old test gear...

[GLENNSPARK]

take a look at this boys..

Analog Multimeters « www.museu-tecnologia.com.br

 

[MDJ]

I bet thats better than some of the crap they sell today, I still have an analogue IR tester, I intend to get it calibrated and start using it again :biggrin5:

 

[Deleted member 26818]

Are you having a wind up?

 

[GLENNSPARK]

I bet thats better than some of the crap they sell today, I still have an analogue IR tester, I intend to get it calibrated and start using it again :biggrin5:

yeah Mike...i`m on the lookout for an old analogue multimeter at the mo....
got my eye on an old bakelite one...upto 600V and 6A AC and DC...doesnt do low ohms though...
but i can use the digital for that...

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[markc123]

Looking at the state of leeds glenn, isn't that modern to you wessie lot? :biggrin:

 

[Phil]

i have one of these



its in great condition

 

[Brendan976]

My mate still has an avometer model 8, I noticed it in his garage recently, top bit of kit in it's day.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Looking at the state of leeds glenn, isn't that modern to you wessie lot? :biggrin:

lol....well Leeds city centre is allright....just some of the areas..lol..
its a bit like elland road isn`t it....one side of it is OK...the rest needs sortin out...

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My mate still has an avometer model 8, I noticed it in his garage recently, top bit of kit in it's day.

still is as well

 

[MDJ]

i have one of these

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its in great condition

I actually made one of those at college, not quite as good obviously, did it as a project haha

 

[GLENNSPARK]

I actually made one of those at college, not quite as good obviously, did it as a project haha

i bet that was good...

 

[Phil]

I actually made one of those at college, not quite as good obviously, did it as a project haha

mine is missing the original leads but it looks as new as the day it was made. cracking piece of kit pardon the pun for a ir tester

 

[ayjay]

how come when i posted pics of my old meters no one commented?

 

[Phil]

how come when i posted pics of my old meters no one commented?

not seen yours mate you got a link?

 

[GLENNSPARK]

how come when i posted pics of my old meters no one commented?

you might have crossed them out by mistake:jester:

 

[markc123]

ayjay, bless you! i just wonna give you a big cuddle after that comment haha

I dunno buddy, can't say i saw - we're all very sorry though

Link us!

 

[MDJ]

i bet that was good...

Yeah it was fun, it was pretty crap really, but it worked and gave a decent belt out haha, a bit of an airfix type kit really, we had to do it in Electronics, back in the early eigties when you took 236 parts 1 and 2 there was an electronics bit thrown in with it, great fun.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Yeah it was fun, it was pretty crap really, but it worked and gave a decent belt out haha, a bit of an airfix type kit really, we had to do it in Electronics, back in the early eigties when you took 236 parts 1 and 2 there was an electronics bit thrown in with it, great fun.

did you get a decent value of it then Mike?..

 

[ayjay]

i,ll try

 

[MDJ]

heres a bit of older kit I own, I know I have more, just got to sort it all out

 

[ayjay]

ill try

 

[MDJ]

did you get a decent value of it then Mike?..

well probably, it was a long time ago and to be fair I think I broke it pretty quickly once I attempted to use it on site, we only had IRs back then, never knew what live tests were

 

[GLENNSPARK]

View attachment 16449View attachment 16448 heres a bit of older kit I own, I know I have more, just got to sort it all out

Ha!!...i`v got one of those northumbria instruments callibrator rigs ..lol...
with the Zs +10 ohms button on it...
and that megger will still cut it as well...those discharge lamp testers arn`t cheap either....nice bit of stuff there Mike...
now, just be careful with that callibrator wont you with older test instruments....as the one i have keeps blowing the opp amp on an MFT i have....backfeeding...

 

[MDJ]

Yeah I used to use that meggar 10 years ago until I bought a all in one and then it went in the cupboard

 

[GLENNSPARK]

well probably, it was a long time ago and to be fair I think I broke it pretty quickly once I attempted to use it on site, we only had IRs back then, never knew what live tests were

none of these then?...

 

[MDJ]

It was about that size yeah, but mine had sticky tape holding it together haha

 

[GLENNSPARK]

they were standard issue as far as i know down the pits mike...were those metrohm loop testers....they did an IR tester...that would give out 500V DC together with low ohms.....

 

[MDJ]

yeah looks pretty good for the era, we had kit like that for meggaring Pyros mainly as there was a time when thats all we put in, the council went mad on MICC for about 5 years, those little testers were the dogs dangly bits.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

they still come up on fleabay do those Mike.....some quite interesting stuff in there from time to time...
i missed out on an old sangamo current clamp the other day...i wasn`t watching and it went for 50p plus postage..which i think was about 5 quid...
it had the original leads with it as well as the leatherette case and instruction manual....

 

[MDJ]

To be fair robin were the big thing for us when we started using test kit properly, Unbeatable as well really, funny how you never see their kit about today, are they still going?

 

[PEG]

Lovely to see others using and caring for what some consider "antiques". I have and use an AVO 8 together with an inclined manometer,Tessler tachometer and a light meter all from before mini-skirts landed...all hail to the old.