The one beeper device I found takes those flat, wristwatch type batteries (can't remember the name of them right now). Same type that go into my blood glucose meter, about the size of a quarter? Woman on the phone says they're non-rechargeable, which is why I'd like to find something that would take double or triple A batteries, which I can recharge and find easily.
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: "Jimmy Podsim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 1:17 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Things that beep? > Why not use rechargeable batteries n the beepers? > > ... 73 ... KD5QHH ... Jimmy ... > http://www.podsim.us > MSN or windows live... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Skype, jimmy.podsim ...blind people please note the period between the > names. > Have a great day! > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Chanting Monks > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 12:15 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] > >
