johnnymag3 2,520 #13801 Posted November 30, 2021 (edited) there are parts and pieces all over the engine....and tin covers....and maybe some thrown to the Wheel Horse Gods.... It was making 7 volts AC when taken apart Edited November 30, 2021 by johnnymag3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gregor 4,846 #13802 Posted November 30, 2021 Didn't you have a broken one? Or was that someone else. I am so confused. With my meter set on 200 it reads 00.1, and 00.3 This is what has always befuddled me about ohm meters. Maybe someone can explain it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gregor 4,846 #13803 Posted November 30, 2021 (edited) Tried another meter. That didn't answer any questions. Tried yet another meter. My Fluke. The most expensive and supposedly the best. That didn't answer any questions either. But at least they all agree. All 3 meters had a reading of 0.1 through the leads themselves. Edited November 30, 2021 by Gregor 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jacob S 67 #13804 Posted November 30, 2021 Movin some wood 2 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kpinnc 12,028 #13805 Posted November 30, 2021 2 hours ago, Gregor said: All 3 meters had a reading of 0.1 through the leads themselves. Do they go to zero of you put the leads to one another? If you're holding the tips together with your fingers, it may be reading you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gregor 4,846 #13806 Posted November 30, 2021 5 hours ago, kpinnc said: Do they go to zero of you put the leads to one another? If you're holding the tips together with your fingers, it may be reading you. No, The .1 reading is with the leads together 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kpinnc 12,028 #13807 Posted November 30, 2021 Strange, but it could literally be the resistance of the leads. Strange because I always understood meters to be calibrated to zero through existing leads... Guessing I'm right back to your original point. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gregor 4,846 #13808 Posted November 30, 2021 If they were REALLY expensive meters, they may have a setting of 20 ohms, or even 2 ohms. Then the difference would show up. Example Meter 1--------0.087 Meter 2--------1.432 Meter 3--------0.100 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cleat 5,972 #13809 Posted November 30, 2021 The old analog meters had a knob to set zero with leads touching. Digital ones do not have this. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maxwell-8 4,275 #13810 Posted November 30, 2021 (edited) I repaired and reinforced a known weak point on the c1x1 and 300,400 and 500 series. This is on my c141D Edited November 30, 2021 by Maxwell-8 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,494 #13811 Posted November 30, 2021 2 minutes ago, Maxwell-8 said: I repaired and reinforced a known weak point on the c1x1 and 300,400 and 500 series. Looks good. What did you use for materials and welder etc? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gregor 4,846 #13812 Posted November 30, 2021 Some day my wife is going to buy me one of these for anniversary. Boy will she be surprised. Meter 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,494 #13813 Posted November 30, 2021 21 minutes ago, Gregor said: Some day my wife is going to buy me one of these for anniversary. Boy will she be surprised. Meter Try buying tools for Trina. She uses them!! 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maxwell-8 4,275 #13814 Posted November 30, 2021 51 minutes ago, ebinmaine said: Looks good. What did you use for materials and welder etc? Thanks, I just used this inexpensive welder with fluxcorewire. My Makita battery powered grinder. And the metal is from this table I had to shorten the horizontal legs: free and the same gauge steel. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,494 #13815 Posted November 30, 2021 4 minutes ago, Maxwell-8 said: metal is from this table Niiiiice. Excellent usage of reusage. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maxwell-8 4,275 #13816 Posted November 30, 2021 1 minute ago, ebinmaine said: Niiiiice. Excellent usage of reusage. All the money I save that way, will allow me to buy an extra horse in the long run 1 1 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Kennell 38,173 #13817 Posted November 30, 2021 27 minutes ago, ebinmaine said: Niiiiice. Excellent usage of reusage. I use a lot of unwanted bed frame rails in my projects. They are free or nearly free. I pick them up curbside for free and at auctions for the $1.00 minimum bid. 5 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 41,111 #13818 Posted November 30, 2021 2 minutes ago, Ed Kennell said: I use a lot of unwanted bed frame rails in my projects. They are free or nearly free. I pick them up curbside for free and at auctions for the $1.00 minimum bid. Those bed frames are good steel! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 41,111 #13819 Posted November 30, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Gregor said: Some day my wife is going to buy me one of these for anniversary. Boy will she be surprised. Meter Get a Simpson 260! Edited November 30, 2021 by squonk 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,494 #13820 Posted November 30, 2021 4 minutes ago, Ed Kennell said: I use a lot of unwanted bed frame rails in my projects. They are free or nearly free. I pick them up curbside for free and at auctions for the $1.00 minimum bid. Another great trick I picked up from the likes of you on this here site. Thanks all for that. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gregor 4,846 #13821 Posted November 30, 2021 8 minutes ago, squonk said: Get a Simpson 260! That's what I really want, but I could not find specs. I want one with 20 ohm scale,(or less) not 20K ohms, or even 200. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 41,111 #13822 Posted November 30, 2021 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Gregor said: That's what I really want, but I could not find specs. I want one with 20 ohm scale,(or less) not 20K ohms, or even 200. https://simpsonelectric.com/wp-content/uploads/File/datasheets/2608.pdf https://simpsonelectric.com/products/test-equipment/vom-multimeters/260-8-260-8p/ Edited November 30, 2021 by squonk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kpinnc 12,028 #13823 Posted November 30, 2021 I bet we threw away dozens of the Simpsons at the phone company years back. Those were required equipment in any good tech's arsenal back in the day. If I'd known then what I know now... 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gregor 4,846 #13824 Posted November 30, 2021 13 minutes ago, squonk said: https://simpsonelectric.com/wp-content/uploads/File/datasheets/2608.pdf https://simpsonelectric.com/products/test-equipment/vom-multimeters/260-8-260-8p/ Maybe I will get one for our anniversary, and one for.................ground hog day! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Kennell 38,173 #13825 Posted November 30, 2021 No Simpsons, but I do have Tripletts. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
