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  • xsdad
    XSive
    • Jun 2009
    • 11

    #1

    Mercury Switch

    I read about making an alarm and using a mercury switch. This sounds like a good idea, but where can a switch like this be purchased?
    Thanks.
  • mxmikie
    XStremely XSive
    • Aug 2008
    • 482
    • Bouse az

    #2
    radio shack
    careful what you wish for.........you might get it

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    • XSokieSPECIAL
      XS-XJ Guru
      • Jun 2009
      • 1631
      • Tulsa, OK

      #3
      Originally posted by xsdad
      I read about making an alarm and using a mercury switch. This sounds like a good idea, but where can a switch like this be purchased?
      Thanks.
      HA HA, any TERRORIST should have one you can get. Sounds like you going to build a booby trap.

      Check with someone that sells and installs car alarms. They should have what you need. Maybe not a mercury switch but something similar that will detect movement.

      Greg

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      • bikerphil
        Master of XSology
        • Jan 2008
        • 8641
        • South Flori-DUH

        #4
        Originally posted by xsdad
        I read about making an alarm and using a mercury switch. This sounds like a good idea, but where can a switch like this be purchased?
        Thanks.
        Find a good electronic component supplier in your area, they'll have it.
        2H7 (79) owned since '89
        3H3 owned since '06

        "If it ain't broke, modify it"

        ☮

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        • randy
          XS-XJ Guru
          • Dec 2003
          • 4521

          #5
          Check here

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          • Montreux_Blue
            XS-XJ Guru (Deceased)
            • May 2008
            • 1143
            • Longitude: -85° 57' 43" Latitude: 37° 52' 55"

            #6
            Maybe you should read this......... breaking-news/obamas-proposed-mercury-ban-made-into-law
            http://www.myspace.com/i_give_you_power

            1980 XS11 Special - chopped, dropped and OCTY is still installed - NOW IT'S FOR SALE! $1,800 OBO


            Famous Myspace quote:

            "Don't mess with TEXAS! It's not nice to pick on retards."

            It's funny because I am from TEXAS!

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            • trbig
              Simply used to just post A LOT!
              • Nov 2005
              • 7838
              • Ada, Oklahoma

              #7
              Man... What am I going to put in the hollow points of my bullets now?


              Tod
              Try your hardest to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.

              You can live to be 100, as long as you give up everything that would make you want to live to be 100!

              Current bikes:
              '06 Suzuki DR650
              *'82 XJ1100 with the 1179 kit. "Mad Maxim"
              '82 XJ1100 Completely stock fixer-upper
              '82 XJ1100 Bagger fixer-upper
              '82 XJ1100 Motor/frame and lots of boxes of parts
              '82 XJ1100 Parts bike
              '81 XS1100 Special
              '81 YZ250
              '80 XS850 Special
              '80 XR100
              *Crashed/Totalled, still own

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              • Bigfoot
                XS-XJ GURU
                • Sep 2005
                • 1422
                • Kansas City, Missouri

                #8
                I was gonna hand some out for Halloween for the kiddies to play with.
                Harry

                The voices in my head are giving me the silent treatment.

                '79 Standard
                '82 XJ1100
                '84 FJ1100


                Acta Non Verba

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                • Southhill101
                  XSive
                  • Jan 2009
                  • 45
                  • Calgary, Alberta

                  #9
                  Got one of those old wall thermostats laying around? I knew I'd have a use for that one day!
                  1981 XS1100 Special
                  Saddlemen Seat
                  MAC 4 into 2 Turnouts

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                  • barberad
                    XStremely XSive
                    • Sep 2007
                    • 416
                    • the 45th state

                    #10
                    Originally posted by trbig
                    Man... What am I going to put in the hollow points of my bullets now?


