[QCWA] Fwd: [Test-Equipment] Triplett Corporation and products]

[Norm Gertz]

Bob.....I am reminded of when I was a kid using "Readrite" meters and saved 
money from my allowance to buy Triplett meters as an upgrade.

73  Norm


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Cumming" <w2bzy at cfl.rr.com>
To: <qcwa at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 7:28 AM
Subject: [QCWA] Fwd: [Test-Equipment] Triplett Corporation and products]


> Hi Folks,
>
> Another tradition dies ... onward and upward, I guess.
>
> 73 de Mike W5VSI
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [Test-Equipment] Triplett Corporation and products
> Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 10:23:15 -0500
> From: Fred Olsen <fwolsen at wi.rr.com>
> Organization: Ottawa Engineering Co. - Metrology and Instrumentation 
> Services
> To: Test Equipment <test-equipment at mailman.qth.net>
>
> Of interest to all who own and use Triplett instruments.
>
> As of January 2007 Jewell Instruments, LLC, acquired "certain assets of
> Triplett Corporation including Triplett Panel Meters, Triplett Analog &
> Digital Test Equipment, as well as the rights to the Triplett brand
> name."  Jewell already owns Modutec, Emico and A&M Instruments.
> http://www.jewellinstruments.com/pressrel/Triplett%20Purchase%20Press%20Release.pdf
>
> By the time you read this there is little left of the Triplett
> Corporation, in business since 1904.  Manufacturing in Bluffton, OH, has
> been closed and moved to Barbados for panel meters and to China for test
> equipment.  The corporate remains will be headquartered at Jewell in New
> Hampshire.  A few Triplett employees will remain in the Engineering
> Department in Ohio and some others will remain with LFE.  LFE/API
> Instruments was acquired by Triplett in 1997 and is now being spun off
> again.
>
> Most of the familiar test instruments will be changed in various ways to
> accommodate being manufactured in China.  The 310 compact VOM has been
> made in China since the first of the year.  The case parts and meter
> movement have been changed and are not compatible with existing units.
> The 630 and 60 series VOMs are also being changed and various parts will
> not be backward compatible.  Several of the existing model variations
> have already become unavailable.
>
> It is expected that once parts are gone for existing units of prior U.S.
> production there will be no more parts support available.  It is
> expected that there will be no parts or service support available for
> the new production units.  They will be exchanged if within warranty and
> unsupported thereafter.
>
> It is expected that new products will continue to be introduced under
> the Triplett name.  Some will be Triplett designs and some will be
> re-branded products of other manufacturers.  Several new designs have
> been on hold due to the sale but are likely to continue into production.
>   New products will be produced off-shore.  The analog VOM lines will
> likely be phased out as demand reduces.
>
> The future of the considerable number of manuals available on Triplett's
> web site is uncertain.  There were hundreds more manuals available, both
> early and late, which had not yet been posted.  Their future
> availability has not been established.  Jewell now controls the site and
> it is presently unknown if they will continue to provide support for
> this information.  Triplett has a long tradition of providing excellent
> support, including copies or electronic files of technical data at
> little or usually no cost.
>
> I consider this information to be as accurate as possible given that the
> company's situation has changed rapidly and drastically.  It is from an
> unimpeachable source and is presented with permission.  I have no fiscal
> interest in Triplett or Jewell.
>
> Fred Olsen
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