Proper Meters - Bargain

[telectrix]

anyone in the cambridge area, check this out.

7 no.Avo 8x and 1 no. Avo 8 mk 3 | eBay

 

[Specialist]

Wonder how many people would actually know how to use them, never take mine on site any more. I'd hate to damage it.

 

[Dan23584]

They look like smiley faces!

 

[sparkdog]

Used to use one all the time in the telly repair trade.They were selling for good money a few years ago but now the market is flooded with them.

 

[kung]

I have a few of them in my old test equipment collection ! good meters !

 

[Knobhead]

They look like smiley faces!

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What do you do with 8 AVO's?

 

[ipf]

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What do you do with 8 AVO's?

Used to come with a jar of marmalade

 

[Specialist]

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What do you do with 8 AVO's?

Me i'm greedy i'd keep them, only thing is my missus would kill me lol. Still use mine regularly in the workshop.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

you see a lot of these coming on ebay though.......

 

[Engineer54]

One of the most reliable bits of test kit ever manufactured, and the pinnacle of multimeter's until the up-market DMM units became established. One thing about those AVO units, you won't ever get fooled with any phantom bogus voltages, that a DMM unit often will...

At 26 quid, ....an absolute bargain!! I wonder if these modern DMM multi meters of today, will be around, decades after they went out of production?? These AVO models (and there were quite a few models) were built to last!!

 

[Specialist]

Yep they were built to last, i've still got an AVO 7 & a Multiminor that are both in full working order & would'nt part with them.

 

[Lofty]

Lovely meters, used them a few years back now, but can you still get the 15v batteries for them ?. If you can them a good investment.

 

[sparkdog]

Can usually find the 15V batteries on ebay.

 

[telectrix]

the 15v batteries are now made up from LI-ion cells. the model 7 doesn't use the 15v, it uses a 4.5v cycle lamp battery, the flattish one.

 

[Specialist]

Can usually find the 15V batteries on ebay.

Try CPC, Rapid or RS, all a lot cheaper than ebay. Or you could make 1 up useing a tube & button cells.