help with this meter

[steve1975]

does anyone on here work as a sparky? iv come accross one of these metres and wondered if they can be used for 12v applications on cars as a multimetre :shrug: or just 220v-240v
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Socket-See-Loop-Tester-Multi-Function-PDL-310-/400966844852?hash=item5d5b7c81b4:g:4MAAAOSw8-tWWIuk
regards,
steve.

[freck]

That's an Earth loop impedance tester for testing mains voltage systems, it will be no use whatsoever for testing your car.
It's designed to test earth paths and leakage currents to determine whether a circuit is properly earthed.

[DMGRS]

As above, sadly not.
Best with a good old-fashioned multi meter on anything 12v. :)

[wullie480]

You can get ones that'll work on 12v on eBay for under a tenner.

[steve1975]

ok guys no probs,i'm not bothered as i found it on the side of the road while taking dog for a walk,i'v put a post on my local facebook page if anyone has lost it etc but if no one claims it i'l just sell it i suppose :shrug:

[JIMBV8]

That's not a metre, this is a metre ... :}

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[suzublu]

That's not a metre, this is a metre ... :}

http://s7g3.scene7.com/is/image/ae235?wid=1000&hei=1000&op_sharpen=1&layer=0&size=1000,1000&layer=1&size=1000,1000&src=ae235/7022C_P

Thread title amended;):D

[SD1too]

That's not a metre, this is a metre ...
It's funny isn't it Jim. We see countless American spellings of 'metre' but Steve has made the opposite mistake which is very rare. :D

Simon

[FrenchMike]

In the 1870s and in light of modern precision, a series of international conferences was held to devise new metric standards. The Metre Convention (Convention du Mètre) of 1875 mandated the establishment of a permanent International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM: Bureau International des Poids et Mesures) to be located in Sèvres, France. This new organisation was to construct and preserve a prototype metre bar, distribute national metric prototypes, and maintain comparisons between them and non-metric measurement standards. The organisation created such a bar in 1889 at the first General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM: Conférence Générale des Poids et Mesures), establishing the International Prototype Metre as the distance between two lines on a standard bar composed of an alloy of 90% platinum and 10% iridium, measured at the melting point of ice.[13]

:D

[ratchet]

[QUOTE=FrenchMike;2155375]In the 1870s and in light of modern precision, a series of international conferences was held to devise new metric standards. The Metre Convention (Convention du Mètre) of 1875 mandated the establishment of a permanent International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM: Bureau International des Poids et Mesures) to be located in Sèvres, France. This new organisation was to construct and preserve a prototype metre bar, distribute national metric prototypes, and maintain comparisons between them and non-metric measurement standards. The organisation created such a bar in 1889 at the first General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM: Conférence Générale des Poids et Mesures), establishing the International Prototype Metre as the distance between two lines on a standard bar composed of an alloy of 90% platinum and 10% iridium, measured at the melting point of ice.[13]

Things have moved on since then

The 1889 definition of the metre, based on the international prototype of platinum-iridium, was replaced by the 11th CGPM (1960) using a definition based on the wavelength of krypton 86 radiation. This change was adopted in order to improve the accuracy with which the definition of the metre could be realized, the realization being achieved using an interferometer with a travelling microscope to measure the optical path difference as the fringes were counted. In turn, this was replaced in 1983 by the 17th CGPM (1983, Resolution 1) that specified the current definition, as follows:

The metre is the length of the path travelled by light in vacuum during a time interval of 1/299 792 458 of a second.
It follows that the speed of light in vacuum is exactly 299 792 458 metres per second, c0 = 299 792 458 m/s.

The original international prototype of the metre, which was sanctioned by the 1st CGPM in 1889, is still kept at the BIPM under conditions specified in 1889.

[COLVERT]

[QUOTE=FrenchMike;2155375]In the 1870s and in light of modern precision, a series of international conferences was held to devise new metric standards. The Metre Convention (Convention du Mètre) of 1875 mandated the establishment of a permanent International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM: Bureau International des Poids et Mesures) to be located in Sèvres, France. This new organisation was to construct and preserve a prototype metre bar, distribute national metric prototypes, and maintain comparisons between them and non-metric measurement standards. The organisation created such a bar in 1889 at the first General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM: Conférence Générale des Poids et Mesures), establishing the International Prototype Metre as the distance between two lines on a standard bar composed of an alloy of 90% platinum and 10% iridium, measured at the melting point of ice.[13]

Things have moved on since then

The 1889 definition of the metre, based on the international prototype of platinum-iridium, was replaced by the 11th CGPM (1960) using a definition based on the wavelength of krypton 86 radiation. This change was adopted in order to improve the accuracy with which the definition of the metre could be realized, the realization being achieved using an interferometer with a travelling microscope to measure the optical path difference as the fringes were counted. In turn, this was replaced in 1983 by the 17th CGPM (1983, Resolution 1) that specified the current definition, as follows:

The metre is the length of the path travelled by light in vacuum during a time interval of 1/299 792 458 of a second.
It follows that the speed of light in vacuum is exactly 299 792 458 metres per second, c0 = 299 792 458 m/s.

The original international prototype of the metre, which was sanctioned by the 1st CGPM in 1889, is still kept at the BIPM under conditions specified in 1889.

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[FrenchMike]

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Yes John, Metric system....pure product of the French révolution :D

[BigRuss]

Yes John, Metric system....pure product of the French révolution :D

At least the ridiculous metric calender didn't survive ;)

Russ

[klarzy]

all sounds like hogwash to me.... they could have saved all of that agro and just said it was a little over 3 feet... :getmecoat:

[StewartIngram]

That's not a metre, this is a metre ... :}

But that one isn't a metre, it is a rule!

Stewarthttp://s7g3.scene7.com/is/image/ae235?wid=1000&hei=1000&op_sharpen=1&layer=0&size=1000,1000&layer=1&size=1000,1000&src=ae235/7022C_P[/QUOTE]

[roverbarmy]

That's not a metre, this is a metre ... :}

But that one isn't a metre, it is a rule!

Stewarthttp://s7g3.scene7.com/is/image/ae235?wid=1000&hei=1000&op_sharpen=1&layer=0&size=1000,1000&layer=1&size=1000,1000&src=ae235/7022C_P[/QUOTE]
But weren't rules made to be broken - or bent a little - then it wouldn't be accurate in any case. Or is that a trunk? :duh:

[FrenchMike]

At least the ridiculous metric calender didn't survive ;)

Russ

Yes, it was too much wanted :duh:

[HMJonesy]

U can get a multimeter from maplins for around a fiver they will work with 12v

[andrewinpopayan]

U can get a multimeter from maplins for around a fiver they will work with 12v


Get an analog (with needle) multimeter, in some circumstances they are much more useful. Better still, get one with a "beep" facility.


(http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/mt-2017-large-analogue-multimeter-n60lk)
Good example here http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/mt-2017-large-analogue-multimeter-n60lk .
(http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/mt-2017-large-analogue-multimeter-n60lk)

[pm77]

Get an analog (with needle) multimeter, in some circumstances they are much more useful. Better still, get one with a "beep" facility.


(http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/mt-2017-large-analogue-multimeter-n60lk)
Good example here http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/mt-2017-large-analogue-multimeter-n60lk .
(http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/mt-2017-large-analogue-multimeter-n60lk)

Or one of these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Universal-Avometer-Model-8-Mark-5-1972-Instructions-Wires-And-Case-/252211147767 :Snow:

[andrewinpopayan]

Or one of these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Universal-Avometer-Model-8-Mark-5-1972-Instructions-Wires-And-Case-/252211147767 :Snow:

Definately ask santa :smiley: