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Was your first meter a "trashy" meter?
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Fungus:

--- Quote from: JOSM on March 30, 2023, 01:36:02 pm ---My fist meter was a Micronta 22-185.


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Separate switch position for continuity - nice!
hanakp:
Nice thread idea!

My first meter was polish Miernik Uniwersalny UM-4, it's probably a knockoff of some western meter.

http://multimetry.tzok.eu/multimetr.php?typ=UM-4_2

My unit was manufactured in 1966 and I got it for free around 1990, because one resistance input and one voltage range were shot. But for the next 5 years, it had to do. Out of nostalgia, I completely fixed it about 10 years ago, albeit with modern components. Curiously, even after all those years, most ranges were still within spec.
Arts:
I still have and use my very first meter, although these days I only use it for basic electrical work, such as HVAC. It's kinda like me these days; old, tatty, and could use a good scrubbing :)
My mom bought it for me in the 1970's.

Bud:

--- Quote from: hanakp on March 31, 2023, 07:06:01 pm ---Nice thread idea!

My first meter was polish Miernik Uniwersalny UM-4, it's probably a knockoff of some western meter.

http://multimetry.tzok.eu/multimetr.php?typ=UM-4_2

My unit was manufactured in 1966 and I got it for free around 1990, because one resistance input and one voltage range were shot. But for the next 5 years, it had to do. Out of nostalgia, I completely fixed it about 10 years ago, albeit with modern components. Curiously, even after all those years, most ranges were still within spec.

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Interesting beast... Why weirdly shaped binding posts...and the switch deck is causing my eyes a confusion  :scared:
hanakp:
@Bud: Yeah, it wasn't very practical to use. It has no resistance range switch, the user has to plug/unplug the test leads between 3 holes on the upper side. Then again, it's from 1960s, so the design was probably regarded as modern back then. I suppose it does qualify as "trashy", just as OP wanted.
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