Where can I find an economical Gauss meter other than one that cost hundreds of dollars and uses a variety of probes?
A company called Micropower makes a sensitive Gauss meter with many probes for different applications but is very costly. I mentioned in an earlier article about a handy hand-held gauss meter made by the R.B. Annis Co. in Indianapolis, Indiana and their phone number is 317-637-9282. They have different scales on the hand-held model with a nice case. I use the (-50 -0- +50) scale. The minus 50 side is for (South Magnetic Polarity) and the plus 50 is for (North Magnetic Polarity). I have heard from other repairman that they work great for determining the polarity of pickups and comparing the strength of different magnetic fields in many pickups. The Gauss meters are sensitive too, so don t use them near anything that could effect the calibration of the Gauss Meter. Keep them away from transformers and those soldering guns with the big coils in them.
