Hi Good old Soviet here,

I have seen this film here, and think it may be good for some that want to do it. I have not tried the idea myself all ready but it is seeming to make sense.

DIY: Build your own free or inexpensive car tracking system at BrainStuff

Any Briskolian that has been doing this, or knows of this could give ideas.

Soviet:)

Would be very easy to do, but I get the feeling you could p*ss off the emergency services.

You would want an old phone and a car charger, then build a small switching circuit that works out when the phone battery is low and turns on the charge circuit which is connected to a permanent live connect.

All this could go inside a small plastic box and you could hide it behind the glovebox of similar.

You would need the IMEI number of the phone and it might be worth keeping a PAYG SIM in there and keeping the number valid by topping it up just as it's about to be terminated for non use. That way there would be a number to triangulate to, which may be easier as you could use the online trace my mobile websites.

You would obviously need to set that up and then reply to the text to authorise before you installed it into the car.

Service wise it would be £5 once ever 3 months to top up and a new phone battery every year or two.

hmm, i think he forgot to mention about adding a fuse to the circuit, dont wire things upto the battery without a fuse

hmm, i think he forgot to mention about adding a fuse to the circuit, dont wire things upto the battery without a fuse

Hi Teflon Tom,

I also was thinking that also, as it is bad electrical practice, but maybe he is not aware of this part of things.

Soviet

Would be very easy to do, but I get the feeling you could p*ss off the emergency services.

You would want an old phone and a car charger, then build a small switching circuit that works out when the phone battery is low and turns on the charge circuit which is connected to a permanent live connect.

All this could go inside a small plastic box and you could hide it behind the glovebox of similar.

You would need the IMEI number of the phone and it might be worth keeping a PAYG SIM in there and keeping the number valid by topping it up just as it's about to be terminated for non use. That way there would be a number to triangulate to, which may be easier as you could use the online trace my mobile websites.

You would obviously need to set that up and then reply to the text to authorise before you installed it into the car.

Service wise it would be £5 once ever 3 months to top up and a new phone battery every year or two.

Hi Cheezemonkhai,

You have gone in to the much detail here, which is good, and I think that the idea is also a good one, and would be the cheaper money than a tracker contract.

What the car the cost of the car is, is needed to be considered, if it is worth the while of doing all of this.

Any way it is nice to speak with you again.

Soviet:)

You can get devices that text you if your alarm has been set off, and they can also be used to track your car. For example, Toad Text Alert Car - Caravan- ATV Alarm- GSM Pager. on eBay, also Car Alarms Immobilisers, Security Electrical, Car Accessories, Cars, Parts Vehicles (end time 19-Jul-08 13:08:45 BST)

wouldnt it be easier to wire a 12v to the boot and plug in a phone with phone charger on a payg contract and sign up with one of those kid tracker sites via mobile phone and track it that way using the gsm/3g trangulate system they use?

hmm, i think he forgot to mention about adding a fuse to the circuit, dont wire things upto the battery without a fuse

I was talking about taking a permy feed from the fuse box.. but yes you would need a fuse end of story.

Just read another comment, did the guy tell you how to do it on that site as I couldn't see any information :confused:

You can get devices that text you if your alarm has been set off, and they can also be used to track your car. For example, Toad Text Alert Car - Caravan- ATV Alarm- GSM Pager. on eBay, also Car Alarms Immobilisers, Security Electrical, Car Accessories, Cars, Parts Vehicles (end time 19-Jul-08 13:08:45 BST)

Hi, anewman,

The Toad pager system is looking good here, and is the cheap one too.

Thank you for this information, this is good.

Soviet:thumbup:

hmm, i think he forgot to mention about adding a fuse to the circuit, dont wire things upto the battery without a fuse

He also didn't mention that there is often a charge circuit in the cigarette lighter plug...

was shown Zoombak GPS Auto & Vehicle Tracker, Dog & Pet Tracking, Car Security Device today which might be of interest today at the motorshow.