More or less the same situation here. More tools than the sense to use
them, when it comes to electricity. And I only have a couple of basic
voltmeters!

The light-to-audio thing is a good idea. But it would have to be very
sensitive. A roaring fridge flame would cause the indicator light to
produce the candlepower of, say, the Pleiades on a clear night.

Jim

On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 11:27 AM Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> Felder industries seems to know what to do, so get the team working!
>
> I think it would be a great mod for Eric, save the trouble of going back
> and forth to exhaust to listen for rumble.
>
> Alternately, how about a little gadget that fits over the LED and converts
> the light into an audible tone? A battery powered thing, stick on.
>
> Unfortunately the Bell Group of companies has very limited electronics
> capacity. But no shortage of boffo ideas :-)
>
> Alistair
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Jun 27, 2015, at 8:54 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >
> > At Felder Industries, that "small device that will convert the changing
> > voltage into an audible tone" would be a voltmeter with an audible closed
> > circuit feature : )
> >
> > Jim
> >
> >> On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 10:37 AM Eric Caron <ecaron1@comcast.net>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi alistair and others,
> >>
> >>        Great idea!  I’ll add this to my wish list right under salvage
> >> google car and turn Westfalia into self driving dream machine!
> >>
> >> Can you picture me now in the back with my amazing guide dog, enjoying
> >> snacks from my cold refrigerator, playing with my iPad, and sorting out
> >> items for a camp out, all while the van drives itself to my designated
> >> stealth camping location provided by Vanagon.com list members.
> >>
> >> Actually, I’m still trying to talk David B. into coming  north a few
> days
> >> early to West river Westfalias in Vermont.  I have a full wish list of
> >> items to get his assistance with!  Hoping gas money and pizza would be a
> >> draw for slave labor.
> >>
> >> If I can just find the Google car by then I’ll move Install Bus Depot
> >> Vision ket and update ground straps to the end of my list.
> >>
> >> Eric Caron
> >> 85 GL Auto Westfalia
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Jun 26, 2015, at 10:00 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I just read Eric's account of successful fridge lighting. Good work
> Eric
> >> ( btw, you know you can never blow the flame out with the air pump, so
> mad
> >> pumping is safe. I also tend to click the igniter when pumping, can't
> hurt
> >> eh?)
> >>>
> >>> Eric pouted out he can't use the led to determine if fridge it lit. So
> >> I'm thinking David, you know what I'm things don't you?
> >>>
> >>> Intercept the LED signal and lead it to a small device that will
> convert
> >> the changing voltage into an audible tone.
> >>>
> >>> Of course this is on a switch, don't want the fridge screaming at you
> >> all the time.
> >>>
> >>> What do you think?
> >>>
> >>> Ab
> >>
>