Yes I know its sad to own a caravan but ours was stolen last month so I am thinking about security for a replacement. Does anyone know of a device I can put in a caravan that will alert (by text perhaps) my iphone when the caravan is moved? I know there are tracker devices available but you have to report the vehicle stolen before they track it and report it to the police. Not much good if you are out of the country for a week or so.
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Originally posted by deeceee09
Yes I know its sad to own a caravan but ours was stolen last month so I am thinking about security for a replacement. Does anyone know of a device I can put in a caravan that will alert (by text perhaps) my iphone when the caravan is moved? I know there are tracker devices available but you have to report the vehicle stolen before they track it and report it to the police. Not much good if you are out of the country for a week or so.
Either off the shelf solution which will cost, or as this is Locostbuilders....
PAYG mobile, activate some of the software you can get to track live. Then trickle charge it. You may need make / receive a call once a month to keep
it live, but it then gives you (NOT the police) tracking details.
Or, something like an Arduino board wired up to a motion sensor linked to a transmitting device. Shouldn't cost any more than £100. Again powered
from your leisure battery. And again, only tracked by you.
Second hand iPhone stashed somewhere then use 'find iPhone' app
Thanks guys, just the sort of thing I was looking for.
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Originally posted by balidey
Either off the shelf solution which will cost, or as this is Locostbuilders....
PAYG mobile, activate some of the software you can get to track live. Then trickle charge it. You may need make / receive a call once a month to keep it live, but it then gives you (NOT the police) tracking details.
Or, something like an Arduino board wired up to a motion sensor linked to a transmitting device. Shouldn't cost any more than £100. Again powered from your leisure battery. And again, only tracked by you.
Arduino has boards that do GPS, phone and wireless so could text when ever the caravan moved out of range of your wifi.
Simplier solution is a phone on trickle charge that does the find me feature using phone masts - never 100% reliable location (ie it will be somewhere
within a few hundred meters) but it should be good enough.
Parents PAYG phone needed topping up and using once every 6 months - so do it every time you wash the caravan or something.
If your out of the country who will track it???
Get tracker they just had an offer for £300 for the tracker an 1st year monitoring.
You can tell them when it's due not to move so they know if its stolen
David
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Originally posted by jossey
If your out of the country who will track it???
Get tracker they just had an offer for £300 for the tracker an 1st year monitoring.
You can tell them when it's due not to move so they know if its stolen
David
We bought our first caravan last year, came with tracker fitted, first year subscription included in the cost of the van. On renewal this year, we were offered a life time subscription for £190, which can even be transferred once if we sell. Havingg a tracker also reduces the insurance premium.
PPC Mag did a test by hiding a phone in a car and then sending the Editor off to hide.....
The phone they used was a cheapy old Nokia wired to a charger and hidden up behind the dash. It was accurate enough in towns/cities as there were more
masts to give an accurate fix and the country side less accurate but would get you to within 1/4 mile.
Is there really that much of a market for hot caravans? Yikes
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Originally posted by BenB
Is there really that much of a market for hot caravans? Yikes