AC/DC Calibrator

metrologygeek · 08-09-2011 -- 08:42:09

Clearing out some of the older stuff in the lab. Anyone need a boat anchor? Oh, wait - I'm sorry - Anyone need a multi-function calibrator?

RFL 829 by dowellshots, on Flickr

OlDave · 08-09-2011 -- 09:39:58

Oh my God!
Does that take me back down memory lane.

That sure will clear off a bunch of bench space.

scottbp · 08-09-2011 -- 10:23:09

Hey, we're about to put one of those in our "museum" (a big blue sea-land container in our lab's back yard)...

metrologygeek · 08-09-2011 -- 10:34:29

Quoteour "museum" (a big blue sea-land container in our lab's back yard)...

Out there in Louisiana it must double as an oven...

measure · 08-09-2011 -- 13:46:43

I remember when the RFL 829 was new,, replacing our 'old' Weston 61!

Bryan · 08-09-2011 -- 20:06:38

Good piece if they ever remake a Buck Rogers movie.

USMCPMEL · 08-10-2011 -- 08:30:22

"The year is 1987 and NASA launches the last of America's deep space probes. In a freak mishap Ranger 3 and its pilot Captain William 'Buck' Rogers are blown out of their trajectory into an orbit which freezes his life support systems and returns Buck Rogers to Earth 500 years later."

What did that robot always sayt bigi bigi big big bigi??

scottbp · 08-10-2011 -- 09:45:59

I think there was a thread years ago about using old test equipment as props in movies... Funniest thing I saw was when the NCSLI conference was held in Disneyland in 2008, I went to EPCOT (which was right next to the conference hotel), and inside one of the gift shops was one of those machines that will squash a penny into an oval with a picture on it. The display case on the machine was full of a bunch of old meters, resistors, pressure gauges, etc., and at the top was an old "wet test" meter which measures gas volume in cubic feet.

scottbp · 08-10-2011 -- 09:55:54

Quote from: metrologygeek on 08-09-2011 -- 10:34:29
Quoteour "museum" (a big blue sea-land container in our lab's back yard)...

Out there in Louisiana it must double as an oven...

They're gonna cut a hole in the back and install an exhaust fan, that'll give some relief for when we go scrounging for parts... We have enough old surplus to outfit an entire 1950's era starship...

Foghorn1776 · 08-13-2011 -- 10:10:54

What are (or more appropriately, were)the specs for that thing?

yonker08 · 08-16-2011 -- 11:24:30

Can't believe it's still listed!
From 33K8-4-237-1 Dated 30 Oct 1985/Ch1 1987 for 829A & D:
DC Volts: 0-2000V ±0.5% FS
DC Current: 0-20A ±0.5% FS
AC Volts: 0-1500V @ 60 & 400Hz ±0.5% FS
AC Current: 0-20A @ 60 & 400Hz ±0.5% FS
Resistance Bridge Rheostat: (0-11,110 Ohms) 1ohm/step ±0.25% 10/100 /1000ohm steps ±0.1%
Resistance Measurement: (0-11,110,000 Ohms) 829A: 10-100,000ohm ±0.25%; 1-11,110,000ohm ±0.5%; 829D ±0.15% + 0.002ohm