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  • awyatt2
    Badcaps Veteran
    • Feb 2012
    • 407
    • america

    #1

    simpson 160 battery lead help

    I have an old simpson 160 vom and the battery terminals needed cleaning so I removed the board separated the battery box and found the 22v battery lead broken at one end. anyone know where this wire goes on the board or switch? an old friend who has passed left me this meter and a bunch of other stuff because I used to help him at his tv shop, I would like to get it back in working shape if I could. I think it was the wire broken rather than the battery terminal.
  • R_J
    Badcaps Legend
    • Jun 2012
    • 9535
    • Canada

    #2
    Re: simpson 160 battery lead help

    Here you go
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    • redwire
      Badcaps Legend
      • Dec 2010
      • 3906
      • Canada

      #3
      Re: simpson 160 battery lead help

      Wow, these analog multimeters are still for sale.
      The 260 is quite big but the 160 needs the 22.5V battery.

      22V (+) goes to 1.5V (+) and ohms adjust pot.
      22V (-) goes to switch

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      • eccerr0r
        Solder Sloth
        • Nov 2012
        • 8701
        • USA

        #4
        Re: simpson 160 battery lead help

        How have those of you who have these old meters been dealing with batteries for these units?

        I sort of feel lucky with my not-as-good Eico 555 which uses 4xAA's for the Rx10k range...

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        • awyatt2
          Badcaps Veteran
          • Feb 2012
          • 407
          • america

          #5
          Re: simpson 160 battery lead help

          batteries plus.

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          • awyatt2
            Badcaps Veteran
            • Feb 2012
            • 407
            • america

            #6
            Re: simpson 160 battery lead help

            thanks for the help, got her running perfect now. yep, got 2 260's the 160 which is close to new looking. I didn't plan on using it as I have flukes and triplett dmm's but should the need arise.

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            • eccerr0r
              Solder Sloth
              • Nov 2012
              • 8701
              • USA

              #7
              Re: simpson 160 battery lead help

              Nice that batteries plus still carries that battery. I would have thought they were unobtanium due to the infrequent use of them.

              I actually use the Eico more than once in a while, mainly because I can measure voltage or current without having to worry about battery drain down and not need a power cord...

              Not much reason to measure resistance on the meter, however.

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