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6th Jul 2020, 10:31 am | #1 |
Octode
Join Date: Dec 2010
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GEC/SEI Selectest D III
I don't suppose anyone would know the 1.5V battery these 1940s meters are meant to take?
There are two flying leads with ring terminals in the battery box so I assume the battery had two screw terminals in it. One candidate I thought of would be the U14 but I've never seen one and can't find any images. I would like to keep the meter original as possible so do not want to remove anything to bodge something in though clearly I can solder a couple of bolts on to a D cell if push comes to shove. Thanks - Andrew
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6th Jul 2020, 11:12 am | #2 |
Octode
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Location: Morden, Surrey, UK.
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Re: GEC/SEI Selectest D III
Have you googled images for bell battery? :- https://www.google.com/search?q=bell...LTl8tIC3FTrFAM
There are some with screw terminal, both 1.5 and 4.5 volts. |
6th Jul 2020, 6:46 pm | #3 |
Octode
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Re: GEC/SEI Selectest D III
When I refurbished one of these I soldered two wires from the terminals on a single D cell battery holder those worked fine and use a readily available battery and didn't alter the meter at all except the two short wires. You could even copy the artwork for the original battery case and hide the battery and holder inside.
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