[Amps] Calibrate a panel meter?

[Bill Turner]

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At 06:40 AM 12/29/2005, HAROLD B MANDEL wrote:
>If you don't do this for a living then don't think that you can succeed
>as a hobbyist. I've seen so many people at work try to fudge beautiful
>panel meters and end up with a trashcan entry. And these people
>imagined they were qualified.


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I'm sure that's true in many cases, but I did succeed. This meter has 
a wire shunt for the main current and an 8.1 ohm resistor in series 
with the movement across the shunt. I was able to parallel a 68 ohm 
resistor across the 8.1 and the calibration was perfect.

They are delicate little things as you say, but with some patience 
and careful work, the hobbyist can be successful.

73, Bill W6WRT