Horn Advice

[Viper]

Ya check and make sure the bell has no spider or wasp nests before you do anything else. It's a pretty common cause for them not working.

If it's pooched, get a REAL horn A good air unit with an accumulator tank, not the typical cheap ones with just a little pump. Make her sound like the ship that she is, for bragging rights AND safety.

I should talk, I'm still running electric units but air is on my bucket list when the current ones fail for sure.

[Midnightsun]

Looks like I am going to do something crazy again, then again I own a boat so I must be a little nuts right?

99% sure I will order a set of Kahlenberg D-01 horns in white. Availability is not great no matter where I go so maybe not until end of Sept. Only the best for Midnight Sun! https://www.kahlenberg.com/yachting-model-d-0a.html

[SplashyLady]

I switched to Wolo Dominator horns and they work great. $90 from Amazon.

[Midnightsun]

QR_BBPOST I switched to Wolo Dominator horns and they work great. $90 from Amazon.

That's in USA $ which at todays exchange rate is $4,978.23 CAD

[waybomb]

You only live once. You need Kahlenberg http://www.kahlenberg.com/model-d-2-air-horn.html

[Tireless]

Hans, my horn just gave up this year. Did you end up buying a new one. I have never been happy with the pathetic sound that came from mine and thought I would take the opportunity to get something with some balls.

Having read the posts I will try and fix it to see what happens first.

Please advise what you ended up doing.

Greg

[Midnightsun]

Usually I purchase in the US since it is almost always cheaper. I looked at all the usual places however shipping was very long and even Defender who has the best price 95% of the time was more than purchasing from a distributor in NS Canada, odd but true. I am going for the Kalenberg D-0A and their solenoid valve however the compressor is coming from Amazon.ca. https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B000X9 ... UTF8&psc=1 Total price once all is said and done will probably reach $1200 CAD and this is not installed as I will be doing the installation. Not cheap but this will last longer than the boat. If you are looking for something much cheaper then the link I have on page 1 to Amazon would be my choice.

[bud37]

Heh, I hate to point this out, but, you are over a 100 now...... ..... ......

Good on you for doing it right...

[Midnightsun]

Before I was talking US$ and with the change rate I figure $1200 CDN puts me just about right.

[bud37]

Yup sure.......I was talking USD as well..... .... regardless, good stuff, show us some pics of the install as I am sure it will be quite nice....