[R-390] OT Another Harbor Freight Bargin

[Barry Williams]

They have their uses sometimes. I got one of those to modify as a 
substitute meter for a metal detector a few years ago. For that 
application, it was a fair price.



the other other Barry

> Greetings 
>
> In our local paper this morning was a sheet of cupons for Harbor Freight A.K.A.
> "Home of the $2.99 multimeter".  One of them was for a 45 watt solar power "kit"
> After the $90.00 off cupon the price is $159.95.  You get three 15Watt panels
> with some sort of mounting bracket.  A box that is some type of (I hope!) charge
> controller that also has several low voltage dc outputs including USB ports
> and also a couple of 12 VDC lamps.  You need to supply storage batteries (I have
> those) and an inverter ( have those too!)  I did yield to temptation.  Not a bad
> deal for 45W of solar power.  Not sure if it's a regional thing or a special for
> our new store that just opened 1 mile from my office (cheap tools....almost as
> bad as if a surplus house opened nearby) but I thought it was worth mentioning
> here if for nothing better than to bring back the $2.99 multimeter dead horse. 
> Yes they had them there too! 
>
> Putting on the Nomex suit for the impending buy American flames....
> John Flood
> KB1FQG
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