Hi! I think this is the right place for this query.
I have a number of moving coil meters that I wish to use for various things about the railway. Some, which are centre zero, will be used for block instruments but they have not come with any idea of their internal resistance. My question is, therefore, how can I determine the resistance of the various meters.
Regards,
John
Moving coul meter resistance
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Re: Moving coul meter resistance
Most multimeters will measure resistance, if you don't have one they can be purchased quite cheaply from the likes of Maplin, B&Q etc. and have lots of other uses round the layout.
eg. http://www.maplin.co.uk/3-in-1-autoranging-multimeter-with-non-contact-detector-46020 There are lots of others.
Keith
eg. http://www.maplin.co.uk/3-in-1-autoranging-multimeter-with-non-contact-detector-46020 There are lots of others.
Keith
Re: Moving coul meter resistance
Keith,
Thank you for that. I hadn't thought of using my multimeter. I thought there was some more esoteric way of getting the resistance.
Regards,
John
Thank you for that. I hadn't thought of using my multimeter. I thought there was some more esoteric way of getting the resistance.
Regards,
John
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Re: Moving coul meter resistance
The current issue of MRJ, 220 contains an article by Mike Norris on the building of his block instruments which make use of coil meters and contains information about how to change a meter where the pointer moves across the whole of the scale, known as full scale deflection, to one where the pointer will be in the centre, which is what is normally required for a block instrument display.
Terry Bendall
Terry Bendall
Re: Moving coul meter resistance
Terry,
Yes, a very good article. If I need more meters, it is not a very large railway and it is very slow in coming together, I will certainly use Mike Norris's methods.
Regards,
John
Yes, a very good article. If I need more meters, it is not a very large railway and it is very slow in coming together, I will certainly use Mike Norris's methods.
Regards,
John
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