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From: Arfa Daily on 7 Dec 2008 07:21

"Mark D. Zacharias" <nonsense(a)nonsense.net> wrote in message
news:6Bu_k.9425$c45.2547(a)nlpi065.nbdc.sbc.com...
> Started collecting them pretty recently - Weston, Eico, Precision
> Apparatus, etc. Even a Japanese JRC vom from about 1950.
>
> Wondering what cool old meters you guys have at work or at home?
>
> Care to share thoughts / reminiscences?
>
>
> Mark Z.
>

AVO 8 Mk IV. Never did like the ones that they scaled in 3s and 10s. The
Mk IV is 2.5s and 10s. It was issued to me on my first day as an apprentice
on my very first day of work out of school nearly forty years ago, all
fresh-faced and ready to take on the world ...

Both me and the meter look a bit longer in the tooth, and battered around
the edges now, but we both still work, just about ! d;~}

Arfa


From: Mark D. Zacharias on 7 Dec 2008 08:14

"Arfa Daily" <arfa.daily(a)ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:PdP_k.4732$EL4.4142(a)newsfe21.ams2...
>
> "Mark D. Zacharias" <nonsense(a)nonsense.net> wrote in message
> news:6Bu_k.9425$c45.2547(a)nlpi065.nbdc.sbc.com...
>> Started collecting them pretty recently - Weston, Eico, Precision
>> Apparatus, etc. Even a Japanese JRC vom from about 1950.
>>
>> Wondering what cool old meters you guys have at work or at home?
>>
>> Care to share thoughts / reminiscences?
>>
>>
>> Mark Z.
>>
>
> AVO 8 Mk IV. Never did like the ones that they scaled in 3s and 10s. The
> Mk IV is 2.5s and 10s. It was issued to me on my first day as an
> apprentice on my very first day of work out of school nearly forty years
> ago, all fresh-faced and ready to take on the world ...
>
> Both me and the meter look a bit longer in the tooth, and battered around
> the edges now, but we both still work, just about ! d;~}
>
> Arfa
>

Yeah, sometimes the scales are a bit disappointing for the type of stuff we
use these things for. I mean a 300 volt scale to measure 120 AC gives a
less-than satisfactory indication, as does 12 volts DC on a 50 volt scale.
Still usable of course, but accuracy may suffer a bit.

These days it seems there is less and less actual troubleshooting with
meters and 'scopes, though. We have a Sony guru who only grabs the DMM maybe
once every month or two. Any more it's mostly boards, lamps, fans, panels,
etc.

I might keep an eye out for a Mark IV...I think I've seen them on eBay a
time or two.


Mark Z.


From: Michael A. Terrell on 7 Dec 2008 14:35

"Mark D. Zacharias" wrote:
>
> Started collecting them pretty recently - Weston, Eico, Precision Apparatus,
> etc. Even a Japanese JRC vom from about 1950.
>
> Wondering what cool old meters you guys have at work or at home?
>
> Care to share thoughts / reminiscences?
>
> Mark Z.


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From: Samuel M. Goldwasser on 7 Dec 2008 19:12
Meat Plow <meat(a)petitmorte.net> writes:

> On Sat, 6 Dec 2008 06:53:17 -0600, "Mark D. Zacharias"
> <nonsense(a)nonsense.net>wrote:
>
> >Started collecting them pretty recently - Weston, Eico, Precision Apparatus,
> >etc. Even a Japanese JRC vom from about 1950.
> >
> >Wondering what cool old meters you guys have at work or at home?
> >
> >Care to share thoughts / reminiscences?

> Just a Simpson 260.

Yep, What modern general purpose DMM has a 5 kV range?! :)

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From: William Sommerwerck on 7 Dec 2008 19:26
> What modern general-purpose DMM has a 5 kV range?! :)

What modern general-purpose DMM has room for such a big range resistor?


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