16 May
2012
16 May
'12
11:32 a.m.
Just looked up "Megger" on WikiP and discovered that it's all part of
the same group as AVO. The name of the company producing the gadged
AVO is of course an acronym for Amps, Volts, Ohms. The AVOmeter was one
of the firrst multimeters in the UK (I think you can find them form the
1930s, if not earlier).
Old hands over here use the term 'AVO' (or AVOmeter) generically to refer
to a multimeter, even if not of that make. So if one fo them says 'Have
yuo got an AVO?' and you hand him a Fluke 87, he'll be happy (although
the company lawyers won't be :-))
AVO made other test gear too. Their valve testers (or 'Valve
Characteristic Meters' are rather nice instruemnts, for example. I've
also used AVO brand signal generators, bridges and transistor testers.
-tony