Dr. Benham has allowed his family to continue the business and we all miss his conversation and teaching. I don't know if he ever answers the phone anymore. Remember the area code has changed to "610". The are located on lancaster avenue in berwyn PA.
On Tue, 16 Jan 2007, Lenny McHugh wrote: > Hi Bill, > Thanks for the tip. > My light probe was made about 30 years ago by science products for the > blind. The unit is about the size of a pack of There is a probe with a > button that plugs into the main unit. Works well but is very inconvenient. > It was great for my first use. We had multi line phones at work and I could > use this probe to tell what line was blinking, solid or not in use. I could > also use to read the leds on my computer conversion box. > I will have to see if they are still in business. I haven't talked to DR. > Bennom in many years. He was friends with an old ham radio operator friend > of mine. > They had some great products at the time. Just remembered that the unit I > have was called light sensor on a probe. It also worked as a continuity > tester. > > Lenny > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "William Stephan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 2:48 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] lights on or off > > > Lenny: you could buy one of those keychain light probes from somebody like > ILA. They're cheap, and they can be used anywhere, not just on one circuit. > > -----Original Message----- > .From: "Rob Monitor"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > .Sent: 1/16/07 1:04:58 PM > .To: "blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com"<blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> > .Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] lights on or off > . > .Hi, Why don't you get one of the light sockets that screws into the light > socket that has plugs in it then plug a radio into it leave it on just > enough so you can hear it.. > .----- Original Message ----- > . From: Lenny McHugh > . To: Handyman-Blind > . Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 11:53 AM > . Subject: [BlindHandyMan] lights on or off > . > . > . Hi All, > . I am looking for a simple solution to the problem of knowing if the > basement lights are on or off. > . Some days I can detect if the light is on but not all of the time. > . Years ago I had a neat smoke detector that screwed into a light socket > and the bulb then screwed into this detector. The unit had rechargeable > batteries. Whenever you turned on the light the unit would beep letting you > know it was charging. I haven't seen any of them in years. Is there some > alarm that will beep when the lights are turned on? > . > . Lenny http://www.geocities.com/lenny_mchugh/ > . > . [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > . > . > . > . > . > .[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > . > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > 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 > > The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. > http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ > > Visit the new archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list > just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html 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 The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
