Приветствую! Here's a translation of the strange hieroglyphs from the back of the device. 1. Перед включением прибора переключатели переделов измерения установить в положения "2,5 А" "1000В" Измерение емкостей и сопротивлений х1000 с наружным источником питания производить как показано на рисунках. 2. Перед измерением сопротивлений или емкостей вращением диска "_уст.0" установить стрелку на "0" шкал "Ω" или "nF" при закороченных сопротивлениях или отключенных ёмкостях. 3. Если не удаётся установить стрелку на "0" шкалы "Ω", то следует сменить внутренний источник питания. 1. Before switching on the device, set the measurement range switches to the "2.5 A" "1000 V" positions Measuring capacitances and resistances x1000 with an external power source should be performed as shown in the figures. 2. Before measuring resistances or capacitances, by rotating the "_уст.0" disk, set the arrow to "0" of the "Ω" or "nF" scales with shorted resistances or disconnected capacitances. 3. If it is not possible to set the arrow to "0" of the "Ω" scale, then the internal power source should be changed. P.S. You can take a photo of cryptic text with knowledge of dead civilizations and load it to the Google Translate. Real-time translation from a camera is a complete garbage.
"too proud to conform to international standards of measurement... pretty dumb in my opinion... anyway it measures 8 and 1/6 of an inch..." I hope it is a pun.
Having had a Soviet electroengineer grandfather (a colonel/ palkovnik in the Red Army no less) i'm quite used to seeing these ancient devices. Watching a US-American "working" with these gives me those rare fuzzy Apollo-Soyuz vibes.
It is so that my { late mother ) the youngest of four siblings - 3 girls and 1 boy were of Russian parents. The 3 eldest were born in Russia - the Youngest who became my mother was born in UKRAINE on November 1, 1920 Her brother { My Uncle was an electronics and Electrical Engineer ) He taught me how to drive when I was age 8 and taught me how to repair Radio - I was building radios by age 10 My mother and all of her siblings also spoke 8 languages. I was speaking 5 languages by age 5 - and learned other languages since then. MAGYAR was too difficult so I gave up on that language - and just remember a few words that are also common in German - Turkish - and Polish -- simply because the words have a common source from Persian - Kurdish and Sanskrit - that fused into Austro-Hungarian
@@andrew_koala2974 Hungarian indeed has a few loan words from neighboring peoples - how could they not - despite considerable efforts through the mid 1700s of eradicating them. That said, there is no and never had been any Austro-Hungarian language as they are entirely nonoverlapping, linguistically speaking. Words adopted on either side during the timeframe of their alliance does not render them a common tongue. Source: I'm rather fluent in both Hungarian and German. Have a nice one!
There are also 70s Ц series multimeters that have a real mirror reflective strip along the gauge so that you can read the hair fine needle more precise
Probably because they copied from a German instrument that had class 1 movement - precision movements need fine needles - oh, and they break like mechanical pencil leads if you so much as bump them - can be replaced with very thin wire (even 45 gauge will be stiff if just a half inch long) in a pinch as long as the instrument is meant for horizontal operation (verticals depend so much on balancing that you would be SOL fixing a needle).
Whenever I buy something like this, I like to send a quick message to the seller. Generally, a short note letting them know that you'd appreciate a local newspaper/periodical is all it takes to get a treat, if you're so inclined!
In order to measure the capacitance you have to connect 195-245V@50Hz AC source phase to "U" terminal, neutral to common "*", than capacitor for test to "Cx" and common "*". Keep in mind that it provides about 25V AC to "Cx" terminal, so you cannot use it for measuring polarized capacitors.
5:47 I'm from Germany and we seem to do it the same way here as the Soviets did back then. In physics/electronics we differentiate between the unit and the symbol used in the formula. For example, Voltages are all prefixed or named using U, like a common UB which stands for "Betriebsspannung" or operating voltage, while the unit is in Volts, with the typical V shorthand. So it's common see a UB = +12V somewhere. Same with current, the symbol in formulas is I with the unit shorthand A for Amperes. ✌️
Before ww2 Soviet Russia had a lot of connections with Germany. And German was much more common as a second language than english or French. So it is very possible that this multimeter is a copy or some sort of development of a German one. Including the markings. The insights have a strong German engineering vibe.
In Czechia the standard for voltage is also "U". Thus Ohm's law is: U = I * R. Which reminds me that the symbol for a resistor in electrical diagrams is also different. Instead of a zigzag English speaking countries use, it is drawn as a rectangle.
That song, and the multiple rocket launcher named after it, is the basis of the whole “from Russia with love” thing. In the song the girl, katyusha, sends her love, by way of the clouds, to her sweetheart fighting on the front (it’s a WWII song). And once the rocket launcher was invented it started sending its own sort of “love”, by way of the clouds, over to the front. Gotta hand it to those old Soviets, they knew how to name a weapon!
