MAKING YOUR OWN TIP UP ALARMS

[stealth3350]

I WAS NOT WILLING TO PAY THE PRICE FOR TIP UP PAGERS. SO I CAME UP WITH MY OWN.. YOU DO HAVE TO HAVE 110 IN YOUR FISH HOUSE.. I WENT TO HOME DEPOT BOUGHT WIRELESS DOOR ALARM 25.00 PLUGS RIGHT IN TO OUT LET.. EACH TRANSMITTER WAS 7.00 MADE FOR PATIO DOORS OR FRONT DOORS. WHEN THE MAGNET SEPERATES ( DING DONG ) BOLT OUT SIDE AND PULL UP TIP UP!! WORKS GREAT.. THE TRANSMITTER I SCREWD ONE SIDE TO THE WOOD TIP UP. AND THE OTHER HALF OF MAGNET ELECTRICAL TAPE AROUND THE FLAG WIRE. WORKS ABOUT 100FT. WORKS AWESOME FOR 1/3 THE PRICE ILL TRY AND GET SOME PICTURES TONIGHT.. I MISS WAY LESS FISH...

[Weissguy]

Nice ingenuity. Interested in seeing what you came up with!

[hawgchaser]

Stealth...

Did exactly the same thing about 10 years ago from the same store. They're still going strong. Great entertainment for those I fish with , too. Everyone starts out giving me guff, and ends up waiting for my "guests" to ring the doorbell. Kudos on "stickin it to the man" by using your head rather than your wallet. My system is strictly battery operated so I don't need any power source other than batteries.

[perchking]

Any pics of this setup, takes the guessing out of it.

Thanks,

[Pooh]

wallmart has some that are like 2 bucks a pair, same idea but no trasmitter. Door alarms for an intruder. contacts seperate(door opens) sounds like a police car siren.

[hawgchaser]

perchking,

Haven't mastered uploading pics to this site, but it's so easy I think I can describe it well enough. I've got the heavy wood tip-ups. A 3" flat 90 degree angle bracket with the doorbell taped to it at the tip-up flag spring height. Screw the bracket into the tip-up at the point where the flag spring will depress the button when it trips and walla...your alarm. If memory serves me right, I bent the angle bracket a bit past the 90 degree angle to get enough spring force to depress the button.

[stealth3350]

here is the link to the video of how it works.. Hopefully it works. http://s1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee361/Walleyetime/?action=view&current=VIDEO0012.mp4

[stealth3350]

OOPS ITS ONLY HALF THE VIDEO ILL TRY AGAIN

[stealth3350]

JUST GO TO THIS LINK AND CLICK ON THE FIRST VIDEO AND YOU CAN SEE AND HEAR HOW IT WORKS.. HOPE THIS HELPS IT IS PRETTY FUN SITTING IN THE HOUSE AND HEARING THE DOORBELL WHEN U HAVE A FISH LOL! http://s1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee361/Walleyetime/?action=view&curre

nt=VIDEO0012-1.mp4

[CrappieAttitude]

AWESOME STEALTH!!! I Like it a lot! Thanks for Sharing your idea with us...

CA

[perchking]

That is awesome, thanks...

[CrewJones]

i used a doorbell system and its wireless, then I bought 4 buttons from wallmart for it and attached it to all the tipups works great untill its really cold or snowing. This setup would work better for that

[GotALunker]

you can actually buy those window buzzer thingys at the dollars store too.