Electronic boot releases

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

I think Parrot of Doom did summat to his'n.

[mdotrutherford]

http://www.djbeer.hostingbt.com/id30.html

[symphonysid]

talk to carl baker - he does a key fob remote boot release. he did mine about 12 months ago and it's one of the best mods i've done - saves loads of hassle!

[9884booth]

Try mod-wise

http://www.djbeer.hostingbt.com/id24.html

[Barreti]

Can't recommend the David Beer boot release enough.
I can't imagine ever having to go through all that open car, shove head in, put key in, press button - just to get into the boot.

Jeez

[spend]

Its easy to take a feed from the courtesy light hood connector for power (only after opening/closing door) to a reed switch, relay & magnet. Works fine for me and only cost a couple of quid

Dave

[That Daddy]

spend said:

Its easy to take a feed from the courtesy light hood connector for power (only after opening/closing door) to a reed switch, relay & magnet. Works fine for me and only cost a couple of quid

Dave

Good one Spend,dident think of thatsimple and effective.

[Ribol]

I fitted a push button switch just below the driver's side hood mounting pivot. Only works with the alarm off/door open, easy to do, no messing with reed switches, magnets etc. Left the original working as it was.
Standard 4 pin relay, decent pushbutton switch, cheap to do too.

[poorpeet]

I,ve done the same as Spend. I bought a job lot of reed switches & have 3 left so if any (3) of you want one pm me & i'll post it.

Pete

[spend]

Ribol said:

I fitted a push button switch just below the driver's side hood mounting pivot. Only works with the alarm off/door open, easy to do, no messing with reed switches, magnets etc.

Considering you need to make a hole for the switch, whereas a reed switch is about 1" long and simply stuck behind a panel, I find your reference to messing rather odd?

Dave

[Ribol]

spend said:

Ribol said:

I fitted a push button switch just below the driver's side hood mounting pivot. Only works with the alarm off/door open, easy to do, no messing with reed switches, magnets etc.

Considering you need to make a hole for the switch, whereas a reed switch is about 1" long and simply stuck behind a panel, I find your reference to messing rather odd?

I prefer to simply push a good old fashioned switch rather than wave a magnet about, each to their own I guess.

[spend]

The other significant point is that its also useful to provide an alternate mechanism (& power source) to get into the boot (petrol filling particularly), fuses blow & connectors corrode at the most inopportune moments Splicing a switched 12v as close as possible to the boot solenoid wiring loom seemed a wise idea to me.

Dave

[Ribol]

spend said:

The other significant point is that its also useful to provide an alternate mechanism (& power source) to get into the boot (petrol filling particularly), fuses blow & connectors corrode at the most inopportune moments Splicing a switched 12v as close as possible to the boot solenoid wiring loom seemed a wise idea to me.

I have done, I have two independant circuits

[spend]

Ribol said:

I have done, I have two independaent circuits

Err PH is also for other folks to read, the comment was not directed at you - but a simple noteworthy mod. FFS get the chip off your shoulder

Dave

[David Beer]

Original still best !
forgot to say original mod the best.

Edited by David Beer on Tuesday 6th November 21:14

[Ribol]

spend said:

Ribol said:

I have done, I have two independant circuits

Err PH is also for other folks to read, the comment was not directed at you - but a simple noteworthy mod. FFS get the chip off your shoulder

Err it seemed like a response to what I posted, so I responded, hardly worth you getting your knickers into a twist over it

Oh, nearly forgot

[dadams]

Carl Baker did a great job for me on th eboot release and also made a real good job of alarm and key in one

[RumbleBee]

Carl Baker is very good, but that mod is only for the Meta Alarm. Quite keen on the reed-switch route. But the magnets that Maplin recomend need the magnet to be within about 10 to 15mm to activate the switch in the correct orientation. I think this makes it too much of a PITA to operate whilst holding an overnight bag or shopping. Maplin also have rare earth magnets that are supposed to be much stronger, would this work? Or is the fact that they are round instead of bar shaped make the reed-switch more likely to just chatter and not activate the relay? Interested to hear if anyone has tried this.

Thanks.

B.

[spend]

I use a larger magnet (10p size - stuck on the alarm fob) , added benefit it doubles as a coin holder I find I can just haphazardly swipe the wing & the boot pops.

Dave