I am rubbish at electrickery

[lpretro1]

Why on earth is this on a BIKE forum??

 

[voyager]

BIKE SHED ?

 

[fatblokish]

BIKE SHED ?

But of course, housing my precious treasures.

 

[young Ed]

Why on earth is this on a BIKE forum??

because this is also the general information/ life help center!
to be honest personally i've discussed everything from shimano VS compag, helmets , home DIY projects, land rovers, hunting, shooting and even exactly what rifle people would recommend me to get. and MUCH more
more than once have we offered help and advice to those contemplating suicide, dealing with relationship issues and breakups

this is a bike forum and the rest
Cheers Ed

 

[zacklaws]

It should be simple to construct an imitation security system by going onto Ebay, buy a G4 12V red LED, G4 Bulb Holder and a small solar panel to trickle charge a 12V battery, approx 2AH capacity and some bell wire. Apart for fitting a solar panel, I have a similar setup for when I am fishing but it has a remote control built in and I have a white LED light instead, but I also bought a RED LED bulb as well to experiment with and I also keep my battery 1.4AH topped up with a solar panel when I am not using it. A larger solar panel would keep it going permanently 24 hours a day for years with no need for occasional top ups with a battery charger.

This way, no mains electric would be used, it would be a switch on and forget device. As for flashing, that would be another thing, whether you can buy a flashing red LED, rob the circuit board out of a cheap rear light and incorporate it into the system. But at the end of the day, it could be possible to use a rear light and modify it somehow.

In fact, just remmebered my remote control has various flashing modes, all controllable to how fast they flash etc