John in CR
100 TW
I'm about to start building a pretty ebike that will look as valuable to thieves as it is to me. It being stolen would be unacceptable. To achieve the protection I want I need electronics that will-
1. Once armed it would call my cell phone if the bike is moved, along with an audible alarm on the bike itself.
2. Enable me to track down the bike if it is stolen.
I'd bury the device(s) required inside the bike below the battery pack, and even just removing the battery won't be a simple process, so even a pro thief would need to hack apart the frame in the short time it would take for me to arrive with police in tow to recover my ebike.
Cheap and reliable is the goal, which should be fairly easy given the capabilities of today's cell phones. I'm thinking a used cell phone with its charger wired to my battery pack. Then even if they cut a battery main to disable the separate alarm, the phone would still have plenty of charge to do the recovery tracing.
Anyone with experience or ideas of what I need to accomplish this?
1. Once armed it would call my cell phone if the bike is moved, along with an audible alarm on the bike itself.
2. Enable me to track down the bike if it is stolen.
I'd bury the device(s) required inside the bike below the battery pack, and even just removing the battery won't be a simple process, so even a pro thief would need to hack apart the frame in the short time it would take for me to arrive with police in tow to recover my ebike.
Cheap and reliable is the goal, which should be fairly easy given the capabilities of today's cell phones. I'm thinking a used cell phone with its charger wired to my battery pack. Then even if they cut a battery main to disable the separate alarm, the phone would still have plenty of charge to do the recovery tracing.
Anyone with experience or ideas of what I need to accomplish this?