old test gear...

GLENNSPARK · Jan 3, 2013

take a look at this boys..

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

GLENNSPARK · Jan 3, 2013

MDJ said:
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?

well as you know they became part of fluke...
the name was still put on the instruments though....together with the fluke brand...
however there is a range of seperates and MFTs out now which are sold as robin.....not anything like the proper robin stuff was though...1610, 1620, 1630 and the range of pat testers they did such as the 3000, 5000, 5500

Guest111 · Jan 3, 2013

Phil said:
i have one of these

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its in great condition

I ve a brand new one of those still in the box.

GLENNSPARK · Jan 3, 2013

phil d said:
I ve a brand new one of those still in the box.

still hold its own Phil...

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i`m going to get a collection of old stuff going....only decent nic stuff mind....

Knobhead · Jan 3, 2013

GLENNSPARK said:
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.....

I've got (in Mansfield) an NCB Metrohm 500V intrinsicly safe. Have to bring it back next time I go over there.

GLENNSPARK · Jan 3, 2013

Tony said:
I've got (in Mansfield) an NCB Metrohm 500V intrinsicly safe. Have to bring it back next time I go over there.

i think thats what they were down the pits Tony...the intrinsicly safe version...

GLENNSPARK · Jan 3, 2013

martindale still make them...but their not sold in the UK now...

Silly Sausage · Jan 3, 2013

Things like these used to jangle from a piece of string above Tony's pram and cot...

GLENNSPARK · Jan 3, 2013

Archy Styrigg said:
Things like these used to jangle from a piece of string above Tony's pram and cot...

there might even be teeth marks on some of them...

FAA Greenie · Jan 3, 2013

Brings back memories!! My first years consisted of using these things, the avometer, the wind up megger and the ohmeter we had, i can't remember the make had various values of variable resistors you had to adjust to null out a meter, then you had to work out from the numbers on them what milliohms you had.

But the best thing about them was that you had to actually understand what you were doing with them to interperet the results.

GLENNSPARK · Jan 3, 2013

`i`v just got our young tony a new IR tester as he`s worn away the old one`...he`s 2

Silly Sausage · Jan 3, 2013

GLENNSPARK said:
there might even be teeth marks on some of them...

Or even better, things he can throw out his pram now again... hahahahahahaahaa

Sparkyphill · Jan 3, 2013

MDJ said:
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?

I still prefer to use my KMP testers they must be 15 years old now but there still going great guns, I did get a MFT a few years back but didn't take to it so I got shut and went back to my trusty Robins with the shiny silver case !!

GLENNSPARK · Jan 3, 2013

i`v got an old Megger CM200 that serves me as backup
and i`v got a metrix MX4900 MOD (dont bother looking for them on google...you wont find them) that i use for everyday...
its ex military the german and slovenian army were issued with them back in the 90s....
both testers serve me well...

Stroppy · Jan 4, 2013

I love all this old stuff. Please keep posting!

Out of interest, back in the 1960's (for example) were the testing procedures and value limits pretty much the same as they are now, ie continuity, polarity, IR etc?