That thing is sick. you cant get anything better than something made by hand with people that care. Just having something in your hand like that vs something new and made over seas is really something else. I treasure each tool i have that is decades older than me
When i was working as a technician fixing electronic devices i would have KILLED for a multi meter that could read capacitance. Soooooooo many times it would have made my life so much easier.
As a 57 year old engineer/tech - i cann vouch that the soviet multimeter is a work of art. We had late 60s / early 70's Simpson multimeters and unlike that soviet meter, when you opened up a Simpson it was a rats nest of wiring. They looked like the backside of a VW beetle dash inside!!!!!!!! Don't get me wrong, they were dead nuts accurate, but it looked like a bird wired it. The old, this wire goes here, this goes here, this goes here, with no regard for harnessing or tangles. EDIT: If that late 50s simpson had a PCB - It makes me wonder what era those Simpson meters we had at school (in the 80s) with the birds nest wiring were from!!!!
@@majortom5838 My friend Ben was an expert on tube amps and hi-fi, and he told me that routing the wiring all neat and pretty in a tube amp was a sure way to get crosstalk and interference. He learned this by assembling his second Stereo 70 "like train tracks" and he said it sounded awful. He had to rewire it point to point.
@@majortom5838 An eyelet board, exactly how they were put together, like an old chassis/tube tv - Thanks!!!! All of the students at my high school pretty much had their own digital DMMs
@@brianwelch1579 a former colleague had attempted to "improve" a VHF signal booster, as a teen, by straightening out the wires. Unsurprisingly it didn't work anymore. Board traces are in fact poor quality transmission lines, pigtails from point to point are common in RF.
The Soviet Multimeter is absolutely right, they used the international dimension symbols U and I etc., while V and A are the unit symbols, but both are somewhat correct, but U and I is even a little bit more correct, because you select more what you want to measure, than the unit. But you could argument the other way round, too.
Look at this RUclipsr accidentally outing his _true_ bosses via a mistaken slip of address! More seriously, well done. That was a fun joke for those of us who caught it.
You have got to be kidding me! 1976 - 77 I lived in Tehran, Iran. I was a senior in high school (Tehran American School). I was taking a physics class and my instructor was very cool. We took a field trip to Russia (Iran borders on what was Russia at the time) and I picked up a meter just like that!! (except that it was brand new) Later in 79 I worked on an offshore drilling rig in the gulf of mexico as an electrician / electronics tech (Thank you Arkansas College of Technology) and used the Simpson 260 almost every day. SO.. on the rig I had the Russian meter, more of a novelty, and the 260. Never thought I would see one of those again, despite visiting present day Russia 13 trips. P.S. I went on to get my electronics degree and worked offshore as electronics tech on high tech DP rigs for many years. retired in 2014 and have invented a ton of things since.
They need to add a second or third like button for videos like this. Also, while the west had a lot of success sabotaging them later on, 60s factory workers in the soviet union were doing pretty good for the most part.
For real. I had videos recommended after this one that were just AI voiced garbage over stock footage with twice as many views. Bring back actual humans with actual knowledge doing actually interesting things!
Capacitance modes on meters from that era usually relied on you connecting mains(!!!) AC into the circuit as per the manual. I tend to want to test all ranges on collectible meters (which has me dinking around with 1600 volts AC and such rather often...) , but as soon as it says ..." jury rig up such and such external circuit with raw mains voltage...." I tend to .... say eff it, not worth the danger, and that mode would be just to dangerous (raw mains) or inconvenient (iso transformer, variac, dim bulb limiter...) to really use...
Way back in time, I learned to be a tech with a Simpson. Digital meters started coming in, but they weren't portable at first so they were inconvenient for working on the big radio transmitters we maintained. Analog meters are also good for checking for smooth operation of a potentiometer.
man, very nice video. Enjoyed everything about it. Someone mentioned soyuz-apollo vibes and, god, I wish the world were more like it these days. thak you
@@TheDeadfast It's just that someone very smart in the Soviet Union decided that "V" could also mean Volume and Velocity and it could get confusing. So it'll be U like latin V!
Bloody hell, I had one of those. I got it after my grandfather died, used it in my teens as I was a radio hobbyist, but then my parents threw it away when I moved out at 16
Cool fact. Depending on who you ask, Tiraspol is not in Moldova. It's the capital city of Transnistria. A breakaway state. Officially, part of Moldova, but de facto independent republic with its own government, military, currency and so on. Also, according to many, it's the last Soviet state in the world. The iron curtain never fell for them. So, awesomely enough, you got a soviet tool, from the last and only soviet place on earth.
