How effective is the Clifford Matrix 50.5x Alarm System?
02-22-2007, 02:53 PM
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Re: How effective is the Clifford Matrix 50.5x Alarm System? (EvenStar)
That will depend on what kind of building and were you are at. It also depends on if your car has a good or weak battery. But the dam thing does have good azz range. Also what kind of radio interferance is around you
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Re: How effective is the Clifford Matrix 50.5x Alarm System? (wrx-killer-Sti-eater)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by wrx-killer-Sti-eater »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">That will depend on what kind of building and were you are at. It also depends on if your car has a good or weak battery. But the dam thing does have good azz range. Also what kind of radio interferance is around you</TD></TR></TABLE>
wait what?... will redo-ing the chassis ground wires help also...?
wait what?... will redo-ing the chassis ground wires help also...?
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Re: How effective is the Clifford Matrix 50.5x Alarm System? (allricedout)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by allricedout »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
wait what?... will redo-ing the chassis ground wires help also...?</TD></TR></TABLE> Well no, if the batt. is weak, redoing the grounds will not help, replacing the batt. will.
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wait what?... will redo-ing the chassis ground wires help also...?</TD></TR></TABLE> Well no, if the batt. is weak, redoing the grounds will not help, replacing the batt. will.
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Re: How effective is the Clifford Matrix 50.5x Alarm System? (fcm)
what do you mean weak, could i have a weak battery and not know it? or would getting an optima gel cell battery increase the paging range of the alarm?
09-02-2007, 08:03 PM
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Re: How effective is the Clifford Matrix 50.5x Alarm System? (allricedout)
Yes you can have a weak batt. and not know it, I was referring to your question of redoing the grounds, if it would help, and no it will not help a weak batt. 94
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Re: How effective is the Clifford Matrix 50.5x Alarm System? (fcm)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by fcm »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> Yes you can have a weak batt. and not know it, I was referring to your question of redoing the grounds, if it would help, and no it will not help a weak batt. 94</TD></TR></TABLE>
but redoing the grounds could help if your current ones arent getting a good connection, a battery who's ground is messed up is utterly useless... and imo yea, a performance battery (optima yellow top) could help pager reception because of its higher energy capablities when not in use. (similar to a "weak" battery not being able to send the signal as far).
if my theory is wrong please correct me, i dont claim to know anything.
94</TD></TR></TABLE>but redoing the grounds could help if your current ones arent getting a good connection, a battery who's ground is messed up is utterly useless... and imo yea, a performance battery (optima yellow top) could help pager reception because of its higher energy capablities when not in use. (similar to a "weak" battery not being able to send the signal as far).
if my theory is wrong please correct me, i dont claim to know anything.
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Re: How effective is the Clifford Matrix 50.5x Alarm System? (akunamatta)
You are correct, good grounds are important, however if the batt. is weak, as in not working to it's full potential because there is something wrong with the batt. then the only fix is to replace the batt., redoing the grounds will help things only if the grounds are bad, not if the batt. is bad, [weak].
As for what kind of batt. to use, I can't see how that would make a diff., if the batt. has enough power to start the car, I'm pretty sure it has enough power to supply the paging system with all the current it needs, we are not talking about a 500W amp here, it may need 60A-70A to make 500W, max draw on the alarm is no more then 15A, and that's with the park lights flashing and the siren going off, along with the transmitter in the main brain.
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As for what kind of batt. to use, I can't see how that would make a diff., if the batt. has enough power to start the car, I'm pretty sure it has enough power to supply the paging system with all the current it needs, we are not talking about a 500W amp here, it may need 60A-70A to make 500W, max draw on the alarm is no more then 15A, and that's with the park lights flashing and the siren going off, along with the transmitter in the main brain.
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intresting, so the max draw on the alarm unit is 15A max... is there a resistor in there somewhere that limits it im assuming?
how do you know this, have you been testing electrical points on DEI units with a multi meter or something?
how do you know this, have you been testing electrical points on DEI units with a multi meter or something?
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by akunamatta »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">intresting, so the max draw on the alarm unit is 15A max... is there a resistor in there somewhere that limits it im assuming?
how do you know this, have you been testing electrical points on DEI units with a multi meter or something?</TD></TR></TABLE>
No, I concentrate real hard, squint my eyes, and using my visual cortex I focus my eyes on the main fuse for the alarm, and a Clifford Matrix 50.5X has a 15A fuse, now I feed that info to another part of my brain and it calculated that the max current draw for the alarm can be no more then 15A.
Also no, a resistor does not limit the draw, [directly] the current requirement of the unit does that, it only draws what it needs, and it does not need more then 15A to function properly, if it did, there would be a bigger fuse and probably a thicker power lead.
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how do you know this, have you been testing electrical points on DEI units with a multi meter or something?</TD></TR></TABLE>
No, I concentrate real hard, squint my eyes, and using my visual cortex I focus my eyes on the main fuse for the alarm, and a Clifford Matrix 50.5X has a 15A fuse, now I feed that info to another part of my brain and it calculated that the max current draw for the alarm can be no more then 15A.
Also no, a resistor does not limit the draw, [directly] the current requirement of the unit does that, it only draws what it needs, and it does not need more then 15A to function properly, if it did, there would be a bigger fuse and probably a thicker power lead.
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