Triplett 630-APLK Type 5 VOM Unboxing

Some time ago I bought a new-old-stock Triplett 630-APLK VOM from Barno Electronics near Pittsburgh, PA.

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In the past, I've also written about buying a new-old-stock Triplett 639-OS meter case and some Ungar soldering iron components from Barno.

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I took photos while unboxing this time capsule and I thought I’d finally share them here.

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The brown envelope contains the probes. The meter itself is wrapped in bubble-wrap.

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Of course it includes a user manual.

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Here is the unwrapped meter.

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“Warning! See instruction manual before using on high energy circuits."

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The QA inspection stamp.

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The yellow sticker reads “Install and test batteries before using. Overload protector will not operate without batteries."

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The envelope contains the probes, a pair of screw-on alligator clips for them, and a set of four rubber feet for the rear panel of the meter.

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The probes came with plastic tubing protecting the very pointy-sharp tips.

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The rubber feet fit into the holes in the rear cover for the screws that secure the cover to the front of the meter.

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Here’s one the the feet in its mounting hole …

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… and the whole set.

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The range switch turret.

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I think these carded wire-wound resistors are the ammeter shunt resistors, but I’m not sure of that.

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The battery compartment came with two extra fuses taped into a recess molded into the case.

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This is the protection relay and the back of the circuit board for the overload trigger circuit.

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I used Bestine rubber cement thinner, which is 100% heptane, to remove the yellow sticker. It had been on the meter for many years and was quite stubborn about being removed.

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I used q-tips to saturate the sticker with Bestine, then scraped away at it with the edge of an old credit card.

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Here’s the meter (still with some of the yellow sticker), mounted in the Triplett No. 639-OS meter case.

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