When I have some serious work to do, I trust my analog meter. For convenience, a digital is great, but you can't replace an analog. Numbers jumping around don't tell you much, but a keen eye can learn a lot from a needle that fluctuates. Although most of my work is automotive, I still have to deal with a lot of electronics and there is a very old analog meter in the shop that is my "go to" when I need something I can trust. I have to agree that the wiring in that Soviet meter IS a work of art. I also love the inside of vintage guitar amps of that era too.
Fun fact, the package you received isn't just from Maldova. The city of Tiraspol is also the capital city of the (mostly unrecognized) country of Transnistria, which (among other interesting anicdotes) still uses a soviet republic flag.
In elementary school we had to buy at least three different types of lined paper. For almost every class a different one. (Disclaimer for international viewers: In Germany elementary school is usually from classes one to four.)
Music box and a multi-meter Soviet Ganga Style! Basic USA 1940’s (Soviet 1960’s) old school device. But only Proletariat Socialist Patriotic Batteries will work. Decantant Western Capitalistic Batteries will cause corruption! Only Socialist Power will give superior Performance.
"I have to assume it is result of national stubbornness, too proud to conform with international standard of measurement, so they had to use their own. Pretty dumb in my option. Anyway..." -> Proceeds to measure dimensions in inch...
Bulgarian here. The Ohm's law here is taught as U = I . R. That is U = Voltage, I = Current, R = Resistance and their SI units are Volt, Ampere, Ohm (Greek Omega). PS. I'd say it's the proper notation, since Georg Simon Ohm is German and Germans have it as R = U / I = const.
When you said before that you don't want to turn this channel into soviet tool rewiews, i knew this wouldn't be the case. And so did you. Спасибо за обзор!
I learned on a Simpson, back in USAF Tech school for Aircraft Electrical systems training (1987). They were great meters, with excellent build quality. Once on the flightline, sometime around 1990, we switched to the Fluke 7. Best digital multimeter of all time. Build like a tank, easy controls, and accurate. Dropped it off wing of a C-130 once. Didn't phase it at all. I suppose I could be like a good vacuum tube....... get it? 😁
I swear the PCB you were trying to break looked like Railroad crossing Controller boards I used to work on. I have a bunch of them still in my shed. Norfolk still uses Simpison on testing voltages and currents.
nice!, too bad it's a bit beat up by the previous owner, i found a 4342 combination meter in the local flea market, brand new in the box, from 1984 (with the calibration certificate that says 20/09/1984 and the signature of....someone xD with schematics and component listing).(did a video of it) it is suprisingly accurate and very well protected, if only they write up the 5 and 10 scales, because it only has 25 and when you select something like 10 o 5 you have to do math in your head, that's pretty dumb, other than that i'm pretty happy with it, and i use it often to measure current.
Nice one. But if you want something good as a measurement tool you should look for "Ц43101" or "Ц43103/2". Also, I don't think there were USSR-made wires with silicone insulation, but there are a number with PTFE/glass-fiber reinforced PTFE insulation.
6:45 - this has nothing to do with national stubbornness. Ω is a unit of measurement, but the selector switch is marked in formula symbols, as in Ohm's law (with a bit of a Soviet twist, U instead of V for the potential difference and lowercase r for resistance).
The Simpson's main advantage is the tens of thousands of manuals that have been written with it as the test device. That's why it's still made and costs what it does. It's cheaper than rewriting all of those manuals.
@@sonicmastersword8080 there's better meters than Fluke. But there's no meters laid out quite like Fluke. The layout will be part of a detailed procedure. Standardization is part of institutionalization. Some meters have become institutional standards.
Wow, the package opening technique using blowtorch should be tried by everybody. The split banana lugs are actually BETTER than the modern soft compressions ones. Lower R, higher A, but they do need to be spread out. Any internal Brass contacts should be checked for R. They do get corrosion films unless exercised regularly. The Needles have a special designation, known as one-RCH thinness. Those of you who know what that means, will recognize the superiority of the RUS meter. They need to be flats vertical. Do NOT use alkaline or zinc batteries in these, replace with modern Lithium cell converter container, to avoid corrosion damage. Ohms readings will be directly affected by battery voltage, not sure what you put in there, but not correct obviously. We used to repair these, many vendors.
For not labeling the Ohms part, it more than likely was simply because it was cheaper to not print a custom label/whatever to print that, instead just using a letter that they already use for labels.
I worked for a place for a month that designed the oxygen generators for the first usa nuclear submarines, treadwell corporation. The servo valve control was massive multi card analog PID system that was designed by Northrop Grumman. you had to use the old meter for troubleshooting because the input resistance was lower than the new dmm. Funny now we can use a tiny arduino for a single servo controller and it would be faster reacting.
