Post by thread:[EE] What's the story behind these panel meters?

I've got three panel meters in a clock I built a while back. They appear to be off some sort of multimeter, with the ohms and volts scales. They're pretty big the face is about 4 inches across. http://petertodd.ca/art/imgs/meter_clock_front.jpg Thing is, someone told me at the surplus place I got them at they heard there's some big story behind them but they didn't know what; I was asking the guy if he had any idea how I could get some more. Any of you guys got an idea? I'd be interested ot hear their tale, especially if it'll help me locate some more! -- spam_OUTpeteTakeThisOuTpetertodd.ca http://www.petertodd.ca

On 5/11/06, Peter Todd <.....peteKILLspam@spam@petertodd.ca> wrote: > > I've got three panel meters in a clock I built a while back. They appear > to be off some sort of multimeter, with the ohms and volts scales. > They're pretty big the face is about 4 inches across. > > http://petertodd.ca/art/imgs/meter_clock_front.jpg Hard to make out any details on the faces, in that picture. -- > Feel the power of the dark side! Atmel AVR

On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 10:15:02PM -0400, David VanHorn wrote: > On 5/11/06, Peter Todd <peteKILLspampetertodd.ca> wrote: > > > > I've got three panel meters in a clock I built a while back. They appear > > to be off some sort of multimeter, with the ohms and volts scales. > > They're pretty big the face is about 4 inches across. > > > > petertodd.ca/art/imgs/meter_clock_front.jpg > > > Hard to make out any details on the faces, in that picture. Sorry about that, found the originals, here's a cropped close-up: http://gw.petertodd.ca/~pete/meter.jpg -- .....peteKILLspam.....petertodd.ca http://www.petertodd.ca

Peter Todd wrote: > On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 10:15:02PM -0400, David VanHorn wrote: >> On 5/11/06, Peter Todd <EraseMEpetespam_OUTTakeThisOuTpetertodd.ca> wrote: >>> >>> I've got three panel meters in a clock I built a while back. They >>> appear to be off some sort of multimeter, with the ohms and volts >>> scales. They're pretty big the face is about 4 inches across. >>> >>> petertodd.ca/art/imgs/meter_clock_front.jpg >> >> >> Hard to make out any details on the faces, in that picture. > > Sorry about that, found the originals, here's a cropped close-up: > > http://gw.petertodd.ca/~pete/meter.jpg > > -- > petespam_OUTpetertodd.ca http://www.petertodd.ca This looks like the meter movement from one of the US military analog multimeters from the old days - possibly from the TS-352B/U or TS505/U series of multimeters. Steve

On Sun, May 14, 2006 at 08:23:38AM -0600, Steve Moulding wrote: > This looks like the meter movement from one of the US military analog > multimeters from the old days - possibly from the TS-352B/U or TS505/U > series of multimeters. Thanks, I think you're right. Found some info on the web showing them. -- @spam@peteKILLspampetertodd.ca http://www.petertodd.ca