I have one of those cordless phone systems with about 6 or maybe 8 phones I don't even remember, but nobody ever puts them back in the charger and they are scattered all over the place. I came down the stairs in the middle of the night and there were flashing lights all around the downstairs from the phones due to unheard messages on the recorder. It reminded me of elaborate security systems I’ve seen in the movies and I want to do something similar in my vehicles to make it appear there is a very sophisticated alarm system inside to scare off car thieves.
So anyway I started to figure out some LEDs to hook up to the 12V car system that would flash all night long. My neighbor has an expensive security system in her car that has a blue flashing light that’s visible from all the way around the outside of the car. Then I started thinking about maybe some sort of laser lighting going around the inside parameter. It doesn't have to be functional just look like there is a laser beam going around.
I don’t know anything about lasers and I don’t want to spend a lot of money, but is there something inexpensive that I could use to do something like this?
I’ve had my truck broken into twice and I even have video from one occasion showing the culprits to be kids so I think I could easily fool them. And if it works pretty well, I may even build one for the inside of the house.
So anyway I started to figure out some LEDs to hook up to the 12V car system that would flash all night long. My neighbor has an expensive security system in her car that has a blue flashing light that’s visible from all the way around the outside of the car. Then I started thinking about maybe some sort of laser lighting going around the inside parameter. It doesn't have to be functional just look like there is a laser beam going around.
I don’t know anything about lasers and I don’t want to spend a lot of money, but is there something inexpensive that I could use to do something like this?
I’ve had my truck broken into twice and I even have video from one occasion showing the culprits to be kids so I think I could easily fool them. And if it works pretty well, I may even build one for the inside of the house.
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