Ok, what is a good wireless indoor/outdoor thermometer? Doing internet
searches I found price ranges from around $14 to almost $200.
Just seeking some recommendations.
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Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 7:34 AM
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] wireless
I paid 44 dollars for mine. It is called a reizen talking digital indoor
outdoor thermometer.
You can get it at www.maxiaids.com
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Aloha Wesley,
How does this work? Do you put something outside that is not
connected by wires?
At 05:44 AM 12/1/2008, you wrote:
I paid 44 dollars for mine. It is called a reizen talking digital indoor
outdoor thermometer.
You can get it at www.maxiaids.com
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From:
you just put the receiver outside and you just push the button and it gives
you the day time date indoor and outdoor temperature. It is really nice.
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From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Betsy Whitney
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 10:57 AM
dale this is a easy fix
go to tools options
then go to the sending tab
tab down to you hear html settings and bang the enter key
tab through here until you hear send pictures with message check it tab to
eather apply or ok and ok again this should fix it
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From:
The speakers on my computer are really bad. They work fine for using my screen
reading program, but music is really distorted. What do I need to know to get
some that would work better for playing music. I do not want high end or
anything, but certainly better than this. I am also not
i had a friend jennifer that had wireless speakers and one day her little
ones decided to take and carry them around the house and play hide and go
seek with them. One day i was there and we were looking for them and we
couldn't find them the next thing we know we decided to turn on some music
In my usual somewhat picky way, I must differ a bit with those using the
multimeter as a battery tester.
It will, of course, measure the voltage at battery terminals, but that does
not really give a good test of a battery's remaining capacity.
Good testers, and I must admit i havn't reviewed
Jennifer,I got two matching speakers in a set last year from Walmart
for $19.95 and they play Kenny geee and Elvis' In the garden, just
fine.Lee
On Thu, Sep 09, 1999 at 12:11:46PM -0500, Jewnnifer Jackson
wrote:
The speakers on my computer are really bad. They work fine for using my
tom where do you get those talking meters from and can you use them when you
do electrical wiring in a new house construction. I help build houses for
habitat and it would be nice if we could use a talking tester when we check
the outlets for current when we mark the circuits off in the circuit
Any meter will give some small reading when probes are not connected to
anything, it's just picking up small magnetic fields on the probe wires from
all the junk in our world These readings have no effect on calibration of
the unit or on readings taken from actual voltage or other sources.
Don't
Jennifer,
I don't see your original post, so don't have your email address.
I may have a solution for you.
Send me an email at:
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Betsy
At 06:13 AM 12/1/2008, you wrote:
Jennifer,I got two matching speakers in a set last year from Walmart
for $19.95 and they play Kenny geee and
Has anyone seen a talking unit that also gives the humidity?
At 06:01 AM 12/1/2008, you wrote:
you just put the receiver outside and you just push the button and it gives
you the day time date indoor and outdoor temperature. It is really nice.
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From:
Tom,
I almost always find most ohm meters give a very low reading with the probes
touching.
Unless you are actually wirking with very small resistances this reading
which shouldn't be more than a few tenths of an ohm, won't matter.
I've never seen a digital ohm meter with the ability to
For your own security's sake, when you go wireless, be sure to envoke a
high level of encription and securityon the wireless link. There are
literally people who drive around with devices that search out unsecured
wireless networks and either steal time on them, or, worse, monitor the
traffic
Hi,
I just recently broke out a new cane. It is a rigid, Aluminum, crook
handle cane. The rubber grip is about 2.5 inches down the shaft from the
bend. I find it annoying and would like to slide the grip up closer to
the bend. The sucker is on there pretty tight though. Any suggestions
the meter is the one from Marlin P. Jones that's been discussed so much
recently on the list.
And yes you surely should be able to use it to check house circuits either
voltage or resistance.
See recent posts on the current sale price of this meter.
Tom Fowle
tom that is pretty cheap. I think i will ask the man in the red suit to
bring me one from his shop at the north pole.
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From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Tom Fowle
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 12:09 PM
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Jennifer before you go for new speakers try going to your control panel. Find
sound devices and find out what setting it is on. Some have different settings
for speech, editing and entertainment. Music playback should be done in
entertainment. Also you can set it up to have access to it on
hi dan try soaking the grip in hot soapy water that may make it slide up some.
unless they glued it on.
jim
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Try taking a hair dryer and heating the grip
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From: Dan Rossi
To: BlindHandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 11:57 AM
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Cane question.
Hi,
I just recently broke out a new cane. It is a rigid, Aluminum, crook
dann, if the other suggestions fail and you want to make a huge mess, try
blowing some talcum powder between the grip and the cane. That should loosen
things up.
Bill Stephan,
Kansas City MO
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Phone: (816)803-2469
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Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Cane
Hi all.
this may be old hat to some of you experienced folks, but I found the
following interesting.
I'd always wanted to really try using an extinguisher on a real fire. I
wanted to have some idea if I might stand a chance of doing usefull fire
fighting if i drop my soldering iron on a pile of
The type of tester you need for electrical circuits is available at either Home
Depot or Lowes. It doesn't talk but you plug one part into the outlet and the
other part looks like a funky hair dryer. Turn the dryer or receiver part on
and it will make a tone when there is power. Flip the
tom, I've actually thought about doing this, but haven't gotten around to it.
Maybe I'll give the public affairs lads at the fire department a call anmd see
if there's any interest or willingness.
Bill Stephan,
Kansas City MO
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Phone: (816)803-2469
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The extinguishers do really make an awful mess. You may also want to find out
a little about the expenses involved in having the fire department out. I have
not checked this out myself, so this is a reminder for myself also in my new
house. Better safe than sorry, but some communities charge
I have changed the subject line as we are now talking about circuit
breaker mapping and not battery testing.
I have not heard of the item that Bob just discussed, but I've heard of
another one, have actually used it.
You plug a transmitter into an outlet, then you drag this wand thing over
how much does one of those cost dan and what is the name of it so when i go
to home depot or lowes they are familiar what i am talking about.
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From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Dan Rossi
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 3:41 PM
To:
That's the same thing, the wand I have looks like a hair dryer or a goofy
pistol. The best part is the way it stops when you flip off the right breaker.
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From: Dan Rossi
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 3:41 PM
Subject:
hello everyone:
Does anyone know if there is any talking transits out there that talk and
let you know when you are level when doing string lines?
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I recently bought a Weatherpulse station which has a USB interface.
The program is moderately useable with JAWS.
Wind speed, temperature, humidity, rain fall.
All in a variety of units, each over a variety of periods of time, and can
be saved in Excel format.
It was cheap, and really a toy but
Sorry Bob,
Thought we were talking about a slightly different item. Do you know what
it is called? I can't remember, but the big box store guys should know
what you are talking about if you ask for a circuit breaker finder.
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Blue skies.
Dan Rossi
Carnegie Mellon University.
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Those are actually putter grips in most cases. Some still say Golf Pride on
them. They are held in place with double sided tape. The best way to loosen
them up is to slide something in under the low end or small end of the grip.
What ever you slide under has to be rounded and dull so it
Blind mice mart has a talking atomic clock with a wireless thermometer built
in. Or is it a talking wireless thermometer with an atomic clock built in.
Which ever, he's got em.
Regards.
Max. K 4 O D S.
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Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net
Vacuum tube
I've had to do this before under what could be called real shop situations...
CO2 extinguishers are good for bringing the temp of oil or grease fires down as
long as you feather the trigger when squeezing it. Full force you can spread
the fire farther. And remember not to get your fingers or
I'm here alone today so I can't pull mine out and check. But they have them in
their electrical tester section. Seems to me I gave about 35 for the better
one.
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From: Dan Rossi
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 4:05 PM
Just got a ride home from the car dealership. A few months ago I had the
coolant changed. The other day I turned the rear heat on in the van and
shortly after there was no heat in the front. The temp gage in the van
stayed at the normal position.
I assumed that there was an air lock in the rear
Over the weekend on DIY TV they had a special program demonstrating new
tools. I was partly listening so I don't have the manufacturer. They had an
interesting circuit tester. You hooked it up at the circuit breaker. Then
there is a hand held sensor that you traced the circuit. It would
It's a big job, the timing belt has to come off to get to the water pump.
Usually there is a sign of some sort to tell if the pump is getting ready to
die. A special noise they make, or some dripping. Not likely the
dealership pumped it up to 30 pounds and blew the seal around the pump
I used one of the dry powder extinguishers
on a guy who was going to hold up a store I ran once when I was younger, and it
really changed his mind in a hurry. We also used to recommend using the Co2
type for getting tyle or carpet glue off concrete floors, it freezes and sort
of chips off
I've done that pouter trick too I just figured I was the only one and didn't
want a bunch of extra emails coming in telling me I was crazy or sick. That's
never been in question...
