RE: Analog Panel Meter

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Original poster: "Basura, Brian by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <brian.basura-at-unistudios-dot-com>

Jim/All,

Joe Factor sales in Burbank is gone :-(

Regards,
Brian B.

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Subject: Re: Analog Panel Meter


Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>

A source for big panel meters (including vertical reading variety), in the
Los Angeles area, is Factor Surplus in Burbank.  They're usually a place I
go for surplus hardware (good prices on copper and SS stuff) and for
hydraulic stuff (AN fittings, for instance).  Prices for meters varies a
LOT... but, they DO negotiate...

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>
> 
> Tesla list wrote:
> >
> > Original poster: "S & J Young by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <youngs-at-konnections-dot-net>
> >
> > C&H Sales has surplus meters - some are the size you need.  You may need to
> > convert a ma meter to voltmeter and put a new meter scale on it, but the
> > price is right.
> > --Steve
> 
>         I was in the Pasadena store a couple of weeks ago and didn't see any
> meters that large (I always check the meter stock), but it wouldn't hurt
> to give them a phone call and ask.  The stuff on the shelves in the
> store doesn't necessarily represent what they have in their warehouse.
> They're usually pretty accomodating, so call them.
> 
>         With respect to nothing, just noticed the last catalog I got
announced
> their 50th anniversary.  They got started with a bunch of tables and old
> glass cases sitting in a vacant lot in Pasadena, and have prospered ever
> since.  The original brothers Carl and Henry (C&H) are long gone (at
> least Henry died and haven't seen Carl in years).
> 
> Ed