21 Aug
2009
21 Aug
'09
3:26 p.m.
On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Tony Duell<ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
I am unsurprised.
But, not to
worry!, Tony is probably the only one here who connects his
power cords to a meter before he connects them to their intended target!
Err, of course I do (and I am not being sarcastic). I also 'megger' them
(does that make senze across the Pond? A 'Megger' over here is a
megohmeter that uses a high test voltage (perhaps 1000V) to detect
insualtion breakdown).
Yes. The term applies here as well.
My guess is that if I can find this cable, it'll
either have nothing on
the other emd, or a US 115V/15A plug. Which I would cut off and replace
with a UK mains plug (the 9125A has a voltage selector for 115V/230V
mains). In whcih case I can get the polarity right.
My Victor Comptometer* is marked 100-130VAC on the bottom, so I'm OK there.
-ethan
* for the curious, it's a model 12E.523.157C, whatever that means. I
just dismantled the Bakelite plug housing and what I need is similar
to what we have been discussing, but not identical. I have three
round fat (4.5mm?) brass pins in a similar high-middle-low
arrangement, sticking out of the back of the machine. They appear to
be in the pattern N-G-H, based on which one is fused. Every time I
look at the nameplate, I think of the line from "Are You Being Served"
where the wife of a couple shopping at the store accuses her
accountant husband of infidelity with "... the girl on the
comptometer. It all adds up!"