Original poster: Vardan <vardan01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>I converted to a Radio Shack security magnet reed switch too for the turns counter (don't know part number). It works perfectly ;-)))
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Cheers,
Terry
At 04:06 PM 7/1/2006, you wrote:
Yep, I to use a counter and proximity switch. Bart Tesla list wrote:Original poster: "Jon Danniken" <danniken@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Hardly anyone ever really "counts" the turns exactly, so we always > have to guess... Hehe, I actually use a reed switch with a magnet to switch a counter to count out my windings. Probably overkill, but the counter was cheap enough at the time when I bought it from the local (now gone, sadly) surplus shop. Jon