Dillon Problems
- Thread starter KEYBEAR
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Dillion makes a some great stuff but the low primer alarm is a joke .
Anyone that has shot for years has some hearing loss .
The old Low Primer Buzzer was great but some one thought they could save a buck . Just one more bean counter gives us something I/we can not use .
A warning light would of been as cheap and useable .
Anyone that has shot for years has some hearing loss .
The old Low Primer Buzzer was great but some one thought they could save a buck . Just one more bean counter gives us something I/we can not use .
A warning light would of been as cheap and useable .
Is yours not the same as the one in this video?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3hVi6PuduM
I have also tied into them for controls/visible alert like in this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrFhnDQ-eUU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3hVi6PuduM
I have also tied into them for controls/visible alert like in this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrFhnDQ-eUU
Vance, yes I do, from the beginning.
Did you understand:
Did you understand the part where I said there were different warning systems, some audible and some visual?
Then there was that part about:
Meaning there is an audible system, a visual system and a mechanical system. The visual system could be wired to a light bar, it could be one light or a light for every system. Then? there could be red lights for stop, there could be green lights for go etc..
I was out of town when our dish washer quit, my wife called Sears, they came out, it was an expensive trip 'PLUS!
to fix the machine it was going to cost more than a new dish washer. And then, I arrived home, I checked the dish washer. I repaired it for less then $5.00 with a micro switch. Then my wife takes me to Sears. She was borderline unreasonable. She got her money back, then they ask her "What else can we do to make you happy?" She did not settle for the excuse "The repairman we sent to your house was the best one we have". I was happy I went, they gave her store credit, she gave it to me.
I did not want to know anything about a dish washer.
F. Guffey
Vance, do you understand KEYBEAR has received 3 low primer checkers? Do you understand they all were in working order?
Then there is that part about the Sears repairman, Sears claimed he was the best one they had, and, even he missed one.
Forgive, in case you missed the point: I believe he is very capable of installing the devise. Point? It is possible to count the primers and count the cases to be primed. Then there are volt/ohm meters, continuity testers. A reloader with a basic understanding of shop skills could be capable of making a tester.
F. Guffey
Keybear,
It looks to me like this may be the original buzzer type. It's rated 2-4V, but probably still operates but at lower volume on 1.5 volts. Here's a more expensive source, which I include only because it gives dimensions when you follow the Datasheets link, and they appear correct for the space in the Dillon blue plastic housing. I can't verify that the Radio Shack version matches it exactly without getting one, but they probably all come from the same factory in the end. The frequency is 300-500 Hz, which is a lot easier to hear than the 2 kHz or so that the piezo sounder produces.
The piezo electric version undoubtedly draws about a tenth of the current the electromechanical buzzer does, and thus the batteries are less likely to run down on them. That and the fact the electromechanical buzzers are less commonly available would be the issues.
Current Version
It occurs to me another approach would be to turn the buzzer sideways, drill a small hole there and install a lamp from any one-battery flashlight. Something like this, would also work, considering how seldom it actually has to come on.
It looks to me like this may be the original buzzer type. It's rated 2-4V, but probably still operates but at lower volume on 1.5 volts. Here's a more expensive source, which I include only because it gives dimensions when you follow the Datasheets link, and they appear correct for the space in the Dillon blue plastic housing. I can't verify that the Radio Shack version matches it exactly without getting one, but they probably all come from the same factory in the end. The frequency is 300-500 Hz, which is a lot easier to hear than the 2 kHz or so that the piezo sounder produces.
The piezo electric version undoubtedly draws about a tenth of the current the electromechanical buzzer does, and thus the batteries are less likely to run down on them. That and the fact the electromechanical buzzers are less commonly available would be the issues.
Current Version
It occurs to me another approach would be to turn the buzzer sideways, drill a small hole there and install a lamp from any one-battery flashlight. Something like this, would also work, considering how seldom it actually has to come on.
