Re: [volt-nuts] Best way to measure micro Ohms

2017-09-18 Thread Chuck Harris
If this stuff is what I think it is, it does contain a sand of sharp, probably aluminum oxide, abrasive. The idea is when you bolt the connection together, the abrasive will break through the aluminum oxide layer on the conductors, and will mushroom out the aluminum as the abrasive burrows in, mak

Re: [volt-nuts] Best way to measure micro Ohms

2017-09-18 Thread george
The reason that DC is used commercially to measure resistance is simple, if you use AC you may well get the reactive component as well as the resistance coming into play. Such low resistance measurements commercially are normally only made on high current power distribution networks as part of

Re: [volt-nuts] Best way to measure micro Ohms

2017-09-18 Thread Todd Micallef
Dave, It looks like IET updated the design of the instrument with better switching. If you download the manual from the IET website, they still show the older model. I wonder if the newer model incorporates a front switch that enables the pulsed mode that was added by the owner on EEVBlog? I can't

Re: [volt-nuts] Best way to measure micro Ohms

2017-09-18 Thread Dr. David Kirkby (Kirkby Microwave Ltd)
On 18 September 2017 at 18:36, Todd Micallef wrote: > Dave, > > Another meter is the Cambridge LOM-510A. I am not sure if it is in your > budget but there has been a review made on EEVBlog. There is one currently > on eBay with a current amplifier that I have never seen before today. It > may be

Re: [volt-nuts] Best way to measure micro Ohms

2017-09-18 Thread Todd Micallef
Dave, Another meter is the Cambridge LOM-510A. I am not sure if it is in your budget but there has been a review made on EEVBlog. There is one currently on eBay with a current amplifier that I have never seen before today. It may be worth reviewing if it meets your needs. Todd On Mon, Sep 18, 20

Re: [volt-nuts] Time Electronics Ltd 9822

2017-09-18 Thread Illya Tsemenko
Hi, Perhaps you will find my worklog at xdevs.com/fix/te9823 useful. On September 18, 2017 7:03:56 AM GMT+08:00, george wrote: >Hi all > >I have a Time Electronics 9822 Multifunction AC-DC Calibrator which has >put its feet in to the air. Does anyone have a schematic or know >anything about thi

[volt-nuts] Time Electronics Ltd 9822

2017-09-18 Thread george
Hi all I have a Time Electronics 9822 Multifunction AC-DC Calibrator which has put its feet in to the air. Does anyone have a schematic or know anything about this unit? My suspicions are that the power supply/supplies have failed. 73 George G6HIG _