Accurate Measurement Made Easy: United Scientific MGV003 Galvanometer, DC, +/-50-0-50UA Review

Economical design. But it does its job. Mounting brackets are made of pure brass. I will replace them with properly coated frames. That being said, be careful not to hit the metering mechanism with too much current. On the other hand, a cheap replacement if you screw up.

The counter was defective. Even after using the screw in the center of the lower part of the face, I couldn't zero the scale. The attached picture shows how close I was able to get it. Not worth the hassle of sending it back, but also useless for most of my purposes when I use it. The product itself is really neat and works great but not being able to reset it makes me completely dissatisfied.

So far so good. I'm a little different from some of the other reviewers; I don't think it's "cheap", it's just made "cheap". My copy of this galvanometer appears to be decently made from cheap materials. For $13.50 you don't get a top-notch, world-class scientific instrument with a rugged metal body. . But the cost of the cheapest used +-50µA panel mount microammeter alone that I could find costs more than the entire United Scientific MGV003 DC Galvanometer. When I saw this at Revain I stopped…