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Restoration and repair to vintage AVO Valve / tube tester
early valve tube technology,
The AVO 163 Valve Tube characteristic meter
V.C.M.
Just purchased on ebay, going cheap as one of the meters is missing .
I am going to fit an alternative meter and match it to the machine
using an Op Amp. The design for this comes from a fellow member of
the B.V.W.S. Gary Tempest it uses a 8 pin I.C. TL071 (741) Gary has
successfully used the method on Mk 1s and 3s. The avo unit is
superbly engineered, I would love to know its price when new. The
switching design has been changed from all the previous models, with
a much smoother action, and solid state technology has been
introduced. This has greatly simplified the testing method with no
need to do the backing off. it is all carried out and continuously
monitored with the Right hand meter. A small signal about 20 K/hz is
superimposed on the rectified A.C. fed to the control grid, the
signal is sampled at the anode and is displayed on the G/M meter. You
can just see the 20 k/hz signal on the scope display.
After giving the unit the once over I have found by using the
standardized valve that the
instrument is over reading about
25% on the 100 m/a scale and 10 %
on the 30 m/a scale, the 10 and 3
seem ok. The left-hand meter has
proven to be faulty, with an
internal resistance of 2160ohms. It
should be 2400 ohms. I have had a
word with fellow B.V.W.S. member
Denis Tabor, Denis tells me that
Avo brought out Taylor meters in
the late 60s and the meters
installed in these instruments are
in fact made by Taylor instruments
Ltd, and were not that good.
Nothing like the quality of the
Avos in earlier testers. Denis is a
font of all knowledge on the
subject of valve / tube testers of all makes worldwide and is always
keen to help.
Checking the shunt resistors R11, R12, 2.4 and 8.02 ohms they are
slightly high, The 2.4 has risen to 2.7 this will make a big
difference to the readings. These resistors were Probably damaged due
to incorrect switch settings, and serious overloads during its 40
years of service. It looks as if I will have to buy 2 meters. One
problem encountered is removing the control knobs they have every
small Allen key screws 2 on each knob . One supplier of these small
keys is C.P.C. Part number TLO3270 and priced at