yeah bob you arn't the only one. try making a tight coil of the wire and see if that will work. jim At 05:11 AM 3/1/2008, you wrote:
>Tom, >Since you work with wires, do you know of a way to identify colors >of wires? I had asked doctor Benham to make me something up and he >said he knew of something that would work, but he never did get a >chance to finish it. > >I'm only interested for something in a housing situation where there >would be 4 colors at most. Automotive with their tracer system >confuses people so I couldn't expect a machine to get it right. > >I've used the one from MaxiAids but even after drilling a hole >through the side of the cap to allow the wire and not extra light, >it can't pick up black or white. Usually they are called gray, >sometimes "very dark gray" which is encouraging until both wires are >labeled the same color... > >If you guys have come up with something I'd love to hear about it. > >Bob >----- Original Message ----- >From: Tom Fowle >To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] >Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 5:42 AM >Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] color identifiers > >Lenny, >The one we tested, which was the cheapiest from MaxiAids, wasn't >very repeatable, but would be O.K. for identifying clothing once you knew >how it worked on your stuff. > >It needs a fairly big area of the desired color to get good results, >thus unless you burn an area of a square inch >or so consistantly, I doubt it would be found. > >Tom > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.3/1306 - Release Date: >3/1/2008 5:41 PM
