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Motocycle Horn

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Does motocycle horn function like a speaker?
Whats are the different?
Motocycle horn are water proof right? How about speaker?

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Um...Ok, so what's your point? BTW, From the dictionary; a circuit is a circular journey or one beginning and ending at the same place; a round.
 
Well there sort of the same I guess, in the sense that both take electricty and make sound, but as Blueroom says, I horn is more of a buzzer with a single tone. I horn will make noise by simply connecting a direct current to it, a speaker needs a circuit to generate a tone in order for it to make a sound.

I don't know that a motorcycle horn is waterproof...... Weather resistant maybe, but certinly not made to be used under water.....
 
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It's an electromechanical buzzer.

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It's an electromechanical buzzer.
. . .working at a freq. designed to cut through traffic noise.
Cars have dual horns with a high and low tone, the high to cut through noise and the low to carry distances.
 
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I didn't know that, some bikes have dual horns too.
 
I make a siren circuit and connect the output to motocycle horn, the sound was very low..
but when i connect the output to speaker, the sound is loud.

So what's the problem?

Thank You
 
I make a siren circuit and connect the output to motocycle horn, the sound was very low..
but when i connect the output to speaker, the sound is loud.

It takes much more current to drive the horn, which is likely to be rated for 12V and quite a few A, than the small amount required to drive the speaker.
 
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A guy gets into a motorcycle accident. He can't find one of his arms. It's on a nearby rooftop.
 
The horn is not a speaker.

If you try to drive it with enough power to be loud then it will just go beep.

Stick with the speaker - it's designed for the job.

If you want to use a horn then use two different frequency horns and switch them alternately.
 
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