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Horn Advice
- Midnightsun
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Re: Horn Advice
If the back will come off they can be messed with, small adjusting screw, or spray contact cleaner with lube in trumpet end. They used to come apart but who knows with the newer stuff.
- Midnightsun
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Re: Horn Advice
That exposed the guts though, so all I did was change the adjusting screw and bit and the horn came back to life. There are little contacts you can see in there that can be cleaned, but just judicious periodic use of the horn will keep them clean too. So I make a habit of testing the horn every time we're out cruising around.
Years later I had a diver friend go into the slip to find my dock neighbor's watch that he dropped. The diver actually found the missing horn part as well as a canvas salon window cover that had blown off years prior, as well as many other 'interesting" finds. That was ~15 years ago and I'm still using the same horns.
That said, I'll also say that you should check all the connections too for corrosion. Horns need a burst of current right at the start to work and if they don't see that they won't work. If the switch contacts are corroded (internally) it can do the same thing. If you can get to the wiring right at the horn you can apply voltage right there from a portable power source (like a jump box) to see if that could be the issue.
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Re: Horn Advice
I like a loud horn so that when its needed, I will be noticed! Hey...gotta love sounding like the Queen Mary!
I purchased a dual trumpet electric (would have used air but the install would be a pain) with the highest db rating I could find. I think its probably worth purchasing new because you will not be replacing it any time soon.
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- Midnightsun
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denpooch wrote:Source of the post Personally I like the idea of your previous boats triple trumpet with compressed air!
I like a loud horn so that when its needed, I will be noticed! Hey...gotta love sounding like the Queen Mary!
I purchased a dual trumpet electric (would have used air but the install would be a pain) with the highest db rating I could find. I think its probably worth purchasing new because you will not be replacing it any time soon.
One of the cool features on compressed air horns is that they actually start softer than an electric horn. Takes a few cycles to get up to full volume vs an electric that's immediate. The timing of that ramp-up can also be turned by where you put the air solenoid (farther from the horn = more ramp up time)
A friend of mine had a Sea Ray 48 Sedan Bridge. The PO had upgraded the old electric with an airhorn with 5 horns. It sounded very nice and approached "cruise ship" horn status.
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