Eagle K1400 Multimeter

[Yorkie]

The general construction of your meter is very similar to my K142 valve voltmeter. The original designer and manufacturer of these meters was a company called Kyoritsu.

Al

Thanks for the info Al.

I've temporarily hooked up some batteries and the meter seems to work fine, with a nicely damped needle movement. I'm aware of the limitaitons of using analogue meters with relatively low input impedances of 20,000 OPV (Avo 8 etc) as compared to a valve voltmeter, especially on low voltage equipment , but as long as those limitations are understood (often they seem not to be), it's rather nice to use them in preference to digital meters, especially when peaking up circuits and we want to see a needle move rather than digits bobbing about all over the place.

This one has a lovely clear and uncluttered screen.

As I've passed through life I've long since conclued that there is little correlation between money expended and enjoyment derived, and this is one more example - £2.00 spent on a 40 yr old meter, rescued from an uncertain fate in a heap of junk at an autojumble, and another £1.89 to repair it to give it a new lease of life. A nice little find for those such as myself whose formative years were back in the era of 'make do and mend' - not 'use it up and chuck it away'.