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The {{Title|GR Type 1863 Megohmmeter}} was introduced in {{Catalog U}}.  It is still [https://www.ietlabs.com/genrad-1863-megohmmeter.html available from IET Labs] as of 2024.  
The {{Title|GR Type 1863 Megohmmeter}} was introduced in {{Catalog U}}.  It is still [https://www.ietlabs.com/genrad-1863-megohmmeter.html available from IET Labs] as of 2025.


==Specifications==
==Specifications==

Latest revision as of 23:36, 14 April 2025

General Radio 1863
Megohmmeter
General Radio 1863 Megohmmeter

Available from 1970 to the present day

Manuals
Catalog History
 Document Year Page
Catalog U 1970 98
Catalog73 1973 182
Catalog78 1978 58
(All manuals in PDF format unless noted otherwise)

The GR Type 1863 Megohmmeter was introduced in Catalog U (1970). It is still available from IET Labs as of 2025.

Specifications

  • Test Voltage: 50, 100, 100, 250, or 500 V; 5 mA limit
  • Resistance Range: 50 kΩ 20 20 TΩ in 7 ranges

Links

  • The Type 1864 Megohmmeter is similar but with a 200 TΩ top range, and test voltage variable from 10 V to 1090 V.

Internals

The 1863 is solid-state except for the test voltage supply pass element, a 6AB4 (EC92) vacuum tube.

Current through the unknown is converted to a voltage using decade reference resistors from 2 kΩ to 200 MΩ. In the highest range (1 TΩ multiplier), feedback is used to multiply the effective reference resistance by a factor of 10.

A four-stage, FET-input amplifier drives an analog meter.

Photos