For the electrician gurus

[Russ79]

Anybody know what this is or have a use for it?





I am still in the process of cleaning up at my mom's place to get ready to sell and found this in the garage. My stepdad was a jack-of-all-trades and master of none and had stuff that I am not sure if he knew how to use properly. Hate to throw it away so thought I would see if it would peak any interest on here.

[darralld]

It's a utility tester...LOL

[droebuck]

It's an old school Multi Meter used to measure voltage, resistance and VA. Don't throw it away, some of us including me like to display old electrical tools like these.

[AntlerCollector]

It's a utility tester...LOL

Yep. Model 161





Just an old school multi-meter.

Edit: droebuck beat me to it. It’s not really something to practically use anymore, but it’s a cool collectible

[cricman]

It's not a multimeter. It's a tube filament tester; not to be confused with a tube tester. Note the tube sockets (and pins straighteners) at the top. For those under forty, tubes are what make good stereo, headphone, and guitar amplifiers sound awesome.

cricman

[Matt_C]

It's unique, it's a multimeter as stated above but also looks to be a tube tester as well. Back in the day, it was quite an expensive device. The fact that it has a tube tester sockets on it makes it very special..... at least in my eyes.

[kmitchl]

Tube tester and multimeter. When TVs were done with tubes there was frequently a self service tube tester at the drug stores or grocery stores. If your TV went out you would take the tubes to the tester to see if one was the problem before you called the service man.