Sunday, 5 November 2023

FH - Ammeter rebuild

Way back in the dim & distant past, when I was still working, I rebuilt an ammeter for a friend and blogged it as ‘Tim’s Ammeter’. This is another one, a similar 0-8-0 amp CZU27 from the Huntmaster kit. It’s not in bad shape.


It’s a bit grubby and scratched as you might expect, so I will pull it apart for a clean. There isn’t much glue on this one and it comes apart easily.


All in bits with nothing broken:


Here’s a curiosity - it’s dated January 1960. It must have been replaced at some time, though it’s correct for 1958.


It cleans up nicely:


This is interesting. The power supply is set up for constant current:


These aren’t hugely accurate! This is actually at full scale deflection, but as you can see it’s only passing 7 amps.



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