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Description

This is a complete vintage GENRAD meter model 729 A.
Meter responds mechanically, controls and switches seem good.
Still has original old batteries .
This meter is otherwise untested.
Carry handle is broken. Case has a few cracks. The latch works.
Sold AS IS please.
  • Number of Tubes
  • 1
  • Valves / Tubes
  •  
  • Power type and voltage
  • Storage and/or dry batteries / 3 ; 2× 45 Volt
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Megohmmeter 729-A - General Radio Company;
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, high profile (upright - NOT Cathedral nor decorative).
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 175 x 280 x 150 mm / 6.9 x 11 x 5.9 inch
  • Notes

  • Battery Type 3 Volt: Burgess 2F2H; Battery Type 45 Volt: Burgess W308P with tap at 22.5 V (Probe voltage).

    The 1E5GP tube was used for models produced between approximately 1940 - 1947, and the 1L4 tube was used for models produced between approximately 1947 - 1953.

  • Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
  • 3.4 kg / 7 lb 7.8 oz (7.489 lb)
  • Price in first year of sale
  • 85.00 USD
  • Source of data
  • -- Collector info (Sammler)
  • Mentioned in
  • - - Manufacturers Literature (The General Radio Experimenter Volume XV No.2 July 1940)
  • Author
  • Model page created by Felix Schaffhauser. See "Data change" for further contributors.
  • Other Models

  • Here you find 237 models, 211 with images and 127 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.


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They are of the exact item you will receive.
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