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is that meter the one that can test faulty capacitors?
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The Leather Bottle, in Pleshey , if I remember correctly.
I'll have to wing out there again, one of these days.
Strange old part of the world, round there...
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Yes, and?
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It has a capacitance test function. I'll give it a try & see how accurate it seems. I'm sure I've got some caps knocking about somewhere.
What's the continuity beep like? If you rapidly tap the probes together does it keep up?
Capacitance test against known good capacitors reads the same as my other meter, although my other meter does not read to .3 places!
Just found a torch on it, I really should read the book
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I got some electronics in a tube.
It's an electronic hydrometer, for fermenting beer. Chuck it in the fermenter and it floats at an angle, measures the angle and calculates specific gravity. It does temperature too, and uploads the data to the web.
Here's the graph from a batch of Hazy Pale Ale I did yesterday.
Blue line is gravity, started at 1.040 and has already dropped to 1.023, temperature dropped from 33 to 22. (Definitely pitched the yeast too hot but it seems to have survived.
It's an electronic hydrometer, for fermenting beer. Chuck it in the fermenter and it floats at an angle, measures the angle and calculates specific gravity. It does temperature too, and uploads the data to the web.
Here's the graph from a batch of Hazy Pale Ale I did yesterday.
Blue line is gravity, started at 1.040 and has already dropped to 1.023, temperature dropped from 33 to 22. (Definitely pitched the yeast too hot but it seems to have survived.
Does AC non contact voltage detection as well, just set it and point the head of the unit, it can't see through walls but picks up live sockets, switches and cables well enough. Has a live NCV setting as well not tried that with a probe yet, I like it.Today @MattF can take the blame for me acquiring a new multimeter
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Something I've been after for years finally turned up!
No not the oxy reg nearly as old as me, but the fitting it's attached to;
It's a "Pin index" yoke (ISO 407 fitting), to fit med gas cylinders. Finally I can use up this BOC C size I've had rolling around the garage floor for years!
The Pin Index system has a pair of holes in the valve face and mating pins in the yoke, so you ordinarily can't put an O2 reg on a CO2 cylinder, but conveniently the pins have already been pulled out of this one. I was anticipating spending an hour with a mounted stone getting rid of them.
I think I'll swap the reg out for a new CO2 one and stick this back on eBay, probably get back what I paid for it.
Interestingly, the reg is stamped 2002, but there's an inspection sticker dated 2015. Does that mean someone has the authority to recertify/service an out of date regulator?
No not the oxy reg nearly as old as me, but the fitting it's attached to;
It's a "Pin index" yoke (ISO 407 fitting), to fit med gas cylinders. Finally I can use up this BOC C size I've had rolling around the garage floor for years!
The Pin Index system has a pair of holes in the valve face and mating pins in the yoke, so you ordinarily can't put an O2 reg on a CO2 cylinder, but conveniently the pins have already been pulled out of this one. I was anticipating spending an hour with a mounted stone getting rid of them.
I think I'll swap the reg out for a new CO2 one and stick this back on eBay, probably get back what I paid for it.
Interestingly, the reg is stamped 2002, but there's an inspection sticker dated 2015. Does that mean someone has the authority to recertify/service an out of date regulator?
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No, out of date regs cannot be certified by anyone.Something I've been after for years finally turned up!
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No not the oxy reg nearly as old as me, but the fitting it's attached to;
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It's a "Pin index" yoke (ISO 407 fitting), to fit med gas cylinders. Finally I can use up this BOC C size I've had rolling around the garage floor for years!
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The Pin Index system has a pair of holes in the valve face and mating pins in the yoke, so you ordinarily can't put an O2 reg on a CO2 cylinder, but conveniently the pins have already been pulled out of this one. I was anticipating spending an hour with a mounted stone getting rid of them.
I think I'll swap the reg out for a new CO2 one and stick this back on eBay, probably get back what I paid for it.
Interestingly, the reg is stamped 2002, but there's an inspection sticker dated 2015. Does that mean someone has the authority to recertify/service an out of date regulator?
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out of date mine are over 50 years old and were second hand when i got them used them last week to braze an outdoor seat backrest. keep er indoors happy 
the hoses are in good nick but had to cut a few inch of the the ends leading in to the flashback arestors as they bend over and crack
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That's what I'd always thought, but seeing this sticker got me wondering. I know dive equipment is serviced regularly, it's not unreasonable that a suitable trained technician should be able to replace a perished diaphragm, clean, lube and inspect everything else and call it good for another year or five.
Anyway, I've got no intention to use it, I don't even have an oxygen bottle.
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I argued the same with the gas inspector (a colleague at ESAB). He had had the repair training at Victor in USA, but there's just no insurance/route to certification. Can you imagine the cost of the liability insurance if you get it wrong.
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You do know you can buy them?
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I know but that's unfair.
Plus YouTube can sue you for that
