General Information

Serial #

111

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

metal casing & end pieces, parts/ synthetic controls, dial casing, power cord, parts

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

35.0 cm

Width

22.0 cm

Height

13.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Energy-electric

Category

Measurement

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Avo

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

Dover

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1960's+

Canada

A piece of equipment used at a Canadian manufacturing facility. The donor's father was Roland Ouellette who worked as an electronics technician at the CIP mill in Hawkesbury, Ontario. He was self taught in electronics but still received 4 patents for his inventions. Canadian Patents: # 925285 issued May 1, 1973; class 33-176; # 925286 issued May 1, 1973;  class 33-179; # 1222319 issued May 26, 1987;  class 354-29. United States Patent: #4,644,174 issued Feb 17, 1987.

Function

An instrument used to test transistors. This example was used in a pulp mill, in the electronics shop for maintenance purposes.

Technical

An example of British made acoustical test equipment of the early to mid 1960s. Avo Ltd. of Dover, England was known for their Avometer general purpose multimeter but also made a range of test gear and had a reputation for solid and reliable measuring equipment (Refs. 1 & 2).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

plate on back reads "AVO LTD./ AVOCET HOUSE/ DOVER, KENT/ MADE IN ENGLAND/ NO. 111 TYPE 166"/ black lettering on top for control functions & reading "TRANSISTOR TEST SET/ TYPE T.T.166" & "AVO LTD., DOVER, ENGLAND"

Missing

appears complete

Finish

end pieces black crinkle painted/ casing painted glossy light grey/ black, red, blue & white controls with metallic parts/ black & colourles transparent dial casing/ buff dial face/ black power cord

Decoration

Avo logo on top