                    Tod

                    Don't worry Tod, that was only for export, you can still get it domesticly (for now)

                    Dan
                    Current Rides: '82 XJ w/Jardine 4-1's, GIVI flyscreen, '97 Triumph Trophy 1200
                    Former Rides: '71 CB350, '78 400 Hawk, '75 CB550/4;
                    while in Japan: '86 KLR250, '86 VT250Z, '86 XL600R, '82 CB450(Hawk II), '96 750 Nighthawk, '96 BMW F650

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                    • jmnjrpa
                      XSive Maximus
                      • Jun 2009
                      • 863
                      • Lewisville, Texas

                      #11
                      Tod, I'll tell you later.
                      '81 1100 MNS - "Midnight XSpress"
                      Original except:
                      120 mains outer cylinders - 125 mains inner cylinders - Ceramic headers - Powder coated pipes, covers calipers, and MC's
                      4 pods - Air box gutted--E3 Plugs - High Back seat - Grooved out swing arm - SS brake lines
                      Fork brace - 160 speedo - Auto CCT
                      All gold paint and chrome replaced with GOLD plate

                      "STUPID is Forever" Ron White.
                      Contact me by PM -I don't deal with stupid anymore.

                      Big John

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                      • fredintoon
                        Master of XSology
                        • Mar 2004
                        • 6795
                        • Saskatoon SK

                        #12
                        Originally posted by trbig
                        Man... What am I going to put in the hollow points of my bullets now?
                        Tod
                        Hi Tod,
                        a slug of plastic in the tip works OK but the bullet will be lighter than a mercury filled one.
                        You can always modify a heavier bullet to regain the impact energy.
                        Besides, mercury spoils the meat.
                        Fred Hill, S'toon
                        XS11SG with Spirit of America sidecar
                        "The Flying Pumpkin"

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                        • trbig
                          Simply used to just post A LOT!
                          • Nov 2005
                          • 7838
                          • Ada, Oklahoma

                          #13
                          "Besides, mercury spoils the meat."


                          Ummm.. yeah... hunting animals.. yeah, that was my goal. Yeah.. that's the ticket!


                          It was a joke. They showed it doesn't really work for more tissue damage.. except maybe EVERY shot would be a kill shot. (Eventually...)


                          Tod
                          Try your hardest to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.

                          You can live to be 100, as long as you give up everything that would make you want to live to be 100!

                          Current bikes:
                          '06 Suzuki DR650
                          *'82 XJ1100 with the 1179 kit. "Mad Maxim"
                          '82 XJ1100 Completely stock fixer-upper
                          '82 XJ1100 Bagger fixer-upper
                          '82 XJ1100 Motor/frame and lots of boxes of parts
                          '82 XJ1100 Parts bike
                          '81 XS1100 Special
                          '81 YZ250
                          '80 XS850 Special
                          '80 XR100
                          *Crashed/Totalled, still own

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                          • oseaghdha
                            XS-XJ Guru
                            • Aug 2006
                            • 1075
                            • N43.02.5,W88.14.2

                            #14
                            Derailed Thread

                            Originally posted by trbig
                            "Besides, mercury spoils the meat."


                            Ummm.. yeah... hunting animals.. yeah, that was my goal. Yeah.. that's the ticket!


                            It was a joke. They showed it doesn't really work for more tissue damage.. except maybe EVERY shot would be a kill shot. (Eventually...)


                            Tod
                            I believe, if I am not mistaken, the idea is/was the bullet disintegrates leaving no usable ballistic evidence, while maintaining most of the weight of an unmodified bullet.

                            Otherwise, hydrashocks are the way to go.
                            XS1100SF
                            XS1100F

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                            • DenyP
                              XSive Maximus
                              • May 2008
                              • 599
                              • Staples, Minnesota 56479

                              #15
                              Originally posted by trbig
                              Man... What am I going to put in the hollow points of my bullets now?


                              Tod
                              LOL - You crack me up Tod
                              1978 XS1100E - The TimeMachine
                              1980 XS850 Special - Little Mo

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