[Boatanchors] Re: Meter Repair...? --- GOOD NEWS!

[Todd, KA1KAQ]

On 11/2/07, EP Swynar <gswynar at durham.net> wrote:
> Good Morning All,
>
> Well, I'm VERY pleased to report that, in the process of getting access for the removal of my B+ voltage monitoring meter from the front of my amplifier, the doggone thing has returned to normal again...!
>
> I undid umpteen screws, knobs, spacers, protective screens, ad nauseam to get the thing removed ---  somehow during all of this electronic compontentry feat of gymnastics, whatever it was that whacked-out the meter movement yesterday & prevented it from dropping back down to zero, became "re-set".

Sounds to me like something had a charge on it from the over voltage,
and your tinkering found a way to release it through grounding or
whatever. Not unlike causing static build up on a meter while rubbing
it with a cloth to clean the glass.

Whatever the cause, the good news is: it's fixed!

~ Todd,  KA1KAQ