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Hand-Held Gauss/Tesla Meter


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Manufacturer: F. W. Bell
Model: 5070
Cost: $ 1600 (1999)


Description


Portable instrument that utilizes a Hall probe to measure magnetic flux density in terms of gauss, tesla or ampere-meter. The measurement range is from 0.01 mT (0.1 G or 0.01 KAm) to 1.999T (19.99 kG or 1591 KAm). The instrument is capable of measuring static (dc) magnetic fields and alternating (ac) fields.




Specifications


Full Scale Ranges 200 G, 2 kG, 20 kG, 20 mT, 200 mT, 2 T
Resolution 0.1 G, 0.01 mT, 1 G, 0.1 mT, 10 G, 1 mT
Accuracy
dc ±2.0% of reading
ac (20 Hz-10,000Hz) ±3.5% of reading



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Operating Instructions

Depress the POWER switch. There will be a momentary audible beep and all display segments will appear on the display.

The instrument will conduct a self test before measurements begin. If a problem is detected the phrase "Err'3 will appear on the display followed by a 3-digit code. The circuitry that failed will be retested and the error code will appear after each failure. This process will continue indefinitely or until the circuitry passes the test. A condition in which a circuit fails and then passes should not be ignored because it indicates an intermittent problem that should be corrected.

If the self test is successful the meter will perform a self calibration. During this phase the meter will display the software revision number1 such as "r I .0". Calibration will halt if there is no Hall probe connected. Until the probe is connected the phrase "Err" will appear accompanied by a flashing "PROBE" annunciator.

When properly calibrated, scan object with probe.



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keywords: magnetic field measurement device.


Document created August 9, 2001. Original author: Phil Scolieri