The relationship between R and omega is the same as I and A or U and V R / U / I are the quantities of resistance, electrical potential difference (usually called voltage, though that kinda makes it confusable with Volt as a unit) and electrical current Ohm / Volt / Ampere are the units of measurement for their respective quantities Which I now feel silly for explaining, I may have missed some sort of sarcasm there 🤔
I have had a Japanese made analog meter that also sported capacitance capability. But a capacitance measurement depended on using AC source. It also required that the capacitor was AC rated, meaning in the old days oil/paper insulated ones. No electrolytic ones. Of course, if your AC source was a Japanese common 100 V AC, 50 Hz, or 60 Hz, you might have two scales for those two frequencies. If the meter was sold to U.S, you might have it provided with a 117 V, 60 Hz scale. Anyway, if you added the capacitor in series with one probe, you could get an approximate capacitance reading. Of course, the capacitor had to tolerate as much as the 100 or 117 V AC. At any other voltage (i.e., using a transformer), you would do a little math…
awesome video, it's fun to see what was on the otherside of the iron curtain, now you just need to find some east german things, also if you want to geek out on stuff try to find japanese hand tools nothing like that :)
If there is no inverted T sign but a long dash in all the signage on the meter face, it means you should only trust measurements taken with the meter horizontal.
About 20 minutes in you said this video wouldn't be complete without some "metering action". I misheard and thought you said "scissoring action". Disappointing to say the least. I even called my wife into the room 'cause she digs that stuff. Anywho thanks for the video. My first meter was a Simpson 260 back in the early 80's. Still got it.
I think "I" was chosen to signify amps because when Mr Ampere was trying to be recognised, "A" was already in use by the scientific community. ps: to clean those s/w contacts, don't spray! Cut a long sliver of good quality paper, and drag it carefully between the mating surfaces. pps: Don't adjust those "Zero" meter adjusters . . until you apply a test current to the meter!
If you're into mechanical watches, check out the Slava 2717! It's a completely indigenously designed soviet watch movement that uses twin mainsprings. quite cool imho, i have like 5 of them lol
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Приветствую! Here's a translation of the strange hieroglyphs from the back of the device.
1. Перед включением прибора переключатели переделов измерения установить в положения "2,5 А" "1000В"
Измерение емкостей и сопротивлений х1000 с наружным источником питания производить как показано на рисунках.
2. Перед измерением сопротивлений или емкостей вращением диска "_уст.0" установить стрелку на "0" шкал "Ω" или "nF" при закороченных сопротивлениях или отключенных ёмкостях.
3. Если не удаётся установить стрелку на "0" шкалы "Ω", то следует сменить внутренний источник питания.
1. Before switching on the device, set the measurement range switches to the "2.5 A" "1000 V" positions
Measuring capacitances and resistances x1000 with an external power source should be performed as shown in the figures.
2. Before measuring resistances or capacitances, by rotating the "_уст.0" disk, set the arrow to "0" of the "Ω" or "nF" scales with shorted resistances or disconnected capacitances.
3. If it is not possible to set the arrow to "0" of the "Ω" scale, then the internal power source should be changed.
P.S. You can take a photo of cryptic text with knowledge of dead civilizations and load it to the Google Translate. Real-time translation from a camera is a complete garbage.
о бля. привет
"too proud to conform to international standards of measurement... pretty dumb in my opinion... anyway it measures 8 and 1/6 of an inch..."
I hope it is a pun.
and we go full-circle: from soviet drills to soviet multimeters
keep it going man
Having had a Soviet electroengineer grandfather (a colonel/ palkovnik in the Red Army no less) i'm quite used to seeing these ancient devices. Watching a US-American "working" with these gives me those rare fuzzy Apollo-Soyuz vibes.
It is so that my { late mother ) the youngest of four siblings -
3 girls and 1 boy were of Russian parents.
The 3 eldest were born in Russia - the Youngest who became
my mother was born in UKRAINE on November 1, 1920
Her brother { My Uncle was an electronics and Electrical Engineer )
He taught me how to drive when I was age 8 and taught me how
to repair Radio - I was building radios by age 10
My mother and all of her siblings also spoke 8 languages.
I was speaking 5 languages by age 5 - and learned other languages
since then.
MAGYAR was too difficult so I gave up on that language - and just
remember a few words that are also common in German - Turkish - and
Polish -- simply because the words have a common source from
Persian - Kurdish and Sanskrit - that fused into Austro-Hungarian
@@andrew_koala2974 Hungarian indeed has a few loan words from neighboring peoples - how could they not - despite considerable efforts through the mid 1700s of eradicating them.
That said, there is no and never had been any Austro-Hungarian language as they are entirely nonoverlapping, linguistically speaking. Words adopted on either side during the timeframe of their alliance does not render them a common tongue. Source: I'm rather fluent in both Hungarian and German.
