Dimensions ( W x H x D ) 15 cm x 19 cm x 10 cm / 6" x 7_1/2" x 4"
Portable DC/AC V/A-Meter POST / SIEMENS & HALSKE Germany (1930)
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Class 0.5 3 V .. 300 V DC/AC 450 mV = 450 μA x 1 kΩ
This beautiful instrument came "as-is" without its shunts. Now,
because the ONLY AMPERE-RANGE is 450 μA, a SHUNT was home-made:
Experiments with HELIPOTS & WHEATSTONE BRIDGE resulted in a
3 Ω RESISTOR to have a 150 mA (DC/AC) RANGE available ...
R E M A R K S T O R E S T O R A T I O N :
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AC was not working, because the "KUPFEROXYDUL-MESSGLEICHRICHTER"
G1441/1 (= Bridge-Rectifier ) was defect. ... Disassembling ...
Back Side Front Side A
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... showed: Dead rectifier pearls ! EXPERIMENTS with different
Diode types ( Germanium-, Selen-, Silizium-, Tunnel-, ... ) until
found the SOLUTION: 4 * BAT-43 SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES to replace
the dead pearls - MATCHING THE EXISTING S C A L E CALIBRATION !
The G1441/1 DIAGRAM and a snapshot of the REPAIR PROCEDURE ...
impressum:
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© C.HAMANN http://public.BHT-Berlin.de/hamann 04/27/09
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