Jimbrown
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I need a good wirless driveway alarm. It needs to work for at least 1000ft. Anyone got any reccomendation on one that willwork that far.
Drive way alarm
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orezok
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Get a good dog. My drive is 700' long and then the secondary dirt road is about another 900' to the paved road. We can be sitting in the living room with the TV and air conditioner on and our Golden will start barking the moment a car turns off the paved road. On top of that, there is a house on the corner that blocks view of the first part of the road. I have no idea how she does it, but she's very territorial and doesn't like anyone on "her" property.
VinnieNC
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HI Jim,
I have a 500 foot driveway. I've been using a loop detector to activate a pleasant chime in my house for years. My dad and both brothers have them at their houses as well. The catch is that they are not wireless, you have to run a wire from the house to the end of the driveway or where ever you want to detect the presence of a vehicle. I have seen loop detectors with specs of up to 2000 feet for the lead to the loop.
I can tell you more about my set-up if you are interested.
-Vinnie
I have a 500 foot driveway. I've been using a loop detector to activate a pleasant chime in my house for years. My dad and both brothers have them at their houses as well. The catch is that they are not wireless, you have to run a wire from the house to the end of the driveway or where ever you want to detect the presence of a vehicle. I have seen loop detectors with specs of up to 2000 feet for the lead to the loop.
I can tell you more about my set-up if you are interested.
-Vinnie
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http://www.amazon.com/Chamberlain-Reporter-Wireless-System-RWA-300R
We have this system and it works pretty good. Our house is only 350 ft from the sensor, so I don't know if it works well at 1000 ft as advertised. I did have one problem with it. I could not hear the built-in alarm. Luckily, on the reciever unit, it has terminals that provide a switch closure to an external device. I hard-wired the terminals into a wireless doorbell button and it rings a nice doorbell chime. Of course, that means I have to buy batteries for the sensor/transmitter, doorbell button, and doorbell chime, but it makes my wife happy to not be surprised, so it is worth it. Actually, I think changing batteries every 8 months to one year is not that much.
We have this system and it works pretty good. Our house is only 350 ft from the sensor, so I don't know if it works well at 1000 ft as advertised. I did have one problem with it. I could not hear the built-in alarm. Luckily, on the reciever unit, it has terminals that provide a switch closure to an external device. I hard-wired the terminals into a wireless doorbell button and it rings a nice doorbell chime. Of course, that means I have to buy batteries for the sensor/transmitter, doorbell button, and doorbell chime, but it makes my wife happy to not be surprised, so it is worth it. Actually, I think changing batteries every 8 months to one year is not that much.
Jim,
How long have you had that system and how accurate has it been? False positives, failure to note arrivals?
We have spent somewhere around $1200 for three different supposedly sophisticated systems as we live 300' off a relatively remote road and we operate a business (tractors:>). I do not like to make people wait, but I cannot see or hear when folks come in without some remote device. None we have tried (all wireless) have been any more than perhaps 50% reliable, or lasted for long. The one that was fairly reliable had multiple sending unit failures, until I gave up (after buying 4 sending units as I recall). They'd work pretty well for several months, then become highly erratic.
How long have you had that system and how accurate has it been? False positives, failure to note arrivals?
We have spent somewhere around $1200 for three different supposedly sophisticated systems as we live 300' off a relatively remote road and we operate a business (tractors:>). I do not like to make people wait, but I cannot see or hear when folks come in without some remote device. None we have tried (all wireless) have been any more than perhaps 50% reliable, or lasted for long. The one that was fairly reliable had multiple sending unit failures, until I gave up (after buying 4 sending units as I recall). They'd work pretty well for several months, then become highly erratic.
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LMTC said:
Our sensor is mounted on a telephone pole about shoulder height and about 20' away from our driveway. I've noticed that in the colder months, the alarm may not sound when we leave in the morning because the car's surface is cold and the engine has not warmed up enough to radiate the required heat. Lately, it works very well on all vehicles, even when mowig the grass: ding-dong! ding-dong!
As a matter of fact, it seems to be getting better with age (is that possible?).So, I think I may try to move the sensor closer to the driveway or put another sensor on the other side of the drive. Overall, I'd sure recommend this system because it is so cheap and has been reliable for us. It even woke me up one time in the middle of the night when somebody turned around in our driveway at 2 am.
LMTC Did you by chance try this one? I figuer this is one of those cases you get what you pay for and have ruled out most of the $49 specials.
MODEL DWA-4 ( WPA 3000) WIRELESS VEHICLE PROBE SENSOR
MODEL DWA-4 ( WPA 3000) WIRELESS VEHICLE PROBE SENSOR
Captinjack
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I bought a Dakota Alert that has worked pretty well over the past two yrs. It cost about $250 and easily transmits 1000 ft even thru the woods and over a hill. A magnetic sensor is buried ito the middle of my dirt road. It responds to ATV's and even a motorcycle.
The receiver has a relays that can turn on another load (lights, siren, recorder, bells etc.
Cold weather operation has recently gotton sporadic and my battery may be weak or the sensitivity needs to be adjusted. It's at my deer camp and I don't get there but once a month or so and we get very few visitors.
If it crapped out, I'd buy another. Service has been good. Battery life is about a yr. on a small 9 vdc plug in. Once, the battery wouldn't last a month and they repaired it pronto under warranty.
The receiver has a relays that can turn on another load (lights, siren, recorder, bells etc.
Cold weather operation has recently gotton sporadic and my battery may be weak or the sensitivity needs to be adjusted. It's at my deer camp and I don't get there but once a month or so and we get very few visitors.
If it crapped out, I'd buy another. Service has been good. Battery life is about a yr. on a small 9 vdc plug in. Once, the battery wouldn't last a month and they repaired it pronto under warranty.
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I have the same system,going on 3 years now with no problems just change the batteries once a year.Our driveway is 250 ft long. I paid around $75 bucks when I bought mine.jinman said:
