Post Ai3eELoO2MLtHUbkQa by homelessjun@mas.to
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(DIR) Post #Ai3dPrs35BURwSFTaC by foone@digipres.club
2024-05-19T18:34:21Z
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I saw this voltmeter at the electronics flea market. Look at that massive probe! It looks like you need to check your back blast before using it.Apparently it's for REALLY high voltages? Like, 3kV?
(DIR) Post #Ai3drTnIC0vTNTBqr2 by hanshuebner@mastodon.social
2024-05-19T18:42:02Z
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@foone More like 30kV, I'd say.
(DIR) Post #Ai3e0YQkKAPqMZyINM by Lttngblt@mastodon.social
2024-05-19T18:44:25Z
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@foone I looked at this while watching Jenny Nicholson's Star Wars Hotel video and thought that was a prop lightsaber for a split second
(DIR) Post #Ai3e7QVmAHYppXbKMK by Nine@chitter.xyz
2024-05-19T18:45:07Z
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@foone ...i feel like the voltmeter should be much, much larger if it's gonna be for that many volts
(DIR) Post #Ai3eELoO2MLtHUbkQa by homelessjun@mas.to
2024-05-19T18:47:49Z
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@foone looks like it is for more than 3KV. i've seen similar probes used on particle accelerators in the 0.5MeV range. (you're not supposed to be holding them during use.)
(DIR) Post #Ai3eXpM8PrWePggF6W by robryk@qoto.org
2024-05-19T18:50:15Z
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@foone What's the dial on the probe?
(DIR) Post #Ai3ekowpFGBwub2PYW by Jencen@furry.engineer
2024-05-19T18:54:12Z
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@foone Looks like it's for dead checking in substations.I have a need... just not for the intended purposes o.o
(DIR) Post #Ai3f6ArGygRowmcfia by mathew_m@hachyderm.io
2024-05-19T18:58:43Z
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@foone Looks like a regular Fluke 187 multimeter, which can handle 1000V at the terminals. That white line below the rotary switch isn’t standard though.My guess is that the high voltage probes have a voltage divider built in.
(DIR) Post #Ai3fOK1nciK6bDCSoa by ieure@retro.social
2024-05-19T18:59:12Z
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@foone Has to be *way* more than that, I have a Fluke HV probe good to 50kV and it's about a quarter the size.
(DIR) Post #Ai3iCiYwsV8n4zrbZA by gsuberland@chaos.social
2024-05-19T19:33:29Z
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@foone you're probably an order of magnitude low on that number
(DIR) Post #Ai3iMCmlsZZpQ8qwkK by Taffer@mastodon.gamedev.place
2024-05-19T19:34:50Z
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@foone that totally looks like something out of Fallout 👍
(DIR) Post #Ai3k7JyN4jV5H9JEXo by foone@digipres.club
2024-05-19T19:53:57Z
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@Keab42 nope! It's huge and I have no need for it.
(DIR) Post #Ai3lFD10vVCty6s1jc by PeterKratz@chaos.social
2024-05-19T20:07:18Z
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@foone Probably much more, I have one that is for the lower two digit KV range and it is much shorter.
(DIR) Post #Ai3vcaIxVBuIOx36Bc by capeta@ursal.zone
2024-05-19T22:03:27Z
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@foone there's a real Ghost Busters vibe coming from this thing
(DIR) Post #Ai3wnIjlG5vB3WG9pY by StompyRobot@mastodon.gamedev.place
2024-05-19T22:16:39Z
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@foone the Arc distance in air for 3 kV is less than a quarter of an inch. MV maybe? Those Tesla coils won't build themselves after all!
(DIR) Post #Ai3yDq7HsRCw40Tx44 by abrasive@digipres.club
2024-05-19T22:31:43Z
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@foone I love that it has a pressure gauge! I wonder if it also came with a can of Freon to top it up like the old Tektronix HV probes?
(DIR) Post #Ai42vFh73RxZf1CAjY by vxo@digipres.club
2024-05-19T23:25:32Z
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@foone I'd go up an order of magnitude at least, you wouldn't need it that big for 3k. The little TV repair sized hv probes you probably saw around in various places are made for like 30