I have the same problem with my "Stabila," Any kind of background noise and it is pretty much useless.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Hodges Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 7:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Audible level modification I have the Sears 10" and 48" digital levels that beep constantly when level, but the volume is so low I can hardly hear it and if I am outside with a slight wind blowing, I can't hear it at all (I've written about this before). I heard Zercon has one that is louder, so I called them directly and they told me it was no longer available. So if anyone know of a digital level with a LOUD beep, I would love to hear the details. As far as modifying it to set off a buzzer, I would do that but unfortunately I am not a rocket scientist. _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Fowle Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 5:43 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Audible level modification Hi lenny Unfortunately, most of the beepers used in modern gizmos are "piezo electric' units which require very low power. Thus there would probably not be enough power available to run a buzzer, which requires a pretty healthy chunk. the only buzzers I know that don't take much power are high frequency and thus hard to feel. Again, the entire unit probably draws so little current from the battery htat there wouldn't be enough current flow to run the buzzer. Depending on the battery used, something might be done with an added transistor to take the relatively low current voltage that runs the beeper and "switch" more current through to a buzzer, or maybe better to a pager vibrator motor. If Larry Martin actually has a person who needs a tactile level, have him contact me privately and we can talk about us doing a one-off unit for a particular person. We do have a pretty good deal of experience with making stuff vibrate. Tom Fowle Smith-kettlewell RERC [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Send any questions regarding list management to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_p age&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 Or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Groups Links -- BEGIN-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS ------------------------------------------------------ Teach InfoWest Spam Trap if this mail (ID 224124663) is spam: Spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=224124663&m=8fd9d5894345&c=s Not spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=224124663&m=8fd9d5894345&c=n Forget vote: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=224124663&m=8fd9d5894345&c=f REMEMBER: Never give out your account information, password, or other personal information over e-mail. ------------------------------------------------------ END-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS
