As many of you already know I operate a tracking system. Decided this week that it was time to get to grips with the electronics side of things. ( I usually sub that out but what with things being a bit tight n all!)
So to learn the secrets of the last black art... electrickery. Had a quick read of eletronics for dummies. Teaches you exactly how much you don't know yet! Bought a few components and started wiring.
All I wanted was a control box to act as an interface between the car and the tracking unit. And possibly and LED to let me know the unit is running. Not rocket science I hear all you eletro whizz kids sayinig but it bloody well was to me!
Two days later... couple of headaches - a lengthy consultation with Mr Ohm and his laws, (Damn bloke just won't take no for an answer. I want to plug it in and have it work not mess about with resistors and capacitors, fuses, relay output pairs n so on).
Well the upshot is that it works! Saves me about £100 quid per installation and makes fitting it much easier... result.
And Kai's learnt to solder and how to read a simple wiring diagram... so with any luck I'll have slave labour to do it for me next time!
So what has all this given me? I can switch the fog lights on by text message or from the computer at home... isn't THAT going to be useful
LOL
(I can turn the engine off the same way but don't tell plod)