I would have liked to have watched the person that built that piece of gear together. It is so tight it must have had a certain process to do it correctly
Why not measure the rectifier forward V drop of each section separetly to see if they match and if not replace the suspect one with an equivalent diode/resistor combination?
Glad you enjoy it! I just got a response back from Triplett, they sent me an old PDF of the manual for it. I'm going to clean it up and send it to BAMA manuals so it will be available to people online. Still nothing that helps though. I will say, the fact that I did get a response speaks volumes for their customer service!
Well, Triplett came through! They found a spec sheet on that Rectifier and sent it to me along with a better version of the Manual. I'm beyond impressed. They did not need to do any of this as this meter is from the mid 1940's. I may have to get a new meter from them just to show them some support! I'll be putting all this info into a folder on the Antique Radio Archeology FB page.
I spent 20 years maintaining radios in war zones. I'm actually surprised I used an actual tool there. In all seriousness, I'll always use the right tool if it's readily available. In this case it wasn't. Someone else called me out on that in another video. Since then I've been trying really hard to make sure the right tools are available.
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I would have liked to have watched the person that built that piece of gear together. It is so tight it must have had a certain process to do it correctly
Why not measure the rectifier forward V drop of each section separetly to see if they match and if not replace the suspect one with an equivalent diode/resistor combination?
I know you have probably done this but have you contacted Triplett?
I did send them an e-mail on the subject, I haven't heard back yet. If I do I'll post something on here.
@@antiqueradioarcheology-wil8878 I really enjoy your channel!
Glad you enjoy it! I just got a response back from Triplett, they sent me an old PDF of the manual for it. I'm going to clean it up and send it to BAMA manuals so it will be available to people online. Still nothing that helps though. I will say, the fact that I did get a response speaks volumes for their customer service!
Outstanding!
Well, Triplett came through! They found a spec sheet on that Rectifier and sent it to me along with a better version of the Manual. I'm beyond impressed. They did not need to do any of this as this meter is from the mid 1940's. I may have to get a new meter from them just to show them some support! I'll be putting all this info into a folder on the Antique Radio Archeology FB page.
Why in the world would you use needle nose pliers on nuts in such a sensitive piece of equipment?
I spent 20 years maintaining radios in war zones. I'm actually surprised I used an actual tool there. In all seriousness, I'll always use the right tool if it's readily available. In this case it wasn't. Someone else called me out on that in another video. Since then I've been trying really hard to make sure the right tools are available.
Certainly in a war zone it would be acceptable!!!@@antiqueradioarcheology-wil8878