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| AdeV:
Over here, there's quite a lively discussion going on about AVO multimeters. Having never belonged to the AVO owner's club, I'm curious: 1) Why are they so sought after, compared to any modern analogue multimeter? 2) If I were to peruse eBay, there seem to be dozens for sale. Which is considered "the" one to have, assuming one wants to use it as a general purpose multimeter? I'm not (necessarily!) proposing to buy one.... I have 2 working DMMs here right now; although I fried my last analogue one many moons ago. |
| Fergus OMore:
I saw one on one of these restoration programmes being made into a radio. Maybe the answer? Cheers Norm |
| Sea.dog:
"I'm not (necessarily!) proposing to buy one.... I have 2 working DMMs here right now; although I fried my last analogue one many moons ago." You're clearly a beginner :D I've three Beckmans, all over 30 years old, a TMK500 from the 1960s and a very nice AVO 8 in the original leather case. To say nothing of three or four clamp meters and a capacitance meter. Analogue meters are better at averaging noisy readings. DMMs have a (usually) fast sample rate so the reading can jump all over the place, whereas the response of an analogue meter is damped. |
| John Rudd:
I worked in the tv trade during my working life, my bestie m8 when I was at school, his dad worked for NEEB.....during those time periods, the AVO 8 was the 'one' to have.... I now have 3 UT50 (x) dvm's at my disposal....not an analog meter in sight... |
| awemawson:
An analogue meter is dramatically easier to use than a digital if the measured quantity is varying as in the case of motor current in a servo loop for instance. There are many other situations where the good old Universal Avo triumphs over a digital, but both have their place. |
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