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Cost of an AVO in 1966
Just looking back at an old record of department purchases since 1957.
Tracked done one of our remaining AVO's 8 mk III and ,atching serial number it seems we bought 6 of them for £128 in Aug 1966. So about £22 each. Just found it interesting wonder how you would factor in inflation and what they would be in todays money. We've just bought a scope for £31 each last week :-) Think I have another 10 in the post room today to collect. |
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On Mon, 09 Nov 2020 05:57:01 -0800, whisky-dave wrote:
Just looking back at an old record of department purchases since 1957. Tracked done one of our remaining AVO's 8 mk III and ,atching serial number it seems we bought 6 of them for £128 in Aug 1966. So about £22 each. Just found it interesting wonder how you would factor in inflation and what they would be in todays money. They were about £1000 from RS when they last sold them, as I recall. That would be about 2008. I bought a mint condition Mark 6 for about £90 a while ago. -- My posts are my copyright and if @diy_forums or Home Owners' Hub wish to copy them they can pay me £1 a message. Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org *lightning surge protection* - a w_tom conductor |
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On 09/11/2020 15:17, Bob Eager wrote:
On Mon, 09 Nov 2020 05:57:01 -0800, whisky-dave wrote: Just looking back at an old record of department purchases since 1957. Tracked done one of our remaining AVO's 8 mk III and ,atching serial number it seems we bought 6 of them for £128 in Aug 1966. So about £22 each. Just found it interesting wonder how you would factor in inflation and what they would be in todays money. They were about £1000 from RS when they last sold them, as I recall. That would be about 2008. I bought a mint condition Mark 6 for about £90 a while ago. I got a NATO one about ten years ago in a leather case for about £40 from Pearsons up ra barras,,,,they had a job lot ....hated that stupid non standard battery in it so I sold it...... |
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On 09/11/2020 15:17, Bob Eager wrote:
On Mon, 09 Nov 2020 05:57:01 -0800, whisky-dave wrote: Just looking back at an old record of department purchases since 1957. Tracked done one of our remaining AVO's 8 mk III and ,atching serial number it seems we bought 6 of them for £128 in Aug 1966. So about £22 each. Just found it interesting wonder how you would factor in inflation and what they would be in todays money. They were about £1000 from RS when they last sold them, as I recall. That would be about 2008. I bought a mint condition Mark 6 for about £90 a while ago. AKA A Sick Meter if you pismronounce AVO Meter as A Vomitter |
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On 9 Nov 2020 15:17:00 GMT, Bob Eager wrote:
On Mon, 09 Nov 2020 05:57:01 -0800, whisky-dave wrote: Just looking back at an old record of department purchases since 1957. Tracked done one of our remaining AVO's 8 mk III and ,atching serial number it seems we bought 6 of them for £128 in Aug 1966. So about £22 each. Just found it interesting wonder how you would factor in inflation and what they would be in todays money. They were about £1000 from RS when they last sold them, as I recall. That would be about 2008. I bought a mint condition Mark 6 for about £90 a while ago. According to: https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/mone...ion-calculator that GBP22 would have been GBP412.93 in 2019 adjusting for inflation. Nick |
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On 09/11/2020 19:31, Nick Odell wrote:
On 9 Nov 2020 15:17:00 GMT, Bob Eager wrote: On Mon, 09 Nov 2020 05:57:01 -0800, whisky-dave wrote: Just looking back at an old record of department purchases since 1957. Tracked done one of our remaining AVO's 8 mk III and ,atching serial number it seems we bought 6 of them for £128 in Aug 1966. So about £22 each. Just found it interesting wonder how you would factor in inflation and what they would be in todays money. They were about £1000 from RS when they last sold them, as I recall. That would be about 2008. I bought a mint condition Mark 6 for about £90 a while ago. According to: https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/mone...ion-calculator that GBP22 would have been GBP412.93 in 2019 adjusting for inflation. Nick But how much when corrected for house price inflation since 1966 ?. |
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I remember that a lot of the cost was calibration of the analogue meter and
indeed the very high quality switches and plating used inside it, all of which was not cheap. If I could see, I'd still need an analogue meter since there was nothing as revealing as the wobbling of a reading to indicate where an intermittent fault might lurk. Digital are fine for steady state work of course, but for fault finding they were of limited use. Brian -- This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please Note this Signature is meaningless.! "Bob Eager" wrote in message ... On Mon, 09 Nov 2020 05:57:01 -0800, whisky-dave wrote: Just looking back at an old record of department purchases since 1957. Tracked done one of our remaining AVO's 8 mk III and ,atching serial number it seems we bought 6 of them for £128 in Aug 1966. So about £22 each. Just found it interesting wonder how you would factor in inflation and what they would be in todays money. They were about £1000 from RS when they last sold them, as I recall. That would be about 2008. I bought a mint condition Mark 6 for about £90 a while ago. -- My posts are my copyright and if @diy_forums or Home Owners' Hub wish to copy them they can pay me £1 a message. Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org *lightning surge protection* - a w_tom conductor |
