Dave Plowman (News) presented the following explanation :
I last used one of mine, I have several, several years ago to fault find a mystery discharge on my car when parked. It was handy not only for the flick of the needle, but for the fact it didn't shut itself off after several minutes untouched, as a digi-meter would.
You lucky man. Mine just flattens its battery....
I never really used the anti-parallax mirrors on my AVO, but for swinging the needle for tweaking to a max, an analogue meter beats a digital readout hands down!
But how much when corrected for house price inflation since 1966 ?.
And a beep for continuity which AVO's at that time didn't have. Continuity being a very useful feature provided you use it right.
8p or 8d as there's quite a differnce, I was far too young to even hold a pint. :-)
Pint of mild was 1/6p around then. Rural pubs closed at 10.30pm.
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