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G8MNY  > TECH     16.07.26 11:10l 145 Lines 6866 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Lafayete 57 Range Multimeter
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By G8MNY                                 (Corrections Jan 16)
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          Model 99-5076

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납~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~납 DC Volts  0.25 2.5 10 50 250 1000  @ 25K/V
납                               납           0.125 1.25 5 25 125 500  @ 50K/V
납旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴엿�
납납~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~납납 DC Amps   50uA 5mA 50mA 500mA 10A  @ Normal
납납                           납납           25uA 2,5mA 25mA 240mA 5A @ 2x
냔뎨 .                         냔뎨
잎납  '.                       납잎 AC Volts  3  10  50  250  1000     @ 2.5K/V
悶납    '.       .             납悶           1.5 5  25  125  500      @ 5K/V
납납      '.   :'\':           납납
냔뎨        '. '�.�'           냔뎨           10x dB scales & DC isolated AC.
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잎냐컴컴컴컴�         旼컴컴컴컴냅� Ohms 첛SD 13R 65R 650R 6K5 65K
  �  o-  +o �   (|)   � o    o  �
  �         �         �         �   Accurancy DC 2%, AC 3%
  � [� ]rev �_________�  �[ �]  �
  읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴�

MULTI METER PRINCIPLES

DC VOLTS                         1000  100   10   1 Volts
To get a meter of just one         �10M컫�1M컫100K쩡컴11K1컴컴>+
sensitivity to do many             o    o    o    o
ranges voltage multiplier             /�\
resistors are used. Here              +�
the voltage drop across              /~~~\
the meter is ignored, but           쿘eter�
it will affect the lowest        90uA\___/
1V scale.                              읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴�>-
Series resistors are used
to protect the switch more            Sensitivity is 11K1/V
from high voltages.

DC CURRENT                                100uA 1mA 10mA 100mA
For current ranges shunts             +旼컴컴컴쩡컴컴컴컴컴컴�>+
are put across the meter.            /~~~\    \�/
Here the meter resistance           쿘eter� o    o    o    o
is 100R so it has 10mV drop     100uA\___/       �    �    �
@ 100uA. The 1mA shunt here      10mV  �        11R  1R   0R1
is corrected for the 100R              읕컴컴컴컴좔컴컨컴컴좔�>-
meter load.

AC VOLTS
For AC a rectifier diode is
used, and normally this alters        1000  100   10 Volts
the sensitivity, so a different         �4M5쩡450K쩡컴�45K컴컴>~
multiplier arm from the DC is used.     o    o    o
In this circuit only half the                  /�\
current goes through the meter        +旼컴�<쳐캑
and the 1.1 AC sine wave form        /~~~\  D1 _�_D2
factor means that 2.2x meter        쿘eter�    /_\
current must flow. Only a       100uA\___/      �100uA
100mV is lost in the germanium         읕컴컴컴컨컴컴컴컴컴컴�>~
diode D1, so the low voltage
range can take this into account
on the scale. D2 can be any type         Sensitivity is 4K5/V.
and protects the low voltage D1.

OHMS
Here a voltage source is put
in series with the meter and a
known resistance that set the
half scale resistance and includes                    (actually -ve!)
the meter load resistance.             旼횮al Zero R컴쩡컴컴컴>+
The higher the battery                +�             \�/
voltage the higher resistance        /~~~\      o   o  o   o
that can be measured, but           쿘eter�  �10�100�1K�10K�
becomes a danger for            100uA\___/   �
sensitive electronics.                 �     �     �+
The Cal zero R sets the meter          읕컴컴좔컴콕쳐컴컴컴컴�>-
sensitive to give full scale                       �  (actually +ve!)
ZERO reading on shorting the
probes depending the battery state.

Note that the battery internal resistance is added to the unknown resistance,
and this affects the low range scale calibration! Also the probe polarity is
reversed to that indicated and it is different than for digital meters!

ACTUAL MULTIMETER CIRCUIT
旼===========================================================================
�                              I
넬========================= =============== ================  ===========   =�
\/                                     읕20K컴80K커     �     �              �
/\                                       /�\      �     �     쿎om  + 10A O/P�
냅컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커                    �       �     �     �  o  o  o  o  �
�    ____  旼�       � 旼컴컫컴컴컴컴컴컴�)컴컴컴컨컴쩡�)컴컴�)컴�  퀅1�  �  �
�   /15uA\ � ICal    � �   13             �   Low    � 13K  旼)컴)컴졍�)컴�  �
� 渼 Meter척 쳐컴컴컴)�)커  �            46K �4K7쨈<척  �   � �  �     �     �
� � \____/ �12K5     � � �  �             �  oNor�  3K3 �   � �  �0R025�     �
� �        � �       o o �  �             넬>    �   �  �   � �        �     �
� 쳐캑>쳐컴� 픬Nor �> X <�  �             납 o�  �  5kHi�   � �        �     �
� 쳐�<쳐컴캑   <컴캑 o o    �             납 �4K7졍>쳅컴�   � �      0R475   �
� 쳐훆Cal컴� �oVA/2쿝ev Nor �             납  Low           � �        �     �
� 읕컴컴컴컴컨�6K25�       �)컴컴컴컴컴컴�))컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� 읕컴컴컴�)�    �
�                          납             납                � 旼컴컴컴켸�    �
읕�56K25�197K5�1M�5M�18M75엿�47�650�6K54왯눴�1M87헜5헜1�17K5� �4R53�45R3�24K9�
  o     o     o  o  o     o쿽  o   o    o쿽쿽    o  o  o   o� o    o    o    o
                           �   I         � �                �
  =========================�=============� �================쳐================
                               I                            �
                            ===============�____넵넵________�
                                               +넹넹
0.25   2.5   10 50 250   1k R/5 R 10 100 1k 1k  250 50 10  3 500  50    5  50u
\________DC_VOLTS_________/ \_____OHMS____/ \___AC_VOLTS___/  \____DC_mA____/
                                               & dB Scales

The configuration switching between modes and all the ranges is all done on
just 1 large rotary switch with 3 bridging contacts (I) and 5 wipers of 2
circuits.

Only 4 probe sockets are used, 2 extra for the high current (10A) & the DC
isolated AC measurement.

Extra switches provide a meter reverse feature and a double sensitivity that
doubles the number of meter ranges. (has no meaning on ohms!)

This meter's movement is a extremely sensitive @ 15uA for FSD, but not very
accurate, so it is calibrated with an ICal & VCal presets at manufacture.

The AC ranges are calibrated with select on test resistors 2x "4K7 Low" & the
"5K Hi" that accurately allows for the diode forward resistance loss & leakage.

Most of the resistors are special values made for the meter, and of course they
are very accurate and stable 0.5% types.


See my tech buls on "Meter Movement Types", "Maplin Mains Meter 2000MU-UK",
"Edgcume Peebles Megger & Low R", "Edgcume Peebles Earth Loop Z", "Car Dwell
Angle & RPM Meter", & "Kelvin Varley Voltage Divider".


Why don't U send an interesting bul?

73 De John, G8MNY @ GB7CIP




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