6:19 😆 Another funny near the end. Really great work. You inspire me to be more adventurous and get more deeply into the small details. Possibly you could explain how you make decisions and what your background is how you decide where to find parts or information you use to do things such as the nickel plating. Thanks!
I mostly look at "how is it made" type of videos to get ideas of possibilities and then check up on the process and items involved via amazon or ebay searches. That's how I found the plating components, for example. I have a formal education in electronics/mechanical engineering but that was loooong ago and since then I made my living in IT. I just never let a "you cannot do that!" stop me. 😜
Thanx a lot. I have the same one and now some problems: The DC-range 30 V and the resistance range between 1 kOhm and 100 kOhm doesn't work anymore. With your video I will try to fix it.
I hope my little project summary helps! By the description, I'd say that some of the contacts on the range switch are out. That plastic is brittle after such a long time, I recommend caution when disassembling!
There were a series of mergers and buy-outs happening at the time. I think the same model is available in multiple brandings. Somehow they were popular in schools indeed.
No trouble with battery leakage if there is no battery in there ! All my old (analog)meters are used without batteries ! Instead of that i use a dedicated Ohmmeter. This lesson i learned in the 70s , when I was a young boy and my first meter was gone because of an "battery disaster".
Concerning your statement that "BBC GOERZ" seems to be a rebranding of Metrawatt - Gossen. No. The original manufacturer was Goerz Electro Ges.m.b.H from Vienna, Austria. The Goerz Electro was buyed by BBC and later on merged with Metrawatt and Gossen. Hence the "original" name is Goerz Unigor.
I just might have gotten lost in the different mergers and buy outs. The company history was a tangled one indeed. Still, same device, same design, different name of company with (likely) the same people. I might have confused the sequence but I stand by the corr idea: it is the same thing with a different label, not a copycat or re badged version 😊
The exact same Multimeter is my trusty companion since my teenage years. ☺️
It took some time for me to find it again; but I do have fond memories of my first measurements in school with it.
6:19 😆 Another funny near the end. Really great work. You inspire me to be more adventurous and get more deeply into the small details.
Possibly you could explain how you make decisions and what your background is how you decide where to find parts or information you use to do things such as the nickel plating. Thanks!
I mostly look at "how is it made" type of videos to get ideas of possibilities and then check up on the process and items involved via amazon or ebay searches. That's how I found the plating components, for example. I have a formal education in electronics/mechanical engineering but that was loooong ago and since then I made my living in IT. I just never let a "you cannot do that!" stop me. 😜
Always look forward to your videos when they come around. Always fun to watch.
Thanks! - but I don't really get the reference about the "C and S"? At least I didn't intentionally have the word facade in the script...
@@atkelar Sorry, Don't mind me!! I misheard, It's what i get for watching videos before my morning coffee! 😅
Oh,a cool multimeter IS still useful on a bench !
I just love your videos 😊
Thanx a lot. I have the same one and now some problems: The DC-range 30 V and the resistance range between 1 kOhm and 100 kOhm doesn't work anymore. With your video I will try to fix it.
I hope my little project summary helps! By the description, I'd say that some of the contacts on the range switch are out. That plastic is brittle after such a long time, I recommend caution when disassembling!
Thank you for your advise! @@atkelar
Very nice restoration!
wooww...very very nice
Thanks a lot 😊
Great video. Perhaps use small silicon o-rings instead of punched foam pads as pcb mounting cushions?
Thanks for the tip! I think the size that I have around might be too thick or too stiff, but maybe I can find some in the hardware store. I'll check!
A school child proof multimeter!
"Stressed Cat" you much caffeine? He looks like he's trying to implore you.
Interesting, we have a multimeter at my school that looks just like this one. But it's Ganz branded.
There were a series of mergers and buy-outs happening at the time. I think the same model is available in multiple brandings. Somehow they were popular in schools indeed.
I do like bricks!
It find it funny that you call this a quick project. 😂
Well, compared to the ones I'd *like* to finish, it is. Except for the mirror glue incident, it only took part of a day.
No trouble with battery leakage if there is no battery in there ! All my old (analog)meters are used without batteries ! Instead of that i use a dedicated Ohmmeter. This lesson i learned in the 70s , when I was a young boy and my first meter was gone because of an "battery disaster".
I made it a task to pretty much at least once a year go through all of my devices and see if the batteries are still good.
Concerning your statement that "BBC GOERZ" seems to be a rebranding of Metrawatt - Gossen. No. The original manufacturer was Goerz Electro Ges.m.b.H from Vienna, Austria. The Goerz Electro was buyed by BBC and later on merged with Metrawatt and Gossen. Hence the "original" name is Goerz Unigor.
I just might have gotten lost in the different mergers and buy outs. The company history was a tangled one indeed. Still, same device, same design, different name of company with (likely) the same people. I might have confused the sequence but I stand by the corr idea: it is the same thing with a different label, not a copycat or re badged version 😊
And there was a co-operation with Hartmann & Braun in these days.
Those days