Have a nice one!
geez, that needle on the Soviet one is hair-fine. Absolutely gorgeous bit of kit, inside and out.
When it was opened, I gasped.
There are also 70s Ц series multimeters that have a real mirror reflective strip along the gauge so that you can read the hair fine needle more precise
Probably because they copied from a German instrument that had class 1 movement - precision movements need fine needles - oh, and they break like mechanical pencil leads if you so much as bump them - can be replaced with very thin wire (even 45 gauge will be stiff if just a half inch long) in a pinch as long as the instrument is meant for horizontal operation (verticals depend so much on balancing that you would be SOL fixing a needle).
Whenever I buy something like this, I like to send a quick message to the seller. Generally, a short note letting them know that you'd appreciate a local newspaper/periodical is all it takes to get a treat, if you're so inclined!
Oh, and maybe they could help with a rough translation, too :)
In order to measure the capacitance you have to connect 195-245V@50Hz AC source phase to "U" terminal, neutral to common "*", than capacitor for test to "Cx" and common "*". Keep in mind that it provides about 25V AC to "Cx" terminal, so you cannot use it for measuring polarized capacitors.
All you describe makes it a hard pass for me. I want to live!
Leave him be, clearly he can not read an electric diagram. But his videos are fun.
5:47 I'm from Germany and we seem to do it the same way here as the Soviets did back then. In physics/electronics we differentiate between the unit and the symbol used in the formula. For example, Voltages are all prefixed or named using U, like a common UB which stands for "Betriebsspannung" or operating voltage, while the unit is in Volts, with the typical V shorthand. So it's common see a UB = +12V somewhere. Same with current, the symbol in formulas is I with the unit shorthand A for Amperes. ✌️
Before ww2 Soviet Russia had a lot of connections with Germany. And German was much more common as a second language than english or French. So it is very possible that this multimeter is a copy or some sort of development of a German one. Including the markings.
The insights have a strong German engineering vibe.
In Czechia the standard for voltage is also "U". Thus Ohm's law is: U = I * R. Which reminds me that the symbol for a resistor in electrical diagrams is also different. Instead of a zigzag English speaking countries use, it is drawn as a rectangle.
U is for Unterschied :)
Each one of your videos is a unique gift, thank you for entertaining me without any kind of technical lesson. 🤪
wow another video from my favorite SOVIET-TOOL-REVIEW-RUclipsR
i hope for many more SOVIET-TOOL-REVIEWS on this SOVIET-TOOL-REVIEW-Channel
For Soviet stuff DiodeGoneWild is a pro. He's lived it his whole life.
Man, your “Bozhe moy” was incredible. I laughed my arse out! 😂
I really like the Katjuscha-Melody you played at 12:43. Such a wonderfull tune to listen while working on old electronics.
That song, and the multiple rocket launcher named after it, is the basis of the whole “from Russia with love” thing.
In the song the girl, katyusha, sends her love, by way of the clouds, to her sweetheart fighting on the front (it’s a WWII song).
And once the rocket launcher was invented it started sending its own sort of “love”, by way of the clouds, over to the front.
Gotta hand it to those old Soviets, they knew how to name a weapon!
@@fragdude, That sounds like the type of Dear John" letter that no soldier, Soviet or otherwise, ever wanted to be on the receiving end of......💥
That thing is sick. you cant get anything better than something made by hand with people that care. Just having something in your hand like that vs something new and made over seas is really something else. I treasure each tool i have that is decades older than me
Honestly, soviet-era tech is beautiful. They got stuff done in such a beautiful way.
When i was working as a technician fixing electronic devices i would have KILLED for a multi meter that could read capacitance. Soooooooo many times it would have made my life so much easier.
As a 57 year old engineer/tech - i cann vouch that the soviet multimeter is a work of art. We had late 60s / early 70's Simpson multimeters and unlike that soviet meter, when you opened up a Simpson it was a rats nest of wiring. They looked like the backside of a VW beetle dash inside!!!!!!!!
Don't get me wrong, they were dead nuts accurate, but it looked like a bird wired it. The old, this wire goes here, this goes here, this goes here, with no regard for harnessing or tangles.
EDIT: If that late 50s simpson had a PCB - It makes me wonder what era those Simpson meters we had at school (in the 80s) with the birds nest wiring were from!!!!
@@majortom5838 My friend Ben was an expert on tube amps and hi-fi, and he told me that routing the wiring all neat and pretty in a tube amp was a sure way to get crosstalk and interference. He learned this by assembling his second Stereo 70 "like train tracks" and he said it sounded awful. He had to rewire it point to point.
@@majortom5838 An eyelet board, exactly how they were put together, like an old chassis/tube tv - Thanks!!!!
