact that he went through the effort to do that just makes it even more ridiculous. The point of those is to mount high in the window to give it that \"cell phone\" antenna look.
I am sure what drove him to do it was a clearance issue. Those window scanner antennas are actually pretty tall. |
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That or someone told him the defrost wires would interfere with the operation of the antenna.
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Joined: 20 Aug 2005
Posts: 10755
Location: Union Parish, Louisiana
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Joined: 08 Sep 2005
Posts: 179
Location: Central MS
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Sorry for the bad pic but all I had was the camera on my phone.
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Joined: 21 Jul 2007
Posts: 2317
Location: Torrington, Wyoming
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| I found one the other day when I was reprogramming one of my deputies light bar. The white 8 guage wire off the Cencom Gold amp was wired really bad. The guy went from an 8 gauge wire down to a 22 gauge wire with quick connects. I was shocked. I didn't get a picture of it but I should have. |
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Joined: 07 Feb 2006
Posts: 818
Location: Fort Worth, TX
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| These are some scary installs, surprised that they did not already catch on fire. I am going to to an install on my F150 here soon and just by reading through this thread I consider myself an expert. I was trained by General Fire in Milwaukee, but only did installs for about 1 month. I learned allot in just that short time period. I sure hope that the places that did these installs are not consider professional shops, because I could do better with my eyes closed.
I always use a main breaker very close to the battery so if these is any type of ground fault, everything shuts off. I have seen installs with no fuses from the switch box to the battery, that is just stupid. What if that wire gets a crack and touches metal, the inline fuses on that switch box will do nothing. Keep the bad install pictures coming, they are very interesting. |
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Joined: 21 Jul 2007
Posts: 2317
Location: Torrington, Wyoming
| Posted: Sat 6-Sep-2008 01:17 Post subject: Re: |
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| [quote:0c713fe41d=\"John Hearne\"]Sorry for the bad pic but all I had was the camera on my phone.
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At least they wire loomed the wires.
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Joined: 13 Oct 2006
Posts: 552
Location: Winthrop, MA
| Posted: Sat 6-Sep-2008 04:27 Post subject: Re: |
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| [quote:7ef7e45157=\"hawkspringsfire\"][quote:7ef7e45157=\"John Hearne\"]Sorry for the bad pic but all I had was the camera on my phone.
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At least they wire loomed the wires.
This is more on the messy side than dangerous really. Plus, if you knew the guy and didnt like him you could always cut the bundle of wires with a pair of scissors and watch him scratch his head as he figures out why his lights didnt work.
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Joined: 21 Aug 2005
Posts: 2872
Location: Hart, Michigan - by some big sand dunes
| Posted: Sat 6-Sep-2008 07:57 Post subject: Re: |
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| [quote:4152352a73=\"John Hearne\"]Sorry for the bad pic but all I had was the camera on my phone.
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Turbo Poster
Joined: 08 May 2006
Posts: 2759
Location: Detroit, Michigan
| Posted: Sat 6-Sep-2008 08:39 Post subject: |
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That's a no hole install though....  |
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Regular
Joined: 29 Aug 2005
Posts: 421
Location: Tolland County, CT
| Posted: Sat 6-Sep-2008 15:07 Post subject: Re: |
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| [quote:492c24e8ea=\"uniden278\"]
Plus, if you knew the guy and didnt like him you could always cut the bundle of wires with a pair of scissors and watch him scratch his head as he figures out why his lights didnt work. |
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Remove loom; cut wire; re-attach loom. That would be quite a head scracher.
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