Archive For The “Meters” Category
Yes, we have come back to the topic of testing underage persons to make sure they have not consumed alcohol. In light of recent tragedies involving underage drinkers getting behind the wheel and driving, most schools have adopted a Zero Tolerance policy regarding alcohol and school functions… such as proms, pep rallies and football games. [...]
Want an easy way to measure the pH and moisture levels in your gardening soil? Hire a good gardener and let them worry about it! Oh, you can’t afford a gardener, either, eh? No problem. Thankfully someone got smart and bundled a set of soil pH and soil moisture meters… and we can leave them [...]
In today’s world the majority of us spend most of our time indoors. Whether at work, at home, out shopping at the mall, out to eat, or out to get wasted at a local tavern, it does not matter. The majority of us spend more time indoors than we do outdoors. Therefore it should come [...]
Now that you have gone and done something very wise, like installing carbon monoxide detectors in your home, you may find yourself asking, “Hmmm… How do I TEST a carbon monoxide detector?” So glad you asked! Now you COULD get up on a ladder and exhale cigarette smoke into the thing to see if it [...]
As the ground starts to thaw out in parts of the country and building crews begin to wake up from their Winter Slumber. Drawing boards fill up again with blueprints for new projects and soon the call for good, properly aged lumber will go out. When that call goes out, lumber yards far and near [...]
Many people know that a diamond will cut, scratch or otherwise mark the surface of any other naturally occurring substance on our planet because of its hardness. Many people do not, however, have any idea how to measure a material’s hardness in an absolute sense and can only compare the hardnesses of two materials against [...]
Next we have an interesting question from Jan, a jogger planning to move to the South… “Once again my family is moving because of my husband’s career in the military. This time he’s getting stationed at a base in South Carolina. This will be my first time ever living in the South and all my [...]
This next question through us for a loop. We actually had to go and watch an episode (or 12) of one of those ghost hunter type shows to figure out how best to answer the following question: “Not sure if you can help, but my wife and I think we need to test for ghosts [...]