Just be aware, some states are now outlawing some of these trackers because of their stalker laws. And their crazy assed ex husbands and wives...
GPS Tracking For Your Jeep
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How do you find the Mastrack? Are there any subscriptions?
I've been researching options, I narrowed it down to one from fleetracker, otherwise one from gpyes here: https://www.gpyes.com.au/purchase
Can anyone review the gpyes one?
Yes they have 3 month blocks you buy and I found it was really accurate if I did a 2 minute update where is sends the location every 2 minutes and you can geofence and it will send a text or email or text when it is crossed.
I guess these same theorists do not understand how THHN or stranded wire works. We should just wire everything in solid wire.
Why do we use stranded wire?I guess these same theorists do not understand how THHN or stranded wire works. We should just wire everything in solid wire.
I should have known better than to challenge Gandalf, and I let my finger punch through before adequately thinking it through.
We use stranded to have a conductor that is flexible, and resistant to splitting. 10GA solid vs 10GA stranded, solid will carry a bit more current than stranded. Stranded suffers from phenomenon known as skinning. At higher frequencies the field around the outside of the conductor causes resistance, lowing the allowable current through conductor.
It would be interesting to see that guide and how they calculate it since it is not easily located on the web. Nor is there any clear proof to back that up. And, I'm not saying you are wrong, it is just hard to find that answer.
Skin effect happens with all conductors but the rest is why we use stranded for automotive. Simple flexibility.
AC43.13-1b, not sure of the chapter right now, and there is a Boeing spec that is used for stripping the insulation from aircraft wire and it lists the commercial gauge as a smaller gauge than aircraft wire, for a given current capacity. When I was taking crimp and solder school, we were taught a lot of aircraft peculiar wiring and soldering info, no rohs for the specs I was taught to. Lead alloy solder, gold plated crimps. Tim
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And, you won't get skin effect on a DC circuit, that only affects AC. (albeit only with high frequencies and great distances)
In DC, solid wire will outperform stranded. But @motomick76 hit the nail (partly) with flexibility. The other reason is redundancy, if one strand breaks, the other strands will share the current of the broken one.
See, this is where it gets all fucked up. I am only aware of the problem with audio cables in high end car audio and discussions thereof. I was not aware that there are any AC circuits in 12V DC car audio. Yet, if you look, skin effect is righteously discussed.
Is that because the speaker motor is shoving current back the other way when the cone pulls back? Or is the circuit switching polarity to pull the cone back?
Audio signal is voltage that has a frequency/s applied... basically. All sound is, is frequencies. DC is a flat voltage with zero frequency. The speaker moves back and forth, because the voltage varies between +/- voltage.
So, @mrblaine you are correct about skin effect on the wires, but that will only affect wires between speaker and amp/source.
Car audio does add the complication of DC to power it all.
I know others will probably say I’m not right, blah, blah... but this is the very basics.
Cops are busy with a bunch of other stuff going on, nothing you can't solve your self with some tools.
Only 'tools' needed would be a picnic table bench, 15 ft 550 cord, a towel, and a 1 gallon pitcher...
Has anyone researched this "lately"? This thread is from 2019. I wonder what the current state is of trackers vs jammers?
I have seen both trackers and jammers on AliExpress for very cheap. I bought one but have not tested it. I'm assuming the prices have come down. But no idea who's winning the battle between trackers and jammers.
Each of these real time, cheap units, I was looking at, required a sim card. But cell plans are fairly cheap these days. Even my personal min mobile plans are $15 a month unlimited. But if effective jammers are cheap. This could be a waste of money.
I have seen both trackers and jammers on AliExpress for very cheap. I bought one but have not tested it. I'm assuming the prices have come down. But no idea who's winning the battle between trackers and jammers.
Each of these real time, cheap units, I was looking at, required a sim card. But cell plans are fairly cheap these days. Even my personal min mobile plans are $15 a month unlimited. But if effective jammers are cheap. This could be a waste of money.
We used an Apple AirTag in my FIL's car to keep track of movements, before his license got pulled. Cheap and effective, as long as there are other iPhone users passing nearby.
Ya. I've been looking at tags for Android. There are some better ones out there. But I have not researched their limitations. In terms of this kind of use. I assume air tags and the like require a new charge after a given amount of time. Maybe I'll do some deep dives using AI?
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