Some news regarding my little ancient gizmo of 22 pages back, for those who still remember it. Picture below for all the others...
Made by " CIMEL " in Paris according to the writing on the meter movement.
Found a " CIMEL " today also in Paris, albeit not at the same address. Tried my luck and e-mailed them last Thursday night with pictures, asking if it belongs to them and what they could tell me about it.. application, documentation of any kind.. anything they might have.
Of course I fully expected to be ignored... imagine if I e-mailed HP about some ancient piece from them I found in some barn...
Well, what do you know ! Today they replied to me !!! Girl from marketing / sales dept.
See response below.
She said basically YES it is the same CIMEL company, and yes it is one of their products !
Was made in the 40's or '50's. It's for civil use. That she is sure about.
But that's about it. Couldn't tell me anything technical about it, no docs, no nothing as the engineers who made the thing are long dead of course
She did try to speak some technical words but coming from a Marketing girl it was bound to be BS.. but at least she tried ! I respect her will to help !
Said that the generator produced 500Volts !
I measured either 4V or 11V depending which range you select (50 or 150 ohms).
Said it was " a voltmeter as you said ".. HEY, never said it was a voltmeter mam, said it was an OHM-meter !
Then to conclude she THANKED me for digging out this little bit of their history and contacting them about it !
So overall, an extremely positive customer experience, no fuss no stand, just direct human to human contact trying to help ! It still exists in 2021, I am baffled !
So don't be afraid to contact companies, an e-mail is free and takes a few seconds, you never know there might be actual nice human beings trying to help at the other end of the line !!