Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
Joined: Dec 5, 2010
Points: 622
Cheap Tachometer Hour Meter 2-4 Stroke Small Engine Spark Purchase from eBay Original Message Feb 26, 2011 8:56 am
I bought a tachometer from eBay for $23 including shipping and what a total junk it was (http://cgi.ebay.com/Tachometer-Hour-meter-2-4-Stroke-Small-Engine-Spark-/120689310104?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c19a4b998 I got mine from a different seller and was able to get a full refund but what a junk - you can buy a nice bottle of wine for $20 so don't waste your money on this model.
Location: Las Vegas, The Desert
Joined: Apr 12, 2008
Points: 600
Re: Cheap Tachometer Hour Meter 2-4 Stroke Small Engine Spark Purchase from eBay Reply #28 Feb 6, 2012 11:55 pm
If I remember right, the reset on the board is for awiring of a switch to reset the "hobbs" or hour meter... On some units there is a button built on the case, to reset for maintenance or serviceing needs..
I had the "Tiny-Tach" made unit for 12 or so years before the battery took a dump, never gave me a lick of problems... If you are doing repairs or maintenance/ tune work, there is a nice unit made that is total inductive with no wires... It has a fast processor and is good to 5 rpm change in speed.. I can't remember the name (sorry)... but you had to hold it within 1 foot of the plug wire, it was great of setting the high speed chain saws with the spark plug buried under some air induction cover..
Re: Cheap Tachometer Hour Meter 2-4 Stroke Small Engine Spark Purchase from eBay Reply #29 Feb 8, 2012 5:23 pm
Has anyone connected an analog dial tachometer to their snowblower? I'm asking since these little electronic tach have terrible lag and with small display which makes it difficult to read, wouldn't an large dial tachometer allow you to see it better and to get a feel at what your max torque or HP is occuring?
