Re: Capacitor Help

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Original poster: "MalcolmTesla" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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> Original poster: "Michael Rowe" <lozinit@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> This is similar to what I did. I can't take credit for the initial design,
> but all it involved was a trip to radioshack.
> I purchased a 3 pack of cheap translucent calculators, and a magnetic reed
> switch.
>
> I popped open the case of the calc. and soldered the pigtails of the reed
> switch to the equal button.
> Then I attached the magnet portion of the switch to the form.
>
> Simply wind two turns of wire on the form, turn the calculator on, press
> "1+1" on the calc., start the form to spinning and each revolution then
> increments the calculator by 1.
>
> It's dirt cheap, and works.
>   The only possible problem is taking a break. The very first time, I had
to
> kind of rush my breaks (It took 3 hours, I wound it REAL slow) for fear
that
> the calculator would auto shut off and I would lose my count.

That's a neat trick.  Although when you take a break you could just jot down
the current count on a piece of paper and let the calc auto shut down.  Then
just start over later and add the two or three numbers together to get your
total count.

Malcolm - KC