need info on horns

[jpbaker6]

hey everyone,


dont really have any idea about horns/sirens but was looking to get one that is one noise not like a police siren. is it possible to hook it up and use as my regular horn?


thanks


john

 

[TCO]

basically you have 2 options, a whelen pap112 which requires a seperate speaker and will run about $300 or so or you have the pricer option of grover air horns.. i did not see any affliation with pd or fd in your profile so if you are not i would not go with neither option..


otherwise both can be wired into the vehicles horn ring or set up on a seperate switch so you have the function of the factory horn and air horn with a flip of a switch.


other misc. option is a train horn

 

[Jarred J.]

there are more than just those three options.


Dixie horns, la cucaracha, the ol timey ooooooooooooooga horns, etc. just go to jcwhitney.com and type in horns. :lol:


or some auto parts stores carry after market horns.

 

[philyumpshus]

Carson sells an amp that does just horn tones. You can choose between 2 different tones and it comes with a controller, too.

 

[TCO]

like Jarred said there is numerous other options out there,what i listed is a couple of the popular options,there is multiple novelty horns

 

[whatevah]

Carson has a horn-only box that you can get with a speaker for around $150. $200 if you want the waterproof module. Probably the cheapest route, although not the loudest. You can buy the components separately and get a better speaker but real air horns are louder. And much more expensive if you go for a Grover 1510 horn (the fire truck horns) because you'll also need a compressor and solenoid/valve. This is all assuming this is for a volunteer fire/ambulance service... if you just want a loud horn for your car, there are tons of air horn kits on ebay for cheap. Wolo makes several. The Hella Supertone electric horns are very loud, too.

 

[EVModules]

Go green. Tie a goose to the fender and put a pull cord through the side window, tied to the tail.

 

[andrewsim]

Go green. Tie a goose to the fender and put a pull cord through the side window, tied to the tail.

+1


If your looking for a honk, that should do it for you :lol:

 

[Jarred J.]

if you'd like a "natural" Q sirent.


connect cat to vehicle and tie string aound testicles and then pull string as stated above.


it will have a quick wind up, and a "stutterted" top out tone with fast wind down and growl at end.


the hissing noise could be from the cat or where the cat slashed your tires.

 

[jpbaker6]

is this a decent unit? Whelen WSSC 30 Watt Siren/Speaker


yes I am emt and if i have time will be joining the vol fire, i see that it has a air horn function and its cheap and all contained with my choosing of switches. the carson item is $200 and i found this for $140

 

[whatevah]

It's fine if you don't need any vehicles to hear you, only pedestrians or people on bicycles. It's a 30W siren, so it's actually intended for ATVs and other small vehicles where the low power isn't a problem. Even the 100W air horns aren't *that* loud for punching through all of the sound deadening insulation of cars, so with this siren you could be right behind somebody at a redlight and if their stereo was on, they wouldn't hear you.

 

[jpbaker6]

so the best bet would be to go with something that was atleast 100W

 

[shues]

If you're looking for spend about $200, you can get 400 watts of airhorn from this Dual Omega 90 setup (I am not the seller): viewtopic.php?f=20&t=4247


You could probably sell the control head and CA92 cable for a decent sum, and just run a wire from any momentary switch to each of the amplifiers.

 

[philyumpshus]

If you're looking for spend about $200, you can get 400 watts of airhorn from this Dual Omega 90 setup (I am not the seller): viewtopic.php?f=20&t=4247

You could probably sell the control head and CA92 cable for a decent sum, and just run a wire from any momentary switch to each of the amplifiers.

What he said.