Buy Dakota Alert VS-50 Hard Wired Vehicle Sensor w/50Dakota Alert VS-50 Hard Wired Vehicle Sensor w/50 Product Description:
- Hardwired Vehicle Sensor with 50' of Wire
- DAKOTA ALERT
Product Description
CABLE LENGTH IS 50 FT. The hard wired vehicle sensor lets you know any time a vehicle enters or leaves the driveway. The probe of the vehicle sensor detects metal objects, such as moving cars, in a ten to twelve foot radius of the sensor. The vehicle sensor probe should be buried parallel to or under the driveway. Then the direct burial wire is run back to the control box that is located in the house. The probe will detect vehicles moving by and send a signal through the line to the control box, which will sound a whistle. The probe and wire can easily be buried in turf with a shovel or a lawn edger. If the probe is to be buried in the middle of the drive, it is best to have the probe and wire in a conduit to protect it from any damage caused by heavy vehicles. If there are gophers, moles, etc., in the area, it would be best to have the entire length of wire in a conduit. The control box simply plugs into a 110-volt outlet, and has an on/off switch on the top of the box. There is a set of contacts to connect the two wires from the probe, as well as a set of 12-volt DC (500mA max) contacts. The voltage output can be used to operate sirens, bells, or a light timer. Everything is color coded and labeled for easy reference. The whistle and the voltage output are adjustable for 2, 4 or 8 seconds. The control box can run up to three probes, and has a sensitivity control so that it can be custom tuned to each application.
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By Palmetto State
I burried the probe in the middle of the drive and parallel. It really has about 10 feet on each side which is good enough.The only false alarms I've gotten are during bad lightening storms. I guess the EFI from the close lightening is the factor. No worries though. Durring these kinds of storms, nobody is driving down my driveway or coming to sneak up on me.I have the transmitter mounted on a tree about 230 feet away from the reciever. It is very dependable. I was worried about battery life, but not anymore.I added a 12 volt set of LEDs to the receiver in the house. I bought the blue LEDs at one of those Auto Zone places. Since zone 1 stays on for 20 minutes and outputs 12 volts, I can tell if the system is working. As I come home and drive over the sensor, I trigger the light and it stays on for 20 minutes. If I was in the shower and I could not hear the audio alert I would see the LEDs and that would let me know if some one had passed over the sensor while I was out of range of the audio alert.The audio alert only lasts for a few seconds.I have become extremely dependent on this device. I used to get up all the time, looking out the windows because I thought I heard a car or motorbike. Now I don't have to worry.To test this device, I typically use a golf club. Let's say a 9 Iron (ha ha). I just wave the head of the club near the sensor and then look down my drive way through the window to see if the LEDs that I installed light up. It's easier than opening the window and straining to hear the audio alert.Testing is very important. I need to always know that this thing is working. When I come home every day the LEDs are lit up when I walk in the house.I did have a recent time where the transmitter stopped working. I opened the transmitter, moved several of the DIP switches back and forth and presto, the system was dependable again.
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