Episode 100 18 Build Your Own Continuity Tester

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  1. gormo

    gormo Staff Member Administrator

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    G`day Folks,
    This week marks the arrival of Episode 100 in Gormo`s Shed........Whooo Hooooo !!!!!

    :drums::drums::drums::drums::tophat::tophat::tophat::tophat:

    To celebrate I`ve done nothing really....:scratchchin:....just the usual....carry on regardless of outside influences and just do my own thing.
    I did though, send off some letters to politicians this week, basically telling them to pull their heads out of the sand and do some work for a change.......that felt good..!!!!
    I`m just waiting for the black four wheel drives to start cruising up and down the street...:facepalm:


    Anyway, onto matters more important than politicians and any other drop kicks in this world that we have to tolerate.

    Yes I have made a little continuity tester this week which, for me, will be a handy addition to my arsenal of little handy tools. I explain in the video that I do have some multimeters but they are really past it. I assume that when I turn them on and they don`t work.......that they are..... to put it mildly.....stuffed !!!


    This pic shows how it turns out

    tester 1.JPG

    Yes I`ve used a pen.......it`s ideal actually....and it works as can be seen in the pic below.

    tester2.JPG

    So folks.....it`s all explained in the video below........now this is the first attempt at this on the new forum.....so here goes.




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    paul_l Staff Member Administrator

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    Nice one - simple even Toto could do this :avatar:
     
  3. gormo

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    Thanks Paul,
    Yes Toto could quite easily do this one.
    Needs to use the small hammer though:scratchchin:
    :tophat:Gormo
     
  4. Mr Porter

    Mr Porter Failure is always an option. Full Member

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    Well done Gormo,

    So effective but so simple even I could make one.

    Cheers

    Jim :headbanger:
     
  5. gormo

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    Thanks Jim,
    I`m sure you could make one quite easily.............it` s a handy little gizmo.
    :tophat:Gormo
     
  6. Toto

    Toto I'm best ignored Staff Member Founder Administrator

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    Yep,

    I could do that. Will it work with Lynnes Schaffaer pen ? You know ...... the one she got for her 21st :scratchchin:
     
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  7. Sandbar

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    Can you make one with some sort of buzzer in it, so I dont have to look for the light in very bright sunlight conditions? With the buzzer I can hear the noise as I only have one eye that works due to cancer?
    Andrew
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  8. gormo

    gormo Staff Member Administrator

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    G`day Andrew,
    Found one on YouTube which is a very simple build but, I think ?....exactly what you want.



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  9. gormo

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    G`day Toto,
    Um ?????......Lynnes pen..?????.....better stay away from that one mate, or else you`ll have to start sleeping with one eye open, otherwise you may wake up with a pillow held over you face ........:scratchchin:
    Take the safe way out......pinch one from work......
    :avatar::avatar::avatar::avatar:

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    Thanks Gormo, off to Jaycar soon for parts!
    Andrew
    Sandbar & Mudcrab Railway
     
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    No Worries Andrew,
    Have fun and let us know how it goes.
    :tophat:Gormo
     
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    Walk across the road and borrow mine if you want.
     

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