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Re: Horn Advice

Posted: August 18th, 2020, 9:00 pm
by 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.

Re: Horn Advice

Posted: August 19th, 2020, 2:19 pm
by 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. :-D Availability is not great no matter where I go so maybe not until end of Sept. :banghead: Only the best for Midnight Sun! https://www.kahlenberg.com/yachting-model-d-0a.html

Re: Horn Advice

Posted: August 19th, 2020, 2:40 pm
by SplashyLady
I switched to Wolo Dominator horns and they work great. $90 from Amazon.

Re: Horn Advice

Posted: August 19th, 2020, 5:14 pm
by Midnightsun
SplashyLady wrote: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 :-D

Re: Horn Advice

Posted: August 19th, 2020, 6:01 pm
by waybomb
You only live once. You need Kahlenberg http://www.kahlenberg.com/model-d-2-air-horn.html

Re: Horn Advice

Posted: August 20th, 2020, 10:00 am
by 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

Re: Horn Advice

Posted: August 20th, 2020, 4:03 pm
by 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.

Re: Horn Advice

Posted: August 20th, 2020, 4:26 pm
by bud37
Heh, I hate to point this out, but, you are over a 100 now...... :-D ..... :popcorn: ...... :beergood:

Good on you for doing it right... :down:

Re: Horn Advice

Posted: August 20th, 2020, 4:35 pm
by Midnightsun
Before I was talking US$ and with the change rate I figure $1200 CDN puts me just about right. :-D :beergood:

Re: Horn Advice

Posted: August 20th, 2020, 5:05 pm
by bud37
Yup sure.......I was talking USD as well..... :-D .... :down: regardless, good stuff, show us some pics of the install as I am sure it will be quite nice.... :down: