Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 14:26:51 -0500
Reply-To: "Jim. Felder" <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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From: "Jim. Felder" <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: camper water level indicator
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The flue vent only gets hot when the car has been sitting still. It is much
cooler after you have been driving. But in either case it isn't hot enough
to burn your skin.
Jim
On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 5:14 PM Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote:
> Hi David and all,
>
> David, your skills are to good to spend on this sound for lights idea. I
> work around them. And as all my lights seem to work correctly I’m not
> going to play with it.
> I was just being silly.
>
>
> I do have a light indicator on my iPhone. It works for telling me if
> house lights are on. It might work for some small things but not the low
> light and small space of the indicators.
>
> I can hear the vent fine and it never gets very hot at all. Plus once
> really going I can easily hear it from near the vent. That is unless the
> VW gathering is getting too loud!
>
> Water level is easy. I just open the top and stick a hand in. Blind
> people just need to do things like that. Not ideal but it works fine.
>
> To keep my van happy I need a few friends, but then again, I have the van
> partly because it is so much fun to have with friends.
> And, even though you personally showed me how to crimp wires, I’m still a
> poor student!
> But, I can now strip them and connect them like a champ with the low temp
> solder connectors!
>
> Best,
>
> Eric Caron
> 85 GL Auto
>
>
>
> > On Jun 17, 2019, at 5:24 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Mine never gets hot enough to burn a ear and you don’t need to touch it
> >> with your ear!
> >>
> >
> > This agrees with my experience. I expect it will get hotter in really
> > bright sun than from the fridge running.
> >
> > Still that idea to use the stethoscope is pretty cool! I even have a
> extra
> >> one.
> >>
> >
> > I would think that a headless stethoscope (just the tube) would work
> best.
> >
> >
> >> Now lets see about adding audio indicators to all this stuff. Who needs
> >> all these silly lights.
> >
> >
> > Send me one to play with and I can make it happen one way or another. Or
> > how about a handheld device you can press over an indicator that will
> buzz
> > if the indicator is lit? Pmail me.
> >
> > Yrs,
> > d
>
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