To you US people, how would one send Dave a vintage multimeter? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: iamdarkyoshi
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 04, 2016, 07:20:10 pm
content: I haven't seen dave do a teardown and repair of a simpson 360-2 meter yet. Its an analog/digital meter.I own two of them, both of them were not working great when I got them, they were WAAYYYYYYY out of calibration! I figured out what MOST of the pots do, but I don't have a calibration procedure. If I were to send dave one of them and he makes a video repairing (calibrating) it, this means I need to ship it from the US to that crazy aussie bloke. But how much would it cost roughly? Any shipping tips, other than metric buttloads of foam and bubble wrap?

author: edavid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 04, 2016, 08:01:25 pm
content: The website you want is:http://postcalc.usps.govYou made things a little challenging by not telling us the weight of the meter. The manual says it's 4 pounds with battery. If you could get the package down to 4 pounds by leaving out the battery, the cheapest shipping would be $50.75. I think it's more likely that you would go over 4 pounds, in which case I think the cheapest shipping would be $76.So, you can see your plan is not very practical.Maybe you could advertise for someone here who would be willing to fix one for you in exchange for the other one.

author: cvanc
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 04, 2016, 09:35:11 pm
content: Holy crap, I had no idea this even existed! I wonder how many of these 'hybrids' they made?

author: TheSteve
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 04, 2016, 09:43:13 pm
content: You might want to contact Dave first - he doesn't accept items to repair. The meter is a cool piece of kit though and I'm sure we'd all like to see a tear down of it.

author: iamdarkyoshi
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 04, 2016, 09:49:32 pm
content: Quote from: TheSteve on August 04, 2016, 09:43:13 pmWell I meant he would repair and keep it, and based on how he calibrated the one I sent, I could do the same with the other one, which I would keep. I know he likes things that don't work, he likes multimeters, and he likes vintage things.TL;DR I have two out of spec meters, I send dave one to keep and fix, and I keep the other one and fix it in the same way he did

author: ModemHead
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 04, 2016, 10:08:34 pm
content: Quote from: cvanc on August 04, 2016, 09:35:11 pmI don't know how many were made, but at least one of them was in the aft compartment of the space shuttle as it sat on the launch pad in May 2011. As I recall, the techs were trouble-shooting a fuel-tank sensor problem. (NASA photo)

author: System Error Message
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 04, 2016, 10:47:59 pm
content: Dave is a crazy aussie bloke :O ?Dave seems to love vintage electronics, it seems to give him an orgasm.

author: Someone
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 04, 2016, 11:09:10 pm
content: Quote from: iamdarkyoshi on August 04, 2016, 09:49:32 pmThe recent mailbag is the example of what might happen, you send it to him and he doesn't care. Then you're down a multimeter and have no further help in calibrating your remaining one. Try asking if there is someone who will accept the meter in return for calibration? instead of assuming it.

author: iamdarkyoshi
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 04, 2016, 11:34:12 pm
content: Quote from: System Error Message on August 04, 2016, 10:47:59 pmI think its more like a capacitor reaching its end of life. Or is that just me?

author: iamdarkyoshi
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 04, 2016, 11:40:38 pm
content: Quote from: Someone on August 04, 2016, 11:09:10 pmVery good point. And shipping is expensive. Hmm.....

author: DG41WV
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 05, 2016, 12:46:26 am
content: maybe you could ask dave about it

author: iamdarkyoshi
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 05, 2016, 03:43:09 am
content: Wonder if mikeselectricstuff would be interested in it...

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 05, 2016, 03:50:22 am
content: I would start a new topic and put the model number and what you want in the titlelike:"Repair of Simpson 360 digital/analog - possible trade to repair one"Be specific and use the whole line for descriptionAs you have found out shipping to any country is very expensive

author: iamdarkyoshi
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 05, 2016, 04:00:11 am
content: Quote from: ez24 on August 05, 2016, 03:50:22 amMore than anything else I would really like to see it featured on a youtube channel that I watch, like dave or mike's channels.

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 05, 2016, 04:06:34 am
content: Quote from: iamdarkyoshi on August 05, 2016, 04:00:11 amMaybe you could PM each of them