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- From: garyg@warren.mentorg.com (Gary Gendel)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: Auto "tow" sensor idea needed
- Date: 26 Jan 1993 14:09:45 GMT
- Organization: Mentor Graphics Corp. -- IC Group
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- I had a shock sensor that worked really well in this respect. It was years ago
- so it may be unavailable. This sensor was sold by Universal Products, and looked
- like a long rectangular tube (with rounded edges). It had an adjustment that I
- used to make it very sensitive. I did not have any problems with hills as I
- mounted it perpendicular to the axis of the car (of course you would have problems
- if the road had a steep sideways grade).
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- BTW, these shock sensors have one big detriment. After the neighborhood kids
- discovered it, they were constantly setting it off for fun.
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- Gary
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