A B C D E

BT1 BT2
4 1V5 AA 1V5 AA 4
U1 100K U2 100K
MAX406 R1 uA776 R2

7
Meter In 1 10K Meter In 1 10K
3 8 R3 Meter Pos 3 8 R4 Meter Pos
+ 6 + 6
2 -
5 2 -
5
R5 R6
Meter In Rtn 20K 1% Meter Rtn Meter In Rtn 20K 1% Meter Rtn

4
R7
BT3 10M BT4
1V5 AA 1V5 AA

R8 R9
3 100K 1% 100K 1% 3
R10 R11
20K 1% 20K 1%

Modified Circuit: Original Circuit:

MAX406 Replaced Obsolete uA776 Instead of using a 2uA FSD meter as advertised
Null Potentiometer connection different Sanwa used a 50uA meter driven by
Bias current programming resistor R7 not required a low standby current Op-Amp uA776
Pin 8 bandwidth control left open BT2 and BT4 were soldered permanently onto a PCB
BT1 and BT3 now accessible and replaceable PCB was mounted onto the meter housing
2 Adjust R1 for meter zero Meter malfunction when batteries exhausted 2
Adjust R3 for FSD calibration Due to undocumented presense of batteries
User has little idea about the cause of failure

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Title
Sanwa N-501 meter Amplifier
Size Document Number Rev
A4 1.0
MeterAmp.dsn
Date: Friday, August 05, 2005 Sheet 1 of 1
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Rear of meter opened, phenolic board with two holes has two 1.5V AA cells soldered inside
Meter removed for disassembly
Close-up view of meter movement, amplifier board has uA776 replaced with MAX406
Front view of unit with meter removed, view of removed meter.
Another view of meter movement