Re: Repairing old Radio Shack equipment



On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:35:34 -0500, "DesignGuy" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:


"Zootal" <giganews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have an old Radio Shack multi meter, 22-166A. I talked to Radio Shack

I don't know there part numbers by heart. What exactly is this.
Digital, with a needle?

about betting it fixed, and they said that for something this old I'm
pretty much out of luck. Does anyone here know of a source of parts and
repair for old Radio Shack equipment?

What he said. What's wrong with it? Does it work at all?

Is one setting not working? That could be a burned out resistor. It
might say on the resistor what the value is, but if that part might be
burned off. You maybe can measuere the resistor for the settings on
either side, and the one burnt out with be the, I forget what you call
it, but if the ones left are 20 ohms, 200, 20000, 200K, the one in the
middle that is burned out is 2000.

Also www.mouser.com . Most parts don't have to come from Radio
Shack.

Depends upon what is wrong with the meter. It could be as simple as a blown
internal fuse or something that would cost more to fix than the meter is
worth.

Parts would be available at Radio Shack, or online:
http://www.allelectronics.com/
http://www.jameco.com
http://www.alliedelec.com/


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