Hmnnn, that's an interesting possibility. The yard is situated so that I have a decent enough amount of space along the shorter two sides to make the sound issue moot, and especially along the lengthier sides, I wouldn't have too much sound crossover. I think what I keep winding up with is the four speakers, two set to lower volumes than the other pair, and just spending the dough for the wire. Not only will I avoid the beeping, I can listen to pretty much anything. I'd been talking to my brother in law about rigging up the yard with power anyway, maybe this is my best excuse for it.
Best, Joe Monks Every day you haven't written is a day you've written off... Chanting Monks Press http://www.chantingmonks.com Sight Unseen Pictures http://www.sightunseenpictures.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Kennedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 6:38 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? > The cheapest fix I can think of would be to get a few DC powered beepers > that run on a range of voltage. I make probe testers for automotive power > testing and the beepers have a range of 3 to 27 volts. If you got them > you could power them off of a landscape lighting system. The transformer > would be able to send power all along the perimeter like it does for track > lighting. > > Only problem with this would be telling the one you pass from the one > you're approaching. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Chanting Monks > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 1:15 PM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? > > > Hi folks, > > Just had my yard fenced in and have been looking for a solution to this > issue. I want to jog around the inner perimeter of the yard, without > having > to use the cane or run along the fence within touching distance. My > solution? Finding a way to have all four corner posts rigged with sound > so > as I approach, I know whereabouts I'm at. Running speakers out there for > music would require a couple of hundred bucks to run the electric, > speaker > wire, and then the speakers themselves, so I was looking around online > for > beeping devices that I might simply velcro to the four fence posts and be > guided that way. To date, all I've found is a $30 per beeper solution > from > MaxiAids, that uses nonrechargeable batteries, two of each, which get > pricey > when talking about replacement. (It'd actually be cheaper for me to buy a > few of these beeping foam balls for kids, taking out those beepers and > using > them, but I still wind up with the expense of pricey batteries. I'll > eventually run the speakers, both for my jogging and the addition to the > yard for BBQs, etc., so spending $120 on a short-term solution isn't in > the > cards. Suggestions? Anybody using anything that beeps that uses > traditional > batteries for which my charger will work? Another solution entirely, > perhaps? (I thought about driving a stake into the center of the yard and > using a rope, but I have a tree in the way that can't be removed at > present > due to town ordinance, otherwise I'd just do the circles. Any > thoughts/tips/ideas would be greatly appreciated. > > Best, > Joe > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
