Ok, so I'm having a really bad day working on my amp. It's working then it's not no sound, no smell, nothing. Just got really quiet so I flip it over and start checking voltages and they are way low. The output from the transformer was good but not after the filter section humm? I start measuring all the resistors and checking diodes and all of a sudden I find a 2.2k 2 watt reading 5.5k. I'm thinking oh cool I can fix this. When I put my Fluke meter on the bench it drops and busts into several pieces talk about pissed. Oh well I will just get another meter tomorrow and I go about looking for the resistor. Lookie what I found and it still works! I haven't seen this since my Ham radio days. I guess old test equipment for old technologies LOL.
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Look what I found in my garage
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Re: Look what I found in my garage
Simpson 260 meters are awesome! I use one on my bench great find!
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Re: Look what I found in my garage
Bench envy.
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Re: Look what I found in my garage
I have a machinest friend who moved some machinery into my shop, and works as much as he wants to,(he'll be 80 this year). He bought some yard sale stuff from a neighbor, including an almost new Simpson. He was really excited when he showed it to me, but was a little disappointed when I wasn't that impressed. They work fine, but I'll take my Fluke 87 or 88 any day over an analog machine.
Re: Look what I found in my garage
Nice!
Is it a VTVM?
Pisser about the Fluke.
When I bought my meter I was looking for a Fluke but the local supply house wanted an arm and leg for one.
They had this Meterman 37XR True RMS meter for around $120 so I bought it.
Not sure if it's true but somebody told me these are made by Fluke.
Anyway, I think this meter is advertised as a HVAC technician meter.
Besides the normal multi-meter things it also measures diodes and logic chips, frequency, induction, capacitance and of course volts, amps.
I was pleasantly surprised with the quality of this meter.
It has soft rubber around the enclosure. I have dropped it several times onto concrete floors with not damage.
I was also impressed that it can measure caps down to 15pf with not trouble.
Is it a VTVM?
Pisser about the Fluke.
When I bought my meter I was looking for a Fluke but the local supply house wanted an arm and leg for one.
They had this Meterman 37XR True RMS meter for around $120 so I bought it.
Not sure if it's true but somebody told me these are made by Fluke.
Anyway, I think this meter is advertised as a HVAC technician meter.
Besides the normal multi-meter things it also measures diodes and logic chips, frequency, induction, capacitance and of course volts, amps.
I was pleasantly surprised with the quality of this meter.
It has soft rubber around the enclosure. I have dropped it several times onto concrete floors with not damage.
I was also impressed that it can measure caps down to 15pf with not trouble.
Tom
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skyboltone
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Re: Look what I found in my garage
Well. Ahem. There are some things dudes that a Simpson 260 or 261 will do that a Fluke won't do. Like measure voltage coming out of a high impedence circuit without making the circuit quit working. Any Ham knows that. A VTVM is of course better at that of course.
Another big plus is finding the polarity of coils wound around the same core. My Fluke won't tell me. My 261 will deflect the meter in the positive or negative direction when the coil is juked with a battery.
I wouldn't give up my Fluke portable or HP benchtop meters for anything, but I ain't gonna pack away the Simpson either.
By the way, they are still in production because industry, particularly industries that have measuring systems (like oil and paper) still use them to the exclusion of Digital meters. I know that from true experience.
The computer and toy making business' don't use them though.
Another big plus is finding the polarity of coils wound around the same core. My Fluke won't tell me. My 261 will deflect the meter in the positive or negative direction when the coil is juked with a battery.
I wouldn't give up my Fluke portable or HP benchtop meters for anything, but I ain't gonna pack away the Simpson either.
By the way, they are still in production because industry, particularly industries that have measuring systems (like oil and paper) still use them to the exclusion of Digital meters. I know that from true experience.
The computer and toy making business' don't use them though.
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Seek immediate medical attention if you suddenly go either deaf or blind.
If you put the Federal Government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five years time there would be a shortage of sand.