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SPCh · 8th Jun 2010, 9:49 pm

Thanks for keeping them coming ....

Bryan,
your Model 8 Mk ? is a specific NATO version (designated TS1 not Model 8).
It's actually a Model 8 Mk II, modified for a 3-10-30 rather than a 2.5-10-25 range sequence, and with the extreme reistance ranges (L.R and INS) excluded.
They also dropped decibels from the scale (although with a 3-10-30 range sequence it might have been appropriate to keep it).

Sentinel,
if the quality problems had only reached the stitching ....
With a little bit of the original MacAdie ethos, the Model 5 would have been an excellent meter, but this was the Thorn environment : go for new unproven technology to save cost, and ... pay the price !

8th Jun 2010, 9:49 pm	#572
SPCh Rest in Peace Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Antwerp, Belgium Posts: 345	Re: AVO Multimeter survey Thanks for keeping them coming .... Bryan, your Model 8 Mk ? is a specific NATO version (designated TS1 not Model 8). It's actually a Model 8 Mk II, modified for a 3-10-30 rather than a 2.5-10-25 range sequence, and with the extreme reistance ranges (L.R and INS) excluded. They also dropped decibels from the scale (although with a 3-10-30 range sequence it might have been appropriate to keep it). Sentinel, if the quality problems had only reached the stitching .... With a little bit of the original MacAdie ethos, the Model 5 would have been an excellent meter, but this was the Thorn environment : go for new unproven technology to save cost, and ... pay the price !