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Smawgunner
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# Posted: 26 Mar 2015 17:34
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Don't know if this will work to deter thieves, but I've got a couple of fake cameras on the cabin. I'd like to have a blinking LED light in the window when it gets dark. I needs to be powered by a 9 volt battery. Any idea how to wire something like this? I know zero about electronics.
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morock
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# Posted: 26 Mar 2015 18:16
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do a search on amazon for "fake car alarms leds" You will finds lots of ideas..... cheap too.
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Bzzzzzt
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# Posted: 26 Mar 2015 19:16
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You might try this kind of search:
https://www.google.com/search?q=fake+security+cameras&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
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buckybuck
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# Posted: 26 Mar 2015 19:32
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This is something that I have been playing with ever since my local RadioShack closed a couple of weeks ago and I bought a bunch of breadboards, 555 ICs, LEDs, capacitors and resistors for a nickle each. It's pretty easy and nerdy fun to make an LED blinker circuit, but honestly, it's even easier and cheaper just to buy one.
Like you, I've got a fake camera, and mine has an LED blinker. I just place it near the window. If you've got something else in mind, you don't even need to mess with the 555 timer, capacitor, resistor, etc; you can just buy blinking LEDs on eBay for a couple of bucks. (Actually, you'll be getting somewhere between 10 and 100 blinking LEDs). All the blinking circuitry is in the bulb. Since LEDs are so efficient, I wouldn't worry too much about having something that blinks only when it's dark. Just plan on replacing the battery every couple of weeks or months.
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SE Ohio
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# Posted: 28 Mar 2015 10:52
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I've used Radio Shack blinking LED 276-312 with a 100 ohm or so series resistor. It needs 3 volts to operate, so I used 2 d-cells in series. Battery life is YEARS!
The resistor is to limit current as LED's like low current, and so do batteries.
D cells contain more energy than smaller batteries, minimizing battery changes. I used alkaline cells, lithium cells would last even longer and have no leaky corrosion.
The 'shack also sells blinking led module 276-299 which has a aa battery holder included.
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SE Ohio
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# Posted: 28 Mar 2015 11:02 - Edited by: SE Ohio
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Another idea is to place a (fake) key switch with flashing led by the entrance, along with alarm warning sticker.
I had a Harbor Freight fake security camera mounted on exterior soffeting at my cabin. The burglars tore it off and smashed it to pieces looking for an ds card! Your burglars could do the same, or worse. There have been cabins burned to destroy the evidence.n
Same fake camera with blinking led could be mounted on an electrical box with a cell phone antenna attached. Place up high on tree in plain sight "guarding" door. Might make a burglar move on to your neighbor's 
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groingo
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# Posted: 28 Mar 2015 12:02
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There are a lot of them produced, this one I found interesting and self powered.
http://www.thehomesecuritysuperstore.com/fake-security-cameras-and-alarm-systems-fake -camera-solar-with-strobe-light-dc7mssp-p=4044
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