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That $400 wireless load indicator I bought was a total waste of cash after 3 jobs
The thing kept losing signal every time I swung the boom past the cab and now it's sitting in my toolbox drawer, has anyone else had that problem with those Bluetooth models?
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victor_carr251mo ago
Bluetooth gear is always a gamble on a job site, tons of interference from the steel and hydraulics. Maybe try mounting the receiver higher up or on the boom itself instead of in the cab.
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gavinp441mo ago
Honestly I wonder if some of those cheaper Bluetooth receivers are just garbage with their antenna placement. I've had better luck with the ones that have a little external antenna you can stick to a metal surface with a magnet, seems to cut through the mess way better than the ones with the antenna buried inside the plastic housing. Also make sure your phone or tablet isn't sitting in your pocket down low where the signal has to pass through your whole body and the metal door, that's a dead zone for sure. A buddy of mine ran a short extension cord for his receiver and just taped the thing right to the inside of the cab window and it stopped cutting out completely.
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charlie_allen1mo ago
Ngl, I used to just grab whatever Bluetooth stuff was cheapest and figure it would work fine enough. This thread actually made me rethink that though, since I've been fighting with signal dropouts for months and never connected it to the antenna situation. Tbh, that tip about mounting the receiver on the window instead of having it down low makes a ton of sense now that I think about it.
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