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Brian Gaff \(Sofa\) wrote: I remember that a lot of the cost was calibration of the analogue meter and indeed the very high quality switches and plating used inside it, all of which was not cheap. If I could see, I'd still need an analogue meter since there was nothing as revealing as the wobbling of a reading to indicate where an intermittent fault might lurk. Digital are fine for steady state work of course, but for fault finding they were of limited use. I do have an AVO 8, but it stays in its beautiful leather case. The number of times it would be better for fault finding rather rare. -- *If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled? Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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Dave Plowman (News) presented the following explanation :
I do have an AVO 8, but it stays in its beautiful leather case. The number of times it would be better for fault finding rather rare. I last used one of mine, I have several, several years ago to fault find a mystery discharge on my car when parked. It was handy not only for the flick of the needle, but for the fact it didn't shut itself off after several minutes untouched, as a digi-meter would. |
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On 10/11/2020 12:27, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) presented the following explanation : I do have an AVO 8, but it stays in its beautiful leather case. The number of times it would be better for fault finding rather rare. I last used one of mine, I have several, several years ago to fault find a mystery discharge on my car when parked. It was handy not only for the flick of the needle, but for the fact it didn't shut itself off after several minutes untouched, as a digi-meter would. You lucky man. Mine just flattens its battery.... -- €œThe fundamental cause of the trouble in the modern world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt." - Bertrand Russell |
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Brian Gaff (Sofa) has brought this to us :
Digital are fine for steady state work of course, but for fault finding they were of limited use. Yep, that's why many digital meters now include an analogue display too. |
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On 10/11/2020 12:21, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Brian Gaff (Sofa) has brought this to us : Digital are fine for steady state work of course, but for fault finding they were of limited use. Yep, that's why many digital meters now include an analogue display too. I never really used the anti-parallax mirrors on my AVO, but for swinging the needle for tweaking to a max, an analogue meter beats a digital readout hands down! |
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On Tuesday, 10 November 2020 at 12:22:02 UTC, undefined wrote:
Brian Gaff (Sofa) has brought this to us : Digital are fine for steady state work of course, but for fault finding they were of limited use. Yep, that's why many digital meters now include an analogue display too. And a beep for continuity which AVO's at that time didn't have. Continuity being a very useful feature provided you use it right. |
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On 09/11/2020 13:57, whisky-dave wrote:
Just looking back at an old record of department purchases since 1957. Tracked done one of our remaining AVO's 8 mk III and ,atching serial number it seems we bought 6 of them for £128 in Aug 1966. So about £22 each. Just found it interesting wonder how you would factor in inflation and what they would be in todays money. £2029 according to this website https://www.inflationtool.com/britis...lue?amount=128 We've just bought a scope for £31 each last week :-) Think I have another 10 in the post room today to collect. -- Chris B (News) |
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whisky-dave wrote: Just looking back at an old record of department purchases since 1957. Tracked done one of our remaining AVO's 8 mk III and ,atching serial number it seems we bought 6 of them for £128 in Aug 1966. So about £22 each. Just found it interesting wonder how you would factor in inflation and what they would be in todays money. We've just bought a scope for £31 each last week :-) Think I have another 10 in the post room today to collect. In 66, a reasonable weeks wages would be about £10. -- *The sooner you fall behind, the more time you'll have to catch up * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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On 09/11/2020 16:24, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article , whisky-dave wrote: Just looking back at an old record of department purchases since 1957. Tracked done one of our remaining AVO's 8 mk III and ,atching serial number it seems we bought 6 of them for £128 in Aug 1966. So about £22 each. Just found it interesting wonder how you would factor in inflation and what they would be in todays money. We've just bought a scope for £31 each last week :-) Think I have another 10 in the post room today to collect. In 66, a reasonable weeks wages would be about £10. Perhaps a little towards the low end? I was getting 5 bob an hour at a petrol station in 1966 as a sixth-former. That would easily cover a gallon of petrol. Ordinary bitter was about 8p a pint. My student grant in '67 was about £100 per term. |
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"newshound" wrote in message o.uk... On 09/11/2020 16:24, Dave Plowman (News) wrote: In article , whisky-dave wrote: Just looking back at an old record of department purchases since 1957. Tracked done one of our remaining AVO's 8 mk III and ,atching serial number it seems we bought 6 of them for £128 in Aug 1966. So about £22 each. Just found it interesting wonder how you would factor in inflation and what they would be in todays money. We've just bought a scope for £31 each last week :-) Think I have another 10 in the post room today to collect. In 66, a reasonable weeks wages would be about £10. Perhaps a little towards the low end? I was getting 5 bob an hour at a petrol station in 1966 as a sixth-former. I got 35p per hour in 1974, again as a six-former. |
