Re: Re:(micro wave test) [BlindHandyMan] How to Quickly Test Remote Controls

2007-02-05 Thread R & S Enterprises
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Re: Re:(micro wave test) [BlindHandyMan] How to Quickly Test Remote Controls

2007-02-04 Thread Max Robinson
ECTED] - Original Message - From: "Lenny McHugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 7:40 PM Subject: Re:(micro wave test) [BlindHandyMan] How to Quickly Test Remote Controls > Has anyone tried the microwave test? > I am beginning to doubt the formu

Re: Re:(micro wave test) [BlindHandyMan] How to Quickly Test Remote Controls

2007-02-04 Thread Lenny McHugh
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Re:(micro wave test) [BlindHandyMan] How to Quickly Test Remote Controls

2007-02-04 Thread Dan Rossi
Lenny, I think Dale is probably right that the inaccuracy is probably due to positioning in the microwave. The real equation for calculating the power using water is: Q = M * C * DT Q is the total energy, M is the mass of water, C is the specific heat of water, and DT is the change in temper

Re: Re:(micro wave test) [BlindHandyMan] How to Quickly Test Remote Controls

2007-02-04 Thread Dale Leavens
ruary 04, 2007 8:40 PM Subject: Re:(micro wave test) [BlindHandyMan] How to Quickly Test Remote Controls > Has anyone tried the microwave test? > I am beginning to doubt the formula. We had an old microwave that the > other day did not cook properly. So I quickly referred to this emai

Re:(micro wave test) [BlindHandyMan] How to Quickly Test Remote Controls

2007-02-04 Thread Lenny McHugh
: Boyce, Ray To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 10:03 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] How to Quickly Test Remote Controls Hi Yes you will need some sighted help for this. If you're like me, you have 5 or 6 remote controls that wander all around your living room.

Re: [BlindHandyMan] How to Quickly Test Remote Controls

2006-11-29 Thread pythonden21
If we have some sight it works fine, providing we have enough. However, even with the maxixmum sight before no longer being considered legally blind you might have to snap a picture to see clearly the light, if that works, which would be expensive and slow. Or use a digital camera and displ

Re: [BlindHandyMan] How to Quickly Test Remote Controls

2006-11-29 Thread Tom Fowle
Since the camera trick is of no use to us without sighted help, try your light probe. All photo sensors responde to infrared just fine, you'll hear tha beep when you press the buttons, usually you can hear multiple beeps when you hold down the buttons. tom To listen to the show archives go to

[BlindHandyMan] How to Quickly Test Remote Controls

2006-11-28 Thread Boyce, Ray
Hi Yes you will need some sighted help for this. If you're like me, you have 5 or 6 remote controls that wander all around your living room. We're even seeing them used in major appliances, air conditioners being the most common so far. When one of them stops working, here's a simple way to tell