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Products => Test Equipment => Topic started by: Robert Dunn on July 07, 2018, 08:54:30 pm

Title: Beckman HD130B Multimeter
Post by: Robert Dunn on July 07, 2018, 08:54:30 pm

Good day,
I'm looking for a manual for this meter, but keep going down dead end streets. Can anyone help?
Thanks,
Bob

Title: Re: Beckman HD130B Multimeter
Post by: retiredcaps on July 07, 2018, 10:54:55 pm

From ebay

https://www.ebay.ie/itm/Beckman-HD130B-True-RMS-3-1-2-Digit-Multimeter-LCD-Display-With-Leads-Manual-/252882418234 (https://www.ebay.ie/itm/Beckman-HD130B-True-RMS-3-1-2-Digit-Multimeter-LCD-Display-With-Leads-Manual-/252882418234)

it shares the same manual with other models.

What specifically are you looking for in the manual?

Title: Re: Beckman HD130B Multimeter
Post by: Robert Dunn on July 07, 2018, 11:38:21 pm

Thanks for the link. He's selling the meter with the manual (which is very pricey). I'm hoping someone on the forum has an e-copy of the manual.
I wanted the manual because my meter is not reading dc milliamperes.

Title: Re: Beckman HD130B Multimeter
Post by: retiredcaps on July 08, 2018, 03:01:44 am

Quote from: Robert Dunn on July 07, 2018, 11:38:21 pm

I wanted the manual because my meter is not reading dc milliamperes.

Check to see the fuse is open or not.

See if modemhead's blog entry helps?

http://mrmodemhead.com/blog/beckman-industrial-hd110-multimeter/ (http://mrmodemhead.com/blog/beckman-industrial-hd110-multimeter/)

Title: Re: Beckman HD130B Multimeter
Post by: Robert Dunn on July 09, 2018, 11:32:45 pm

Thanks for your help. I couldn't remember how to plug the leads, it's been so long since I used it. It would still be nice to have a manual (even a photo copy).

Title: Re: Beckman HD130B Multimeter
Post by: retiredcaps on July 10, 2018, 02:21:19 am

Any manual from Beckman will be similar and close enough in terms of operation.  Specs will obviously be different.

See

https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=25737 (https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=25737)

http://w140.com/beckman_300_310_330.pdf (http://w140.com/beckman_300_310_330.pdf)

Title: Re: Beckman HD130B Multimeter
Post by: floobydust on July 10, 2018, 05:06:11 am

Careful the input jacks are backwards on the Beckman compared to today's multimeters.
Amps on the right, volts on the left. Easy to make a mistake if you are running other gear.

But it's a good DMM I use for field troubleshooting. Way more reliable than the cheap chinese junk out there.

Title: Re: Beckman HD130B Multimeter
Post by: Robert Dunn on July 11, 2018, 01:41:16 am

Thanks for the tip on the other manual. I downloaded it and printed it. There is one available on eBay in California, but he won't ship to Canada--too bad!
Bob

Title: Re: Beckman HD130B Multimeter
Post by: Robert Dunn on July 11, 2018, 04:51:40 pm

To conclude: My daughter have a place in Mesa, so I had the eBay manual shipped to her place. I'll get it in the fall.

Title: Re: Beckman HD130B Multimeter
Post by: coromonadalix on December 10, 2021, 02:19:47 am

the hd 130  did not had a buzzer  it had an ohm sign on the display for the continuity,  normally you had a blue buzzer in theses years    ???

in the shown pictures you dont have a buzzer, just the rectifier bridge ??

Title: Re: Beckman HD130B Multimeter
Post by: floobydust on December 10, 2021, 02:42:30 am

I think you meant to post here about the HD130 lack of beeper ? https://www.eevblog.com/forum/buysellwanted/part-id-for-beckman-industried-hd-130-multimeter/msg3864599/#msg3864599 (https://www.eevblog.com/forum/buysellwanted/part-id-for-beckman-industried-hd-130-multimeter/msg3864599/#msg3864599)

Title: Re: Beckman HD130B Multimeter
Post by: DavidBabbitt on May 21, 2022, 04:14:46 pm

Thanks for the link to the manual on the HD130B.  It showed me where to go on the controls to activate the 10 amp plug.  One goes to the 20ma/10A position.  Also, the photos in this thread show the dial.