All of the students at my high school pretty much had their own digital DMMs
@@brianwelch1579 a former colleague had attempted to "improve" a VHF signal booster, as a teen, by straightening out the wires. Unsurprisingly it didn't work anymore. Board traces are in fact poor quality transmission lines, pigtails from point to point are common in RF.
The Soviet Multimeter is absolutely right, they used the international dimension symbols U and I etc., while V and A are the unit symbols, but both are somewhat correct, but U and I is even a little bit more correct, because you select more what you want to measure, than the unit. But you could argument the other way round, too.
Look at this RUclipsr accidentally outing his _true_ bosses via a mistaken slip of address! More seriously, well done. That was a fun joke for those of us who caught it.
You have got to be kidding me!
1976 - 77 I lived in Tehran, Iran. I was a senior in high school (Tehran American School). I was taking a physics class and my instructor was very cool. We took a field trip to Russia (Iran borders on what was Russia at the time) and I picked up a meter just like that!! (except that it was brand new)
Later in 79 I worked on an offshore drilling rig in the gulf of mexico as an electrician / electronics tech (Thank you Arkansas College of Technology) and used the Simpson 260 almost every day. SO.. on the rig I had the Russian meter, more of a novelty, and the 260.
Never thought I would see one of those again, despite visiting present day Russia 13 trips.
P.S. I went on to get my electronics degree and worked offshore as electronics tech on high tech DP rigs for many years. retired in 2014 and have invented a ton of things since.
They need to add a second or third like button for videos like this.
Also, while the west had a lot of success sabotaging them later on, 60s factory workers in the soviet union were doing pretty good for the most part.
For real. I had videos recommended after this one that were just AI voiced garbage over stock footage with twice as many views. Bring back actual humans with actual knowledge doing actually interesting things!
Im a spimple man, i see a doubtful technician video featuring some foreign tool.. i click.
Love the RCR
B R O W N
voice
And so the Soviet rabbit hole that brought me to this channel, and gave me so much other great entertainment, continues!
I know absolutely nothing about the subject of this video. But, you are so entertaining, I had to watch til the end
my late engineer grandad (powerplants) had one exactly like this. Ohh sweet memories. Love you grandpa
Capacitance modes on meters from that era usually relied on you connecting mains(!!!) AC into the circuit as per the manual. I tend to want to test all ranges on collectible meters (which has me dinking around with 1600 volts AC and such rather often...) , but as soon as it says ..." jury rig up such and such external circuit with raw mains voltage...." I tend to .... say eff it, not worth the danger, and that mode would be just to dangerous (raw mains) or inconvenient (iso transformer, variac, dim bulb limiter...) to really use...
I love your videos
Way back in time, I learned to be a tech with a Simpson. Digital meters started coming in, but they weren't portable at first so they were inconvenient for working on the big radio transmitters we maintained. Analog meters are also good for checking for smooth operation of a potentiometer.
outro was so good, when i don't have a video of yours i get the DTs
More videos like these please, it's very interesting to see old soviet and american equipment. Try some from the DDR too if possible :)
I love the b roll cutaway for the "sexiest joke" disclaimer. Wouldn't mind more of those to throw in other jokes now and then.
man, very nice video. Enjoyed everything about it. Someone mentioned soyuz-apollo vibes and, god, I wish the world were more like it these days. thak you
6:30 These markings are a direct consequence of the textual representation of Ohm's law. U=IR
The problem is that in English-speaking countries, Ohm's law is written as "V = IR".
@@TheDeadfast It's just that someone very smart in the Soviet Union decided that "V" could also mean Volume and Velocity and it could get confusing. So it'll be U like latin V!
I love the address of the John Henry Hammond House took me down a neat rabbit hole of why the soviets bought a mansion in New York
Love the music box scene with Katyusha. That was clever.
Bloody hell, I had one of those. I got it after my grandfather died, used it in my teens as I was a radio hobbyist, but then my parents threw it away when I moved out at 16
Cool fact. Depending on who you ask, Tiraspol is not in Moldova. It's the capital city of Transnistria. A breakaway state. Officially, part of Moldova, but de facto independent republic with its own government, military, currency and so on. Also, according to many, it's the last Soviet state in the world. The iron curtain never fell for them. So, awesomely enough, you got a soviet tool, from the last and only soviet place on earth.
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When I have some serious work to do, I trust my analog meter. For convenience, a digital is great, but you can't replace an analog. Numbers jumping around don't tell you much, but a keen eye can learn a lot from a needle that fluctuates. Although most of my work is automotive, I still have to deal with a lot of electronics and there is a very old analog meter in the shop that is my "go to" when I need something I can trust. I have to agree that the wiring in that Soviet meter IS a work of art. I also love the inside of vintage guitar amps of that era too.
