[AJD] Allen condensor and coil tester

[Bill Brueck]

Indeed it sounds like my unit is a combined job from what you list below.  I 
expect the materials will be most helpful, thank you very much.

I kind of think the unit has something not working right.  I've played with 
the condensor testing part a bit with known good condensors and am not 
getting the readings I would have expected.  I'll pull the cover off one of 
these days, I bet the unit is pretty simple and individual components can be 
checked and replaced as needed.

Been barely able to lurk the past couple of days, to say nothing of having a 
thought left over for posting.  Got the son married off on Friday, company 
is dwindling away, 2 more trips to the airport today and tomorrow and life 
will return to normal.  It's been a great weekend with the new daughter in 
law coming aboard and having folks around we've not seen for a while.  But 
company is like fish, after about 3 days...  Looks like I'll be eating 
potato salad for a month.

B²
Bill Brueck (brick)
Chatfield, MN, USA

Confusion is a higher state of knowledge than ignorance.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <greg at theoldtractorcompany.com>
To: "Antique John Deere mailing list" 
<antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 11:34 AM
Subject: Re: [AJD] Allen condensor and coil tester


> Bill
> So far I have located the OP MAN for the Allen Condenser Tester model's 
> E-301, E-1201,
> and AE-1201. Also for the Coil Tester model's E-1203 and AE-1203. Glancing 
> at them they
> appear to be for what I remember as our older Allen testers. I wonder if 
> yours was a
> combo unit and so the model # was different? At the very least these are 
> likely similar
> enough so as to be of some use.
> I also emailed you offlist
> Greg
>
>
> Greg Stephen
> The Old Tractor Company
> Stephen Equipment Company
> PO Box 709
> Franktown, CO 80116
> 303-663-5246
> 303-468-0377 FAX<<--GREAT WAY TO REACH ME!
>
> On Sat May 21  1:31 , 'Bill Brueck' <b2 at chooka.net> sent:
>
>>Interesting thought, I just took a look at the B service manual, indeed I
>>recognize the tester as being an Allen unit that I have used for years and
>>will probably pick up some technique by studying it.  But the unit 
>>pictured
>>is a more general purpose with a volt meter and an ammeter.  The one I'm
>>looking for at the moment is more specialized as it's set up for testing
>>condensors and coils.  The single meter is marked with red and green areas
>>for bad and good leakage and resistance on the condensor side, I forget 
>>what
>>the ranges are labeled on the coil side.  The meter needle is centered at
>>rest, deflects left for condensor tests and deflects right for coil tests.
>>
>>B²
>>Bill Brueck (brick)
>>Chatfield, MN, USA
>>
>>Confusion is a higher state of knowledge than ignorance.
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "Dean VP" deanvp at att.net>
>>To: "'Antique John Deere mailing list'"
>>antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 10:56 PM
>>Subject: RE: [AJD] Allen condensor and coil tester
>>
>>
>>> Bill:
>>>
>>> JD used Allen test equipment and several illustrations of the Allen test
>>> equipment was included in some of the JD Service manuals. Does your 
>>> tester
>>> look like those? If so the JD Service manuals describe procedures on how
>>> to
>>> test things using the Allen test equipment.
>>>
>>> Dean A. Van Peursem
>>> Snohomish, WA 98290
>>>
>>> I'm a walking storeroom of facts..... I've just lost the key to the
>>> storeroom door
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>>> [antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com','','','')">antique-johndeere-
> bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of
>>> Bill Brueck
>>> Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 8:05 PM
>>> To: John Deere List
>>> Subject: [AJD] Allen condensor and coil tester
>>>
>>> I picked up what may be a working Allen coil and condensor tester, model
>>> E1403.  The light comes on, the meter deflects, but there are settings
>>> that
>>> must come from some documentation that came with the unit.
>>>
>>> Anybody have a manual for this unit that I could copy, or know of a 
>>> source
>>> for such?
>>>
>>> B²
>>> Bill Brueck (brick)
>>> Chatfield, MN, USA
>>>
>>> Confusion is a higher state of knowledge than ignorance.
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