mine is a 9v unit. It was the quieter beeper offered at the time. The other was a door alarm type sound.
On Wed, 3 Jun 2009, NLG wrote: > To clarify...My makeshift tester when used as a continuity tester had a 12 > volt battery out of an old smoke detector wired inline on one of the wires > hooked to the buzzer. I could also use it as a 12 volt DC tester with the > battery removed. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bob Kennedy > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 6:47 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Talking Digital Multimeter > > > > > > I've built continuity testers from the stuff available from Radio Shack and > when I was in the dealerships, guys would complain because it was so loud. > > I epoxy the buzzer in a kit box that I pre drilled holes in one side to let > the sound out. Some of their buzzers are rather quiet but have them > demonstrate them to you and you'll find some loud ones too. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: NLG > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 8:09 AM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Talking Digital Multimeter > > No but I have used a makeshift one that was louder. I pulled the buzzer unit > from under the dash of a 80's Chevy truck, hooked up two wires to it and used > it as a continuity tester when I couldn't find mine. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Spiro > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 11:02 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Talking Digital Multimeter > > well, have you ever used a cont tester that was much quieter? > Or to ask more directly, ever notice the volume level of others? I don't > know what brand Science Products was using. > Your statements are perfectly reasonable. > Tough to describe, my cont circuit is like a quiet microwave, like the > beep of changing bands on the C.Crane C.C.Radio, and I wish I could think > of another item that is common. > But thanks. > Sounds like it would be enough. > > On Tue, 2 Jun 2009, NLG wrote: > > > Loud to me and loud to you or someone else may be totally different If I > were checking continuity and had a radio on, at normal volume and not so loud > that the people in the next county could hear it,, I would have no problems > hearing it. I also can hear it while my air compressor is running, however if > my telephone rings on the other side of the garage while my air compressor is > running, I sometimes don't hear it. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Spiro > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 5:50 PM > > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Talking Digital Multimeter > > > > > > > > > > > > grrr, means I really have to get one. > > How loud is the continuity tester? > > I am currently using a 9 volt beeper from Rat Shack as the cont tester in > > mine is far too quiet. > > I like to listen to NPR or Newsweek tapes while working when it's not > > baseball, hockey or football on the radio. > > > > On Tue, 2 Jun 2009, NLG wrote: > > > > > Yes. Three double A batteries power the unit. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Spiro > > > To: [email protected] > > > Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 2:48 PM > > > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Talking Digital Multimeter > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > do they run on batteries? > > > I have an expensive model from Science Products that is a standard meter > > > with a speak unit affixed and I have to run it on an adaptor. I'm lucky > > > it's not a "woodwork" item or I'd have cut that cord or broken it by now. > > > > > > On Sun, 31 May 2009, NLG wrote: > > > > > > > I have three of them. The first one bit the dust, however, I used it > so often that I bought two more, one is in storage just in case they quit > making them. The price you quoted is about the same as I paid a year ago. > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: Betsy Whitney > > > > To: blindhandyman-yahoogroups.com > > > > Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 2:05 PM > > > > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Talking Digital Multimeter > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >I saw this item and wondered if anyone had any experience with it. I > > > > >also want to know if the price is reasonable. > > > > >Marlin P. Jones and Associates has a Talking Digital Multimeter for > $39.95. > > > > >It measures voltage and current and speaks the results. Two AA > > > > >batteries are required. > > > > Thanks, Betsy > > > > > > > > Teamwork: Together we achieve the extraordinary. > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
