Pressure sensitive mats.

[Biggles]

Hello

 

This being the font of all knowledge and I have tried t internet.

 

What I am looking for is a device to put under a mat that simply acts as a contact. I already have the alarm end.

 

Thanks

[Guest]

Hello

 

This being the font of all knowledge and I have tried t internet.

 

What I am looking for is a device to put under a mat that simply acts as a contact. I already have the alarm end.

 

Thanks

 

Maplins

 

Out of stock at the mo but due in.

Edited February 9, 2012 by MJG

[Chris Pink]

Hello

 

This being the font of all knowledge and I have tried t internet.

 

What I am looking for is a device to put under a mat that simply acts as a contact. I already have the alarm end.

 

Thanks

You may have used the net but you didn't look too hard

 

http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?moduleno=3092&c=froogle&u=3092&t=module

 

I see I am in agreement with Asdaman, I expect it will wear off.

Edited February 9, 2012 by Chris Pink

[GSer]

Hello

 

This being the font of all knowledge and I have tried t internet.

 

What I am looking for is a device to put under a mat that simply acts as a contact. I already have the alarm end.

 

Thanks

 

I got mine from our local locksmiths, i've bought a few over the years, if you get a choice get the one with the thickest cables, all have mine have failed where the wires meet the mat. Quite high traffic across mine at times though.

[Guest]

I see I am in agreement with Asdaman, I expect it will wear off.

 

What's up Chris - Dave not biting much these days so you thought you'd try and get a rise out of me

 

...nah...

[Arthur Brown]

Maplin FK79L is a stair pressure mat -smaller than the carper version but cheaper and in stock for delivery.

[Rich]

Hello

 

This being the font of all knowledge and I have tried t internet.

 

What I am looking for is a device to put under a mat that simply acts as a contact. I already have the alarm end.

 

Thanks

 

Try ebay, they were showing a few.

[rjasmith]

 

This being the font of all knowledge

 

But I thought this was the font of all knowledge!

 

(OK coat please)

 

Richard

[Biggles]

Honest I did, perhaps I wasn't putting in the right words, certainly never saw the marlins ones, found some on eBay but they were including the alarm or a sort of game thing.

 

Thanks.

[Guest]

Honest I did, perhaps I wasn't putting in the right words, certainly never saw the marlins ones, found some on eBay but they were including the alarm or a sort of game thing.

 

Thanks.

 

Maplin's was the first place I thought of that would sell this kind of thing so I just went to their site and typed 'pressure mats' into the search box on their web site..

[Rich]

found some on eBay but they were including the alarm or a sort of game thing.

 

Some come with alarms and some don't. Just checked again.

[jonathanA]

I used to install these in domestic alarm systems and they were always unreliable. the trick was to put them in low traffic areas so they didn't wear out, but of course its the high traffic area where you want to put them so they get stepped on... and the wires were a bit of a giveaway too...

 

Guess it depends on the OP's application...

 

Jon

[Robbo]

When I was younger I made some pressure pads using tin foil and card.

[chas cass]

You may have used the net but you didn't look too hard

 

http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?moduleno=3092&c=froogle&u=3092&t=module

 

I see I am in agreement with Asdaman, I expect it will wear off.

 

As a regular reader,but an infrequent poster,i often wonder why you launch into snide comments that are totally irrelavent to the threads......and often come to the opinion...you are a tosser !.

[Biggles]

There's always a few on any forum, the trick is to know who they are and just mentally filter them out.

[smileypete]

Honest I did, perhaps I wasn't putting in the right words, certainly never saw the marlins ones, found some on eBay but they were including the alarm or a sort of game thing.

Some on Amazon.

 

ETA: Ebay too.

 

cheers,

Pete.

Edited February 11, 2012 by smileypete

[Davidss]

It's occurred to me where I've seen 'home made' pressure pads. It was a TV programme, not a lot of water visible, unless in bottles, but lot's of 'sand', and a few soldiers.

 

I understand the pressure pads are an essential element of IEDs. An internet search combining 'IED' and "Pressure pad" or 'trigger' might be fruitful, but I have a beard, so I'm not looking.

 

HTH