| General > General Technical Chat |
| What was your first multimeter or voltmeter? |
| << < (7/23) > >> |
| Ronnie:
Soar ME-540 made in Japan 8) |
| vk6zgo:
--- Quote from: Kiriakos-GR on October 06, 2011, 12:20:16 am ---Unbelievable but I found pictures on the web of my first analogue, that I had when I was 15 years old. ;D That's a nice 28 years back, travel in time .. LOL The exterior is Bakelite. --- End quote --- My first multimeter was identical to yours,but it was labelled "Sanwa"--this was in the 1960s,they were around for a long time! VK6ZGO |
| Kiriakos-GR:
Well this analogue meter belonged originally to my father, he was an cars electrician and died when I was 15 years old. Even so he must had it for a decade or more in his shop. One wild guess would be that he go it around 1972 - 1975. He had a major passion with tools, I bet that he is proud of me, I had double or triple the amount of tools that I had found from him. ;) |
| slipjointed:
--- Quote from: Lawsen on October 03, 2011, 09:35:16 pm ---We all have our humble beginnings. I remembered, when I was at San Jose State University, a Spanish woman civil engineering student, showed me her Fluke 77 Series One digital multimeter, that she won in her high school contest and her stellar grades, too. She was pretty. She started with a Fluke 77 Series one. My start was humble, a Radio Shack Micronta analog multimeter. I did not upgrade to a Fluke 8060A (broke and traded in), until community college electronics trade school. What was your first multimeter? I have relative who is an electrical engineer and licensed, but he used his Simpson 260 analog multimeter. He never upgraded, that is all he use, even with the brittle plastic phenolic case. --- End quote --- I started with a Micronta almost identical to yours. Even the cardboard box was the same. |
| deephaven:
--- Quote from: IanB on October 06, 2011, 02:17:16 am --- --- Quote from: elliott on October 05, 2011, 11:45:03 pm --- --- Quote from: PetrosA on October 05, 2011, 12:33:18 pm ---I think that in both the "Way Cool" and the "You Gotta Have Balls To Use It" categories, the Pifco wins hands down :) Is it rated for line volt testing? --- End quote --- No kidding, anyone who would go near 240V AC with that thing is nuts. I wouldn't mind having a safe, reasonably modern analog multimeter in the pocket watch form factor though. Manual scan: http://www.bygonebytes.co.uk/Meters/Pifco%20All-In-One%20Instructions.pdf --- End quote --- Ah, it's designed for battery powered radios, DC only. That's not quite so terrifying. --- End quote --- I remember getting it as a Christmas present. My parents also bought me a 'magicians' set and were really dissappointed because all I wanted to play with was this meter. Little did they know what this was a start of :) |
| Navigation |
| Message Index |
| Next page |
| Previous page |