У вас хорошее русское произношение
Спасибо!
Fun fact, the package you received isn't just from Maldova. The city of Tiraspol is also the capital city of the (mostly unrecognized) country of Transnistria, which (among other interesting anicdotes) still uses a soviet republic flag.
Soon Will be in RF ..
Beautiful Soviet engineering! For things that needed to be precise, the Soviets made their stuff precise.
Your wife's right at least in Germany since elementary school I never bought paper with lines again...
In elementary school we had to buy at least three different types of lined paper. For almost every class a different one. (Disclaimer for international viewers: In Germany elementary school is usually from classes one to four.)
I love how you open boxes.
I love those external retaining rings holding the three black knobs!
Music box and a multi-meter Soviet Ganga Style! Basic USA 1940’s (Soviet 1960’s) old school device. But only Proletariat Socialist Patriotic Batteries will work. Decantant Western Capitalistic Batteries will cause corruption! Only Socialist Power will give superior Performance.
The music box segment was great
"I have to assume it is result of national stubbornness, too proud to conform with international standard of measurement, so they had to use their own. Pretty dumb in my option. Anyway..." -> Proceeds to measure dimensions in inch...
Bulgarian here. The Ohm's law here is taught as U = I . R. That is U = Voltage, I = Current, R = Resistance and their SI units are Volt, Ampere, Ohm (Greek Omega).
PS. I'd say it's the proper notation, since Georg Simon Ohm is German and Germans have it as R = U / I = const.
When you said before that you don't want to turn this channel into soviet tool rewiews, i knew this wouldn't be the case. And so did you. Спасибо за обзор!
I liked the 1992 joke the most
I learned on a Simpson, back in USAF Tech school for Aircraft Electrical systems training (1987). They were great meters, with excellent build quality. Once on the flightline, sometime around 1990, we switched to the Fluke 7. Best digital multimeter of all time. Build like a tank, easy controls, and accurate. Dropped it off wing of a C-130 once. Didn't phase it at all.
I suppose I could be like a good vacuum tube....... get it?
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I swear the PCB you were trying to break looked like Railroad crossing Controller boards I used to work on. I have a bunch of them still in my shed. Norfolk still uses Simpison on testing voltages and currents.
nice!, too bad it's a bit beat up by the previous owner, i found a 4342 combination meter in the local flea market, brand new in the box, from 1984 (with the calibration certificate that says 20/09/1984 and the signature of....someone xD with schematics and component listing).(did a video of it) it is suprisingly accurate and very well protected, if only they write up the 5 and 10 scales, because it only has 25 and when you select something like 10 o 5 you have to do math in your head, that's pretty dumb, other than that i'm pretty happy with it, and i use it often to measure current.
The manliest unboxing I have ever seen.
I'm all about these Soviet tool reviews.
Nice one. But if you want something good as a measurement tool you should look for "Ц43101" or "Ц43103/2". Also, I don't think there were USSR-made wires with silicone insulation, but there are a number with PTFE/glass-fiber reinforced PTFE insulation.
Shout out from Romania to my Moldavian Brother and Sisters that put so much effort to pimp out the insides. Didn't forget about you DT "Hai Noroc"
6:45 - this has nothing to do with national stubbornness. Ω is a unit of measurement, but the selector switch is marked in formula symbols, as in Ohm's law (with a bit of a Soviet twist, U instead of V for the potential difference and lowercase r for resistance).
The music box segment 🤌
The resistance being off could be due to light corrosion on the "music box" contacts. Had equipment with like switches and that was common.
Of course you can't find any soviet stuff from 1992. union of advises collapsed in 1991
Prof in mu uni told us how she "back in her times" was handfiling shunt resistors on factory to make them precise.
On Soviet Russia, you don't measure voltage, voltage measures you.
The Simpson is still manufactured. And it has one major advantage over the digital-it can offer information on the fluctuation of AC current.
The Simpson's main advantage is the tens of thousands of manuals that have been written with it as the test device. That's why it's still made and costs what it does. It's cheaper than rewriting all of those manuals.
@@1pcfredTrue. That and the Fluke is basically the digital equivalent as amongst the best made.
@@sonicmastersword8080 there's better meters than Fluke. But there's no meters laid out quite like Fluke. The layout will be part of a detailed procedure. Standardization is part of institutionalization. Some meters have become institutional standards.
Graphing paper is pretty common for non-graph maths, but that's about it
Wow, the package opening technique using blowtorch should be tried by everybody. The split banana lugs are actually BETTER than the modern soft compressions ones. Lower R, higher A, but they do need to be spread out. Any internal Brass contacts should be checked for R. They do get corrosion films unless exercised regularly. The Needles have a special designation, known as one-RCH thinness. Those of you who know what that means, will recognize the superiority of the RUS meter. They need to be flats vertical. Do NOT use alkaline or zinc batteries in these, replace with modern Lithium cell converter container, to avoid corrosion damage. Ohms readings will be directly affected by battery voltage, not sure what you put in there, but not correct obviously. We used to repair these, many vendors.
