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- From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
- Subject: Re: Tachometers
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 04:51:32 GMT
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- In article <LARRY.93Jan23223639@peak.psl.nmsu.edu> larry@peak.psl.nmsu.edu (Evil Engineer doin' it the Cowboy Way) writes:
- >>>>>> On Wed, 20 Jan 1993 19:11:20 +0000, bob@harrier.demon.co.uk (Bob day) said:
- >
- >>>
- >>I believe by "analog tach" it means the readout is an analog scale -
- >>needle and dial instead of LCD digits. The pickup is still optical
- >>so you don't have to touch the prop.
- >
- >Bob> Could well be..... Most of the analog one's I've seen have a
- >Bob> rubber cup/wheel which you press onto the spinner...
- >
- >Bob> cheers
- >Bob> bob
- >
- > Good lord, man! Over here in the Colonies we call them things electric
- > starters! 8->
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- I've seen the contact tachometers in science catalogs but they're
- always in the $200-500 range. Not quite the hobby item methinks..
- more like something you'd use for making sure one's record player
- is always at 33 1/3 rpm...
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