new ohm meter for winders

[mr fab]

I built a cheap ohm meter which I attached to my winder.

I used a cheap ohm meter unit from ebay : http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/3-Digital...item20ffa8bcf8

it runs off 6 to 15.5 vdc. I use the dc power supply on my winder. no more flat batteries. upper limit is 20kohm which is ok for most pickups

adding a small enclosure and a couple of female banana lead connectors, it was all finished

I find it very handy and convenient to test the ohmage of the coils as I wind them and its off the bench which is good thing.



I hope such a thing may be useful to others who wind

[guitician]

That's a laugh, the Chinese seller wont sell to the U.S.

[mr fab]

haha... normally its the reverse....

try amazon....

[J M Fahey]

That's a laugh, the Chinese seller wont sell to the U.S.

Maybe he does not want more of those overprinted/overvalued notes called USD and now he wants a stronger currency, backed by industrial products, like the Renminbi?

Which is becoming the new international currency, since it allows you to buy much sought Chinese products directly at better price.

A few Countries (many of which you wouldn't believe) who have exchanged Billions of their own currency for RMB:
South Korea - Hong Kong - Malaysia - Indonesia - Singapore - Argentina - New Zealand - Russian Federation - Australia - Brazil - United Kingdom - European Union - Switzerland - Canada - and some 30 lesser others.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renminbi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intern...f_the_renminbi

In 2013, the RMB was the 8th most traded currency in the world[3] and the 7th most traded in early 2014. By the end of 2014, RMB has ranked 5th as the most traded currency, according to SWIFT's report, at 2.2% of SWIFT payment behind JPY (2.7%), GBP (7.9%), EUR (28.3%) and USD (44.6%). Currently (February 2015) RMB is the second most used currency in trade financing

Besides the cold numbers, maybe this is more chilling:

In 2010 .... McDonald's had issued renminbi denominated corporate bonds

Oh well, just in case I'm eating lots of rice (always did) and am very proficient with chopsticks

[rjb]

That's a laugh, the Chinese seller wont sell to the U.S.

No problem- just search U.S. eBay
3 1 2 Digit 3 5 Digits Red LED 20K Ohm Resistance Counter Panel Meter 0 19 99K | eBay
3½ Digit Digital Red LED 200K? Ohm Panel Meter Resistance Test Ohmmeter | eBay

[guitician]

Why the U.S. Gov ever pushed for China to be in the WTO is beyond me...

I'm not looking for 3.5 digit meters, I was just making an observation.

[rjb]

Why the U.S. Gov ever pushed for China to be in the WTO is beyond me...

I'm not looking for 3.5 digit meters, I was just making an observation.

OK, gotcha.
The Postal Service is losing millions a year to help you buy cheap stuff from China - The Washington Post

[guitician]

The Postal Service is it's own worst enemy.