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Old 17th May 2022, 10:47 am   #8
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Default Re: Megger. Evershed & Vignoles hand crank - series 2?

Not the first time i've come across a dearth of data about one of the early hand-cranked testers:

I found the date 1943 inside a 'Record Minor', this is a design that also lacks a capacitor, and it's low on output. In the end i put it back together on the assumption that struggling to get 50v out of it was probably symptomatic of shorted windings. Nicely made and good to work on, loads of room inside, but ultimately demoted to curio/paperweight status. I was in the dark with this model, no information data or advice came forward.

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