Megger wind up tester

[GLENNSPARK]

here:

 

[rocker]

love these old sods.

 

[Silly Sausage]

Be careful you don't rub the scale off when you clean it up!

 

[ipf]

Is this a wind up ?:ihih:

 

[Lucien Nunes]

It is, and it's a much more interesting kind of wind-up than many of the wind-up threads on the forum! Getting to the point, actually where is the point? I can't see the pointer, presumably it's there somewhere?

We'll have to do a 'My First Megger' show and tell. Who else has still got their first Megger or Multimeter?

 

[Silly Sausage]

I think the pointer is looking a bit bent over on the left.

 

[ipf]

It is, and it's a much more interesting kind of wind-up than many of the wind-up threads on the forum! Getting to the point, actually where is the point? I can't see the pointer, presumably it's there somewhere?

We'll have to do a 'My First Megger' show and tell. Who else has still got their first Megger or Multimeter?

Got one stuck away in the stores somewhere.
Been around for quite a while, mate.

 

[Phil]

got one myself in mint condition. not got the book though

 

[tazz]

I still have one in mint condition...and still works fine....proud to have one from my training days

 

[Englishsparks]

Im sure they come into use just after Tony started his working career!!!!!

 

[telectrix]

when tony started, they were treadle types.:32:

 

[Brendan976]

The megger shown was state of the art technology in 1976 when I started my apprenticeship. My first introduction to the megger was "hold this son while we test these cables" and yes you only get caught with that one once.

Ben

 

[oldtimer]

Whats wrong with a bell set to do the job lol

 

[oldtimer]

The megger shown was state of the art technology in 1976 when I started my apprenticeship. My first introduction to the megger was "hold this son while we test these cables" and yes you only get caught with that one once.

Ben

Yep me to hold on tight to the 2 ends son as we can measure the resistance through your body then deduct it from the totat to find the actual lol

 

[i=p/u]

I actually managed todo it to myself being curious.

 

[Des 56]

Using the Megger always required precise teamwork
The operator crocodile clipping the wires to the victims ears had to be so in tune with the handle operator, neither noise nor movement was to cause caution in the mind of said victim

 

[Lucien Nunes]

Back in the good old days when electricity still had some magic in it, you could get 'magneto-electric machines' for curing all diseases known to man and a lot of others besides. Apart from not having a meter and producing spiky AC instead of DC, using one is rather like holding the probes of a Megger and turning the handle. 350V p-p I have measured from one of these - lucky the current is very limited.

 

[Geordie Spark]

I have an ex-colliery one - the case is all metal and it's quite a bit bigger than the bakelite cased ones.

One day, I may learn how to use it .............

 

[Des 56]

I have an ex-colliery one - the case is all metal and it's quite a bit bigger than the bakelite cased ones.

One day, I may learn how to use it .............

Thats the type I had in mind,I used to own one but it disappeared somehow,somewhere
It probably somehow ended up in the possession of someone who may never have used that little gem

 

[Geordie Spark]

Thats the type I had in mind,I used to own one but it disappeared somehow,somewhere
It probably somehow ended up in the possession of someone who may never have used that little gem

This one fell off the back of an NCB lorry as it came through the gates of a colliery nearby.

 

[Des 56]

This one fell off the back of an NCB lorry as it came through the gates of a colliery nearby.

Does it Have "property of Des" stamped on it :smartass2:

 

[Lucien Nunes]

Metal cased... like this one?
This is my first Megger, a late-ish series 2, that I have had since I was about 14 and which served faithfully until I was established enough to buy a pushbutton one. Still pretty accurate and gives out a nice steady 520V IIRC, so it does get used from time to time on my own vintage stuff.

 

[Geordie Spark]

Metal cased... like this one?
This is my first Megger, a late-ish series 2, that I have had since I was about 14 and which served faithfully until I was established enough to buy a pushbutton one. Still pretty accurate and gives out a nice steady 520V IIRC, so it does get used from time to time on my own vintage stuff.View attachment 20227View attachment 20228

YES!! that's the one!

It's on a shelf in my garage. I've had it for about 15 years & never used it.

 

[Knobhead]

Im sure they come into use just after Tony started his working career!!!!!

The early wind up ones we had only went to 500V. 5KV are much more fun!

Yes, I got caught with the key in lock and hand on the handle.

 

[Knobhead]

Back in the good old days when electricity still had some magic in it, you could get 'magneto-electric machines' for curing all diseases known to man and a lot of others besides. Apart from not having a meter and producing spiky AC instead of DC, using one is rather like holding the probes of a Megger and turning the handle. 350V p-p I have measured from one of these - lucky the current is very limited.

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I’m not saying what happened with one of those bloody things other than I was blown out of bed with it!

 

[Knobhead]

I was flat on my back at the foot of the bed, she was hanging off the headboard!

Turn them up and they are bloody evil!


BTW I’ve still got a pair of CyberDog rave pants with a hole burnt though the crutch from a modified thoradic machine!

Electricity is a part of everyone’s life. Some of us push life to the extreme.

 

[ipf]

I was flat on my back at the foot of the bed, she was hanging off the headboard!

Turn them up and they are bloody evil!


BTW I’ve still got a pair of CyberDog rave pants with a hole burnt though the crutch from a modified thoradic machine!

Electricity is a part of everyone’s life. Some of us push life to the extreme.

A bit of positive chemistry........to the extreme, then eh ?

She wasn't a KGB interogator, by any chance ?

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Im sure they come into use just after Tony started his working career!!!!!

ductors were around then as well.....i can assure you..

 

[GLENNSPARK]

I was flat on my back at the foot of the bed, she was hanging off the headboard!

Turn them up and they are bloody evil!


BTW I’ve still got a pair of CyberDog rave pants with a hole burnt though the crutch from a modified thoradic machine!

Electricity is a part of everyone’s life. Some of us push life to the extreme.

i know what your on about you mucky old twyt

 

[Geordie Spark]

i know what your on about you mucky old twyt

Hey .. cut that out!!

Tony is not old!!