And if I remember correctly that 22.5v battery is only used on the highest ohms scale. If you can live without it the meter is quite happy with an empty battery holder.
A friend of mine had a Tripplett 630 VOM that also needed a 22.5v battery. He cut a block of wood to fit the holder, put a brass thumbtack in each end as contacts, and soldered the wires from a 18vDC wall wart to the thumbtacks. The wall wart idled at about 20-21vDC with no load, and ran the high ohms scale just fine... and he plugged in the wall wart only when he was using that scale. At 03:23 PM 09/03/07, you wrote: >The 22.5 volt battery is about the size of a standard 9 volt, >with bumps at each end (axial body connections at each end). > >They'd be a special order item from the more popular electronic >part sources and since they're not super common anymore. On the >web they pop up cheap enough at $10.95 each. Actually they're >probably cheaper now... than what I paid for the a decade or two >back. > >http://battstore.stores.yahoo.net/evned415225v.html > >cheers, >s. > > > Steve Kometz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > S-1052 is the DC powered only model, S-1063 is the same, but also >had a 110vac input on the back. > > Both used a Burgess 4156 (22 1/2 volt) and a Burgess 130 (1 1/2 >volt) for their batteries. > > I had one for a long time, but got tired of the odd batteries. > > Good meter, 1962 Motorola book lists the price at $285. > > > > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
