Megger Mft 1552

[stuartgil]

Just managed to bag myself a great deal on a second hand mft 1552, Won it for £300 on ebay although no calibration cert, every other test lead is included in the sale plus the charging unit and batteries. The guy told me that getting the unit calibrated is expensive and to register myself against the machine instead, tbh I'm at a bit of a lose, I thought calibration is around 60-100 mark! :willy_nilly:

 

[MDJ]

well i have a megger as well....its an old megger CM200 mind.....
does this mean i can `keep face`?

yup great bit of kit lol, actually I like the old robin I have, out of date now but lovely bit of kit and cheap too compaired to the meggar.

 

[somersetsparks]

yup great bit of kit lol, actually I like the old robin I have, out of date now but lovely bit of kit and cheap too compaired to the meggar.

I like the old robin with d-lok, no good for modern rcds/rcbo's but brilliant for testing 100ma time delays and above, accurate readings >>FAST>>

Just shows though its from the mid nineties and has never been repaired, the megger 1720 is 8 months old and been in twice for repair and about to go again!

 

[SPARTYKUS]

I've posted this before but I bet there was a conversation,well, a bit like this:

"is that new megger ready yet to market"?

"no, its not fully tested yet"

"well, looking at the figures and timescales I see you have spent the testing budget already, and overran the testing schedule by 2 weeks. It's tested ENOUGH - release it for marketing and we'll snag any anomolies as, er, well, er, 'enhancements'"

"But its not tested"

"shut up and release it"

 

[GLENNSPARK]

yup great bit of kit lol, actually I like the old robin I have, out of date now but lovely bit of kit and cheap too compaired to the meggar.

no mike...no....
whats wrong with the older stuff.....nowt thats what i will say
and (and i will say this again)...theres still a place for an analogue low resistance ohmmeter in anyones test compendium.....every electrician should have one...

 

[MDJ]

no mike...no....
whats wrong with the older stuff.....nowt thats what i will say
and (and i will say this again)...theres still a place for an analogue low resistance ohmmeter in anyones test compendium.....every electrician should have one...

well it's for sale if you want it Glen lol

 

[GLENNSPARK]

well it's for sale if you want it Glen lol

got several anologue ohmmeters mike....i may be tempted to find a spot for another one though

 

[stuartgil]

I think by charging unit he means it came with re-chargeable batteries, and the unit is for them?

yeah this is what I meant, sorry for not getting back sooner, and I did also read that megger don't recommend the use of rechargeable batteries so why would they supply a charging unit with rechargeable batteries for the 1552?

 

[Resu]

The previous owner clearly didn't know that it wasn't recommended to use rechargeables.

 

[Jay Sparks]

go for value for money....good callibration houses will allow 24 hours in a climate controlled room for instruments to `normalise` before puttin em on the rig....
which begs me to ask why my part pis assessor tried offering me `callibration` out of the back of his car....

He did mine at a house I was working at.lol

I normally use a lab near me but he txt me and said it needed doing.....i totaly forgot and it was a week out of date!!! I couldn't book it in to the normal place for two weeks and I needed it for a few jobs, so I thought id give him a shot.

 

[stuartgil]

The previous owner clearly didn't know that it wasn't recommended to use rechargeables.

could be so, do we then use your standard aa batteries?

 

[GLENNSPARK]

He did mine at a house I was working at.lol

I normally use a lab near me but he txt me and said it needed doing.....i totaly forgot and it was a week out of date!!! I couldn't book it in to the normal place for two weeks and I needed it for a few jobs, so I thought id give him a shot.

and he just kind of `homed in` did he?....pathetic...not you.....`im...
the bottom line here is you cant expect to give an ohmmeter the best of chances can you...if it isnt in a stable environment....think about it.....the rig it will be put on has the advantage of being in a stable environment...and so it follows that the ohmmeter that its supposed to be verifying...has also to be `conditioned` to the same environment....how the hell do you acheave this out of the arse end of a car/van?.....