Boat horn

[Machpoint005]

15 hours ago, blackrose said:

 

Because unfortunately one usually finds out that a horn is no longer working just when it's required. Even if you test it just before you set off it's too late. I want a horn that's waterproof and reliable and I'm not sure there's necessarily a correlation between cost and reliability.

 

Do you test the horn on your BMW before you set off in the morning?

[Onewheeler]

I'm still on the first canister for our compressed air horn after twenty years. It's loud enough to scare the missus at the other end of the boat and cost peanuts.

[LadyG]

I just binned my manual one cos it seemed to have stopped working, now realised it had the air-hole on the side, that;s another £3.75 down the drain. ?

Edited March 28, 2019 by LadyG

[OldGoat]

The only sound that'll do it for me is one of these -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO3Z9LyZZME

(not the firs part)

but I have to make do with an oooh Gaaa  (klaxon type) instead...

 

 

[David Schweizer]

I fitted a pair of second hand Audi horns on Helvetia. Only cost a fiver and could be heard over engine noise.

[cuthound]

This is the horn on my boat ?

 

 

 

[Machpoint005]

1 hour ago, David Schweizer said:

I fitted a pair of second hand Audi horns on Helvetia. Only cost a fiver and could be heard over engine noise.

You could probably have got second-hand VW horns for £4, and Skoda horns for £3, and they would all have been identical!

[Chris Williams]

2 hours ago, OldGoat said:

I have to make do with an oooh Gaaa  (klaxon type) instead..

I had one of those, but it didn't make much impression on the Bridgekeepers on the Gloucester Ship Canal.  That's when I got the Windtone off an old lorry.  Much better response.

[David Schweizer]

2 hours ago, Machpoint005 said:

You could probably have got second-hand VW horns for £4, and Skoda horns for £3, and they would all have been identical!

I realise that is intended to be an ironic joke, but I actually tested several at the specialist VW breakersm, and the Audi ones were definitely louder.

[Jen-in-Wellies]

43 minutes ago, David Schweizer said:

I realise that is intended to be an ironic joke, but I actually tested several at the specialist VW breakersm, and the Audi ones were definitely louder.

On the other hand, Audi indicators from a breakers will be in very good condition, due to their lack of use, but very cheap as there is no demand.

[rusty69]

The Audi ones are louder cos they have four springs. They utilise the "four sprung hupe technique"

 

Ok,Ok.....i'm going....tough crowd.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Sea Dog]

26 minutes ago, rusty69 said:

The Audi ones are louder cos they have four springs. They utilise the "four sprung hupe technique"

 

Ok,Ok.....i'm going....tough crowd.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Its always been a tough crowd - how did you last this long? 

 

[TheBiscuits]

1 hour ago, Sea Dog said:

Its always been a tough crowd - how did you last this long? 

 

I would have thought that most of us should be well marinaded by now. 

 

[rusty69]

11 minutes ago, TheBiscuits said:

I would have thought that most of us should be well marinaded by now. 

 

Speak for yerself. I've been marinised since 1999.

 

I thought about getting myself de-marinised, but can't afford the divorce. 

Edited March 28, 2019 by rusty69