[C320-list] Digital Mini-Tach

[Jeff Church]

Len,

I respect your efforts to assemble a C320 toolbox, and maybe Reed is a higher quality instrument, but you can find tachs that look a lot like that one on eBay, Harbor Freight Tools and several other sites. They all cost about $25 dollars. You can also find those same tachs for $125 dollars or more. Also, my $25 dollar "toy" gave me the same readings that the Yanmar rep's expensive tach gave us. The only difference I could find was that I had to hold it closer to the pulley than he did. I like having the tach in my toolbox, and because I have it handy I can diagnose things like strange engine tach readings when my alternator heated up.

Jeff 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Len 
  To: C320-List 
  Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 6:31 PM
  Subject: Re: [C320-list] Digital Mini-Tach


  You can get toy tachs cheap---for a quality optical tach, one I've used is:

  http://www.supply123.com/store/item.asp?ITEM_ID=35527

  Our C320 Association is planning to have one, or similar, in the members
  Tool Box, now in the planning stage---you'll get to borrow various quality
  tools free, just pay round-trip postage.
  This way you won't have to compomise on tool quality or accurate results.

  Len Krane. C320
  Chief Measurer
  Aqua5  #1070


  On 11/9/06, Niedobre at aol.com <Niedobre at aol.com> wrote:
  >
  > Hobbico Digital Mini-Tach $24.99 purchased at The Hobby Superstore Ft
  > Lauderdale, FL works very well.  Mostly used by remote controlled
  > airplane  people.
  > It was reading within 20 RPM's of my Tach.
  > s/v Amara # 371
  >