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Posted by mark (sixstringtheoryDOTcom) on February 8, 2005, 7:02 am
maradcliff@UNLISTED.com wrote:
> This might be a little off topic, but I am not sure where else to ask.
> Does anyone know how far a baby monitor will transmit?
> I am asking because I have livestock in the barn and when the weather
> gets bad, I often have to put too many animals in the barn, and
> sometimes they get a little excitable and do some fighting. So, I
> hear banging in the barn. Often the last thing I want to do in crappy
> weather is go to the barn at 3am to check on them, only to find the
> two ponies are wrestling and nothing is wrong. While a video camera
> would be ideal, the cost is prohibitive. However, I was at a rummage
> sale and someone had a baby monitor for $5. I asked them to call me
> if it did not sell. They called and still have it. I suppose I
> should have just gotten it, but my barn is about 200 feet away. Will
> the monitor work at that great a distance? Anyone know? This would
> be a cheap way to at least have soem idea whats going on in there.
>
> Mark
Man, either you are the cheapest guy on earth, or you are very poor.
Either way I feel for you. In addition to the uncool insult I may have
just hailed at you, here are my thoughts on whether the monitor will
work for you:
I have a couple of baby monitors. One cheap one and one great model that
is no longer made. The great one was made by evenflo. It has been in use
for about 19 months now and it works great and goes through 2 floors
(2nd floor to ceiling) no sweat. I'd bet that if you could place it near
a window in your bedroom that you can view the barn from, and the barn
isn't made of dense wood or has an opening (I'm a city guy obviously, so
I don't know), then it would probably work.
But if it is a cheap model than it may not. Either way, as the other guy
said, you should have bought the thing for $3 and tried it : )
mark
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