Re: Tachometers

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From: Iskandar Taib
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 04:51

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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->

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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