"Poptop Up" warning buzzer

As some of you may know I have had some issues with driving away with the Poptop up.

I'll be spending a few weeks away in the van on my own so I won't have the backup that a copilot brings when they suddenly say, "Oh, the top's still up". With that in mind and also suspecting that if I phone the insurers and tell them I've knocked the top off AGAIN, they might be less than impressed at the prospect of another £4,500.00 bill.

So, I bought these



Made this



and I'd luckily threaded a few spare cables up the A pillar and across the roof before I fitted the headlining.



So it was easy to drill a small hole through and pull two of the cables into the back of my new switch.

I even found a bit of my Formica finish to cover the access panel.



I've fitted the buzzer module under the dash and wired it up so it only buzzes if I turn the ignition on while the top is up.
Everything apart from the driving stuff like indicators and wipers etc is powered from the leisure fuse box so in theory I'll never need the ignition on unless I'm actually going for a drive.

 

That looks great

I am also a serial offender although never caused any damage

 

What if you leave your lights on tho

 

I got half way down the M69 before I realised mine was still up!

 

Who was the guy who's wife drove through a supermarket height barrier with the roof up and had it ripped off about 5 years ago?

 

My roof came up on a dual carriage way, luckily the change in air pressure alerted me, was very lucky as it's on gas struts so had time to react.

 

When you camp take the steering wheel off and leave it in the pop top, as you go to set off you will remember

 

Bob your the man !
Yep , I've done it too many times


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I've never left mine up, can't believe I ever would to be honest...who would???













Mine is a tin top after all

 

Basically it's just a warning buzzer which goes off if you head to a campsite I'm currently on. Gives me a chance to hide.

 

It's the height barriers coming out of attraction car parks that I'm more concerned about.
You know, you spend all day walking around a castle or something, get back to the car park, pop the roof and have a nice meal whilst watching all the tired bad tempered kids being thrown into their hot cramped cars by their tired and bad tempered parents and then tidy the van up a bit and head for home.
We've had quite a few close shaves in the past.

 

Yeah luckily I have a tiptop and a massive doubletop Devon, you need a rudder to steer with that roof up.
I think the dormys had a warning light installed ?

 

Surely you would notice the doubling in acceleration time.

 

I'm in the process of refitting mine, what do you use to hold the roof down as the original internal strap things don't look up to much?
mines an Aussie Sopru top as well

 

Love the finishing wood veneer
sandbay nice fella

 

That earth cable looks like Rapunzel's hair...