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On Monday, 9 November 2020 at 16:40:27 UTC, newshound wrote:
On 09/11/2020 16:24, Dave Plowman (News) wrote: In article , whisky-dave wrote: Just looking back at an old record of department purchases since 1957. Tracked done one of our remaining AVO's 8 mk III and ,atching serial number it seems we bought 6 of them for £128 in Aug 1966. So about £22 each. Just found it interesting wonder how you would factor in inflation and what they would be in todays money. We've just bought a scope for £31 each last week :-) Think I have another 10 in the post room today to collect. In 66, a reasonable weeks wages would be about £10. Perhaps a little towards the low end? I was getting 5 bob an hour at a petrol station in 1966 as a sixth-former. That would easily cover a gallon of petrol. Ordinary bitter was about 8p a pint. My student grant in '67 was about £100 per term. 8p or 8d as there's quite a differnce, I was far too young to even hold a pint. :-) |
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whisky-dave writes On Monday, 9 November 2020 at 16:40:27 UTC, newshound wrote: On 09/11/2020 16:24, Dave Plowman (News) wrote: In article , whisky-dave wrote: Just looking back at an old record of department purchases since 1957. Tracked done one of our remaining AVO's 8 mk III and ,atching serial number it seems we bought 6 of them for £128 in Aug 1966. So about £22 each. Just found it interesting wonder how you would factor in inflation and what they would be in todays money. We've just bought a scope for £31 each last week :-) Think I have another 10 in the post room today to collect. In 66, a reasonable weeks wages would be about £10. Perhaps a little towards the low end? I was getting 5 bob an hour at a petrol station in 1966 as a sixth-former. That would easily cover a gallon of petrol. Ordinary bitter was about 8p a pint. My student grant in '67 was about £100 per term. 8p or 8d as there's quite a differnce, I was far too young to even hold a pint. :-) Pint of mild was 1/6p around then. Rural pubs closed at 10.30pm. -- Tim Lamb |
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On 09/11/2020 16:50, Tim Streater wrote:
More like £15/wk, I'd have said. My grant was about £120/term for the period 64-67. 69-72 the grant was £365 pa; £1 per day for the whole year. |
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writes In article , whisky-dave wrote: Just looking back at an old record of department purchases since 1957. Tracked done one of our remaining AVO's 8 mk III and ,atching serial number it seems we bought 6 of them for £128 in Aug 1966. So about £22 each. Just found it interesting wonder how you would factor in inflation and what they would be in todays money. We've just bought a scope for £31 each last week :-) Think I have another 10 in the post room today to collect. In 66, a reasonable weeks wages would be about £10. In 1961, I got £4.8/- but petrol was 4/6p -- Tim Lamb |
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Tim Lamb wrote: In message , "Dave Plowman (News)" writes In article , whisky-dave wrote: Just looking back at an old record of department purchases since 1957. Tracked done one of our remaining AVO's 8 mk III and ,atching serial number it seems we bought 6 of them for £128 in Aug 1966. So about £22 each. Just found it interesting wonder how you would factor in inflation and what they would be in todays money. We've just bought a scope for £31 each last week :-) Think I have another 10 in the post room today to collect. In 66, a reasonable weeks wages would be about £10. In 1961, I got £4.8/- but petrol was 4/6p Very early 60s, I had a part share in an Austin 7 Ruby. It cost us £15. You could fill it - 5 gallons of commercial petrol (2 star) - for a quid. -- *If PROGRESS is for advancement, what does that make CONGRESS mean? Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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writes In article , Tim Lamb wrote: In message , "Dave Plowman (News)" writes In article , whisky-dave wrote: Just looking back at an old record of department purchases since 1957. Tracked done one of our remaining AVO's 8 mk III and ,atching serial number it seems we bought 6 of them for £128 in Aug 1966. So about £22 each. Just found it interesting wonder how you would factor in inflation and what they would be in todays money. We've just bought a scope for £31 each last week :-) Think I have another 10 in the post room today to collect. In 66, a reasonable weeks wages would be about £10. In 1961, I got £4.8/- but petrol was 4/6p Very early 60s, I had a part share in an Austin 7 Ruby. It cost us £15. You could fill it - 5 gallons of commercial petrol (2 star) - for a quid. My Morris tourer was £25! -- Tim Lamb |
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On 09/11/2020 18:48, Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , "Dave Plowman (News)" writes In article , Â* Tim Lamb wrote: In message , "Dave Plowman (News)" writes In article , Â*Â* whisky-dave wrote: Â* Just looking back at an old record of department purchases since 1957. Â*Â* Tracked done one of our remaining AVO's 8 mk III and ,atching serial number it seems we bought 6 of them for £128 in Aug 1966. So about £22 each. Just found it interesting wonder how you would factor in inflation and what they would be in todays money. We've just bought a scope for £31 each last week :-) Think I have another 10 in the post room today to collect. In 66, a reasonable weeks wages would be about £10. In 1961, I got £4.8/- but petrol was 4/6p Very early 60s, I had a part share in an Austin 7 Ruby. It cost us £15. You could fill it - 5 gallons of commercial petrol (2 star) -Â* for a quid. My Morris tourer was £25! I think my Anglia in 1972/3 was £15, but the fibreglass mat and resin to fill the rust holes might have cost more ;-) It's a matter of great retrospective relief that I didn't hit anything in that car! |
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