Gage Amplifier From eBay: Does it Work?

Published: 27 May 2023
on channel: Clough42
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I bought a Federal 230 Gage Amplifier with a lever gage head on eBay. Let's see what kind of shape it's in and try to get it running. It came originally with a mercury battery, but those have been banned for many years, so we'll need to build a new battery pack to get it running.

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00:00 Intro
01:00 Unboxing
04:08 Searching the Internet for a manual
06:59 Disassembly and inspection
09:30 Inspecting the "battery"
12:01 Slow bringup on the bench power supply
15:54 Building a new battery pack
19:14 Testing on the surface plate
22:38 Conclusion


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