In article , Michael A.
Terrell wrote:



They were a dollar. This isn't the same as what I saw, but it will
give you some idea:
http://i00.i.aliimg.com/photo/v0/255041326/DZ_909A_6_way_power_outlet_with.jpg
since the meter was next to the power switch and cord.

as someone has said, must have been designe for the Hong Kong market.

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charles wrote:
In article , Michael A.
Terrell wrote:



They were a dollar. This isn't the same as what I saw, but it will
give you some idea:
http://i00.i.aliimg.com/photo/v0/255041326/DZ_909A_6_way_power_outlet_with.jpg
since the meter was next to the power switch and cord.

as someone has said, must have been designe for the Hong Kong market.

You also loads of those for sale in electronics stores in the UAE area.

Many 'wall warts' and mobile phone chargers sold in the UAE, Qatar, and
Bahrian have 'Euro' style power pins on them, not UK 13A types, so there's
always the requirement to be able to stuff them into a UK style socket.
Crap that like fits the bill perfectly.



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In message , charles
writes
In article , Michael A.
Terrell wrote:



They were a dollar. This isn't the same as what I saw, but it will
give you some idea:

http://i00.i.aliimg.com/photo/v0/255..._power_outlet_
with.jpg
since the meter was next to the power switch and cord.

as someone has said, must have been designe for the Hong Kong market.

If it could be used on a variety of voltages (120V, 200V - in Hong Kong,
220) and 230/240V), that meter could be extremely useful.
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Ian

In article ,
Ian Jackson wrote:
If it could be used on a variety of voltages (120V, 200V - in Hong Kong,
220) and 230/240V), that meter could be extremely useful.

Quite. it serves no purpose in the UK since it couldn't resolve any likely
voltage variations - even for those so anal they wanted to know.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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In message , "Dave Plowman (News)"
writes
In article ,
Ian Jackson wrote:
If it could be used on a variety of voltages (120V, 200V - in Hong Kong,
220) and 230/240V), that meter could be extremely useful.

Quite. it serves no purpose in the UK since it couldn't resolve any likely
voltage variations - even for those so anal they wanted to know.

But it could be useful if you had the need to operate some 120V
equipment using a step-down transformer (especially a variac).
--
Ian

In article ,
Ian Jackson wrote:
In message , "Dave Plowman (News)"
writes
In article ,
Ian Jackson wrote:
If it could be used on a variety of voltages (120V, 200V - in Hong Kong,
220) and 230/240V), that meter could be extremely useful.

Quite. it serves no purpose in the UK since it couldn't resolve any
likely voltage variations - even for those so anal they wanted to know.

But it could be useful if you had the need to operate some 120V
equipment using a step-down transformer (especially a variac).

I'd rather trust that to my Fluke than some dirt cheap tiny meter. I'll
bet the accuracy is horrendous. A mere gimmick for the gullible.

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Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

In message , "Dave Plowman (News)"
writes:
In article ,
Ian Jackson wrote:
If it could be used on a variety of voltages (120V, 200V - in Hong Kong,
220) and 230/240V), that meter could be extremely useful.

Interesting point. As someone else has said, the accuracy was probably
abysmal, but should have been adequate to tell between 1xx and 2xx
volts.

Quite. it serves no purpose in the UK since it couldn't resolve any
likely voltage variations - even for those so anal they wanted to know.

(Why do [some] people insist on using that term - anal - for other
people who want to know something they don't, or similar? I find it
unpleasant. And no, I'm not one of those referred to in this case.)
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*Why do we say something is out of whack? What is a whack?
[]
What equipment that's out of it hasn't had enough of? (Perhaps an
English version of a kilter?)
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If it's pretentious, then at least it's not the sort that wears a horned helmet
and shrieks about trolls. - Stuart Maconie in Radio Times, 14-20 November 2009.

In message , "J. P. Gilliver
(John)" writes
In message , "Dave Plowman (News)"
writes:
In article ,
Ian Jackson wrote:
If it could be used on a variety of voltages (120V, 200V - in Hong Kong,
220) and 230/240V), that meter could be extremely useful.

Interesting point. As someone else has said, the accuracy was probably
abysmal, but should have been adequate to tell between 1xx and 2xx
volts.

Quite. it serves no purpose in the UK since it couldn't resolve any
likely voltage variations - even for those so anal they wanted to know.

(Why do [some] people insist on using that term - anal - for other
people who want to know something they don't, or similar? I find it
unpleasant. And no, I'm not one of those referred to in this case.)
--
*Why do we say something is out of whack? What is a whack?
[]
What equipment that's out of it hasn't had enough of? (Perhaps an
English version of a kilter?)

Anything "out of whack" needs a top-up whack in order to fine-tune it
back into spec. All good engineers know that.
--
Ian

In article ,
says...

In message , "J. P. Gilliver
(John)" writes

*Why do we say something is out of whack? What is a whack?
[]
What equipment that's out of it hasn't had enough of? (Perhaps an
English version of a kilter?)

Anything "out of whack" needs a top-up whack in order to fine-tune it
back into spec. All good engineers know that.


Reminds me of a cartoon from a trade mag - "Radio Retailer" IIRC - in
the 60s.

No caption. Man with smile leaving room with case labelled "TV Repairs".
Woman with bemused expression and TV with an X marked on the top of the
cabinet ...

--

Terry

In message , Ian Jackson
writes:
In message , "J. P. Gilliver
(John)" writes
In message , "Dave Plowman (News)"
writes:
[]
*Why do we say something is out of whack? What is a whack?
[]
What equipment that's out of it hasn't had enough of? (Perhaps an
English version of a kilter?)

Anything "out of whack" needs a top-up whack in order to fine-tune it
back into spec. All good engineers know that.

That's what I said ["hasn't had enough of"] (-:. What we used to call
percussive maintenance. Actually worked quite well in the days of things
with valveholders, or which otherwise experienced thermal cycling that
exposed any loose connection. (And still does, sometimes - it's
certainly tempting!)
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

If it's pretentious, then at least it's not the sort that wears a horned helmet
and shrieks about trolls. - Stuart Maconie in Radio Times, 14-20 November 2009.