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To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday,
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The co-2 extinguishers will also work well for freezing
ground hornet nests.
About two years ago I went through a fire suppression course
and the fire department had a large round metal pan that
they would partially fill with water and pore gasoline over
the surface. They would ignite the fuel
List guidelines.
The topics that can be discussed on the Blind Handy Man list are as follows.
Here is a direct quote from the beginning of every show, building repairing or
maintaining, all designed with the blind in mind. That can be your house,
car, or swimming pool ETC. No matter if it
Jennifer, in our county we still have volunteer fire departmens which
we make annual donations of about $100 and it helps because we have
both a son and daughter in the fire department and they ar e just
around the corner. also in the State of New York one must have
working smoke dectors
Thanks tom for the reminder to get my old CO2 extinguisher recharged.
last time it was used and echarged was maybe 5 years ago when a verizon
tech borrowed it to freeze some hornets in the outside telephone box
which we were using at the time. Lee
On Mon, Dec 01, 2008 at 12:23:39PM
I just did a serpentine belt on a 07 Caravan this weekend
for my banana bread connection and that damn thing was a
royal pain.
I worked on that stupid stocker for 2.5 hours and had to
build a special tool to release the belt tensioner. It's a
good thing this 78 year old specializes in banana nut
Our 05 caravan, is making a wining sound, only when it is kind of cold, hear
it when you are nearly stopped, like when the transmission goes in to low gear.
you hear again when you take off, strange, after every thing is hot, it quits.
something probably getting ready to go out. Don
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You'd have the advantage if it were for the alcohol classes. Can't see
methanol burning anyway.
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From: Larry Stansifer
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 7:20 PM
Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Using fire extinguishers as a bat
I tried to stay away from that end of the engine when I worked for Dodge. But
there were those days when the service manager would come over and cry about
how much work there was and could I leave the transmissions alone just for
today. I had enough transmission work to keep me busy every day
Have to listen to which end of the engine the noise is coming from. All the
belts are on the passenger side and the transmission is on the driver side.
It could be the power steering pump if it sounds like the transmission noise.
They sound similar.
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From:
Hi,
I've been reading this thread and am very interested in doing good in that
subject I've always thought beyond me, plumbing.
But one thing I know about plumbing, it can be noisy.
Our kitchen sink makes this discordant whistle that doesn't bother me
unless I'm eating. Can't hear it but 3-4
It's that bloody great chair rack hanging off the back wearing out the
transmission!
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From: Don
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 7:37 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] antifreeze leak
Our 05 caravan, is making a wining
What kind of tires are you running and what is their
condition?
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From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Don
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 5:38 PM
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] antifreeze leak
Our
It burns cooler but basically with no visible flame.
The way one of the safety safari guys explained it to me is:
You don't see the actual flame just the heat shimmer created
between the temperature of the flame and the air temp.
The warmer the air temp the less visible the flame. Back in
the day
Carol just bought a new 3500 4-door Dodge Diesel and it does
exactly the same thing. The service manager told us that it
is the cheap sleazy tires the factory installs. I rode in
the bed with a stethoscope stuck to the fender wells and
because I can't come up with a better answer I would have to
Thanks Mark,
I made the changes.
Still curious though why only messages replied to from Blindhandyman seem to
think there are missing pictures. Some of you guys must be sending pictures
GRIN
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From: mark
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday,
That is really what I am afraid it might be is the power steering pump. It's
just strange how it quits, making noise when it warms up.
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From: Bob Kennedy
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 6:48 PM
Subject: Re:
Hi all,
some time ago I wrote to the list asking about sealing an MDF top I
was putting on my new work bench.
It was suggested I use Danish Oil among other things. I went with the
Danish Oil and it really appears to be exactly what I wanted. I was
putting it on with a rag but my wife kicked me
One question
How many coats do you remember?
You can always rub over the finish with a fine sand paper and renew Danish Oil
too.
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From: Agent86b
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 10:49 PM
Subject: [BlindHandyMan]
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From: The Mice
To: freeenterprise-yahoogroups.com ; thetradersroom-yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2008 9:21 PM
Subject: [F E] Atomic Talking Alarm Clock with indoor/outdoor temperature
Here is a wonderful talking clock from Blind Mice Mart!
It is atomic
Well I hadn't had a drink so I can remember all the coats (grin).
Now really, we have given it two, but we will give it a third one. I
did make a mistake however. I had forgotten a mate came over to help
cut out the top from the sheet as at that time I didn't have a long
enough straight edge to
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