U=AC Voltage, V=DC voltage, A=AC Amperage, I=DC Amperage, Z=Impedance (AC), R= Resistance (DC), C/Xc= Capacitive reactance, L/Xc= Inductive reactance.
This is for europe, dunno about Russia.
That was quite a find! I would like to have it for my instrument collection!
For not labeling the Ohms part, it more than likely was simply because it was cheaper to not print a custom label/whatever to print that, instead just using a letter that they already use for labels.
"These chinese made american leads are way better". That's hilarious!!!
Update on the inherited trans am?
I went to tech school in the late 1970s and a Simpson multimeter was the star tool. Until we got to oscope class.
I worked for a place for a month that designed the oxygen generators for the first usa nuclear submarines, treadwell corporation. The servo valve control was massive multi card analog PID system that was designed by Northrop Grumman. you had to use the old meter for troubleshooting because the input resistance was lower than the new dmm. Funny now we can use a tiny arduino for a single servo controller and it would be faster reacting.
I love seeing vintage wax lacing for wire cable management. It's a practice we still use in aerospace... Well, the talented technicians, not me.
This guys humour is gold
R IS international symbol of resistance, and is used in many European tools, while inch IS NOT an international unit.
Huh, a quality Soviet product.
Good show, comrade.
The relationship between R and omega is the same as I and A or U and V
R / U / I are the quantities of resistance, electrical potential difference (usually called voltage, though that kinda makes it confusable with Volt as a unit) and electrical current
Ohm / Volt / Ampere are the units of measurement for their respective quantities
Which I now feel silly for explaining, I may have missed some sort of sarcasm there 🤔
The music… you’re genius 😅
3:15 how did you get into AvEs shop
My grandpa found a simpson just like that at an auction. Were going to try and fix it.
Very cool, thank you for sharing! 👍
These leads belong at a "gender reveal party" ... LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
I love the looks of old meters, i have a couple simpsons 260s and a triplett
Love My 80s Simpson with Multiple batteries.
#GETofMyLawn!!! Boomers tech was awesome. AND Built the current Tech.
I had no idea pcbs were this sturdy!
I have had a Japanese made analog meter that also sported capacitance capability. But a capacitance measurement depended on using AC source. It also required that the capacitor was AC rated, meaning in the old days oil/paper insulated ones. No electrolytic ones. Of course, if your AC source was a Japanese common 100 V AC, 50 Hz, or 60 Hz, you might have two scales for those two frequencies. If the meter was sold to U.S, you might have it provided with a 117 V, 60 Hz scale. Anyway, if you added the capacitor in series with one probe, you could get an approximate capacitance reading. Of course, the capacitor had to tolerate as much as the 100 or 117 V AC. At any other voltage (i.e., using a transformer), you would do a little math…
awesome video, it's fun to see what was on the otherside of the iron curtain, now you just need to find some east german things, also if you want to geek out on stuff try to find japanese hand tools nothing like that :)
These comparison videos are the best, is that a polara on the lift?
its 1:12 am, and youtube just reccommended me this.. i guess im not gonna sleep much today
Brilliant video, I love it!
I thought AVE was crazy opening boxes with a chainsaw...but a torch is a whole new level. Now we just need someone to open a box with a grinder.
He’s used an angle grinder in some videos
If there is no inverted T sign but a long dash in all the signage on the meter face, it means you should only trust measurements taken with the meter horizontal.
Thanks for the upload
About 20 minutes in you said this video wouldn't be complete without some "metering action". I misheard and thought you said "scissoring action". Disappointing to say the least. I even called my wife into the room 'cause she digs that stuff. Anywho thanks for the video. My first meter was a Simpson 260 back in the early 80's. Still got it.
My 260-6P from 1977 still works but rotary the range/function switch is a little harder to
turn than when new.
I think "I" was chosen to signify amps because when Mr Ampere was trying to be recognised, "A" was already in use by the scientific community.
ps: to clean those s/w contacts, don't spray! Cut a long sliver of good quality paper, and drag it carefully between the mating surfaces.
pps: Don't adjust those "Zero" meter adjusters . . until you apply a test current to the meter!
If you're into mechanical watches, check out the Slava 2717! It's a completely indigenously designed soviet watch movement that uses twin mainsprings. quite cool imho, i have like 5 of them lol
First video (I think). Omg I love the deadpan humor
i believe it needs external alternative source, to make an alternative voltage divider