Looking for Volmeter

[gnc207]

Any Canadina vendor that caries Voltmeter?

 

[aggo]

You can get them at any Canadian Tire or Home Hardware.

 

[retired1]

Radio Shack, Canadian Tire, Home Hardware, Home Depot, Carquest, Part Source, etc. etc. etc. Any store that has DIY electrical and electronics will carry 'em. I've even seen 'em at Wally World (Wal Mart).

 

[gnc207]

I was refering to that small gadget for measuring voltage under the load. One that goes between mod and atty.
Some vendors call them voltmeter, some "Assembled Volt Indicator" (madvapes), etc.

 

[retired1]

Ahh. I haven't seen it offered by any of the Canadian sites I've hit (and there's been a lot of 'em!).

 

[gnc207]

The same goes for "Portable Ohm Meter". I was checking Canadian vendors for a long time, but nothing, not even on US sites.
Just by some chance it showed up last week on Avid, so I grabbed 2 (it's gone by now).
I've been asked a few times by guys venturing for the first time in rba, so not having these 2 available, I would direct them to buy Provari to check resistance (or simple multimeter) .

 

[fourtytwo]

Why not make one?
Take a simple 510 battery connector (female) and solder to the positive and negative leads on an inexpensive multimeter. Even the least expensive multimeter would be just as accurate as those dedicated devices as well as having more functions.
Mount the works on a small block of exotic wood and you have a bespoke testing station.

 

[BuzzKilla]

or, use a long 510 battery extender (the ones used to charge eGo's on a 510 charger),
and attach a muti-meter leads to it!

this way you have a full multi-meter as well. instead of a proprietary volt checker...

 

[Traver]

Why not make one?
Take a simple 510 battery connector (female) and solder to the positive and negative leads on an inexpensive multimeter. Even the least expensive multimeter would be just as accurate as those dedicated devices as well as having more functions.
Mount the works on a small block of exotic wood and you have a bespoke testing station.

Would this setup test the pv under load as the op wants to do?

 

[fourtytwo]

Would this setup test the pv under load as the op wants to do?

If you also add a male 510 connector in line to attach your device to.

 

[randomname79]

nope won't work, how do you screw in your atty, evod, rba, whatever when there's a wire soldiered there. what you would have to do is get a 510 to 510 adapter and soldier one wire to the outer ring and one wire to the positive post, use these wires as your test spot for your voltmeter. Also soldier another set of wires to each spot and soldier them to another 510 to 510 adapter to screw your att etc into. These wire's would have to be sufficient size to carry the amperage of a possible high current draw unless you put an inline fuse into them for protection. adapter number one gets screwed onto your pv and adapter two holds your atty etc.