OT what is that vibrating sensation you get when you lightly touch the metal on a mains appliance?

I have to say I have my reservations about it being 1950s with MCBs though :) Possible I suppose, but my gut feeling is 'are you sure?' I can just imagine an MCB feeding the electrode heater that supplies the bath :)

Regards, NT

In message , Dave Plowman writes

BLR154

Well high impedances were always claimed - but I technology might've moved on a little since I bought this for 10/6.

Mostly it only gets used for continuity testing nowadays but I'm getting tempted to take a look.

In message , Lurch writes

Hmmmm. I apologise. I've realised that I was talking nonsense (it's not unusual). The house was built in the 50s. I found evidence (in the loft) that old wiring has been replaced with what I recognise as modern wiring. Yes, there is a CU with MCBs. I was not involved in the rewiring but there don't appear to be other issues. (Well there was one - and I almost won a Darwin Award when I discovered it!)

How do you know? Are you in Hampshire? Birmingham? ;-)

In message , N. Thornton writes

Now that the antibiotics have kicked in & my blood stream is no longer so toxic I can see the cr@p I was writing - apols.

On Tue, 25 May 2004 20:11:12 +0100, "dave @ stejonda" strung together this:

Forgiven! ;-)

That's a fair size house if it stretches from Hampshire to Birmingham, I don't live inbetween those places though.

In message , Lurch writes

So Google failed. (-:

On Tue, 25 May 2004 21:51:00 +0100, "dave @ stejonda" strung together this:

Why would I have used Google?

Thought I could lay my hands on an old list, but can't. However, if it's the same as an AVO model 8, these batteries come up on ebay.

Just a bit - most cheap meters these days are near enough the equal of a valve voltmeter of old. About 10 Meg input.

Most DVMs have a proper continuity tester with a buzzer that sounds below a preset resistance.

In message , Dave Plowman writes

Nothing on Ebay but wayheyhey!!! Last time I did a search for this all I could find were references to it having been discontinued but today there it is on sale at

It's gonna be cheaper to buy a new DVM than to buy a replacement battery for my museum piece. ;-)

In message , Lurch writes

Not you - there's an ACS Ltd in Bham & ...

On Wed, 26 May 2004 07:10:24 +0100, "dave @ stejonda" strung together this:

Ah, I'm ACS Ltd in Sheffield, but I don't live there! (Some people will notice I do have a fair old bit of commuting)!