Test Equipment Anonymous

25 CPS wrote: ↑Sun Sep 22, 2024 4:04 pm As for EEVBlog, do you and the others here frequent it still? I haven't looked at it since the big blowup other than spot reading the occasional thread that comes up in Google results for equipment I've looked up.

I do, but not to the same degree that I used to

In response to a question from someone on EEVBlog recently, I had cause to poke at my Metrix MX57-EX. It's a nice, well featured DMM, with a quirky design (I suspect "because French"), however the question, about the RS232 mode, had me discovering it's even more quirky than I first though...

Some HP binders/manuals for the price of shipping in the US: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/buysellwa ... l-binders/

Just did my 7150 a couple of weeks back. I bought a new filter from Mouser which was fine. They sell new ones. Yes they aren't short of £30 but it's that or burn the house down so I figured it was a good trade off. I did use the genuine correct HP LED parts, which are still sold by Broadcom now (!)...

tggzzz wrote: ↑Fri Aug 23, 2024 11:16 pm My Datron calibrator is also 1kV; I've yet to pluck up courage to work on it, since no manuals are available.

Send it to Chris to fix it; he never reads manuals (deliberate out of context quote from Discord chat, that we're beating him over the head with)

We shall see. I expect at least 3 surprise oscillators instead of amplifiers. The circuit will be mulled and carefully tuned over the next few days. The biggest problem is I don't actually have enough 2n3904's to build it at the moment. If you'd made it mostly from PNP's instead I could have sent y...

The only information I've spotted about a 4904 is an illegible picture :( I believe it is a 10V reference voltage, and I presume any reference voltage could be used (even 9V, with loss of accuracy :) ) Indeed, but it might throw an error or lock up if it doesn't see a reference voltage, or one with...

And yet you were considering a 35kg Fluke calibrator. Still only £108 :twisted: Very lazily and for a much lower price - a fiver - if it was local. They say that one doesn't work. Take your chances on a desoldering rape opportunity?... I have a 3-piece Datron calibrator that I really ought to get t...

PSA for UK ebay users: Warning to be aware of a UK ebay seller by the name of jules18999 They listed a parts only Fluke 8125A for £60 BIN + £15 shipping, which is upper end but not top price. After a little umming and ahhing, I bought it. A few minutes later I saw they listed another one, also part...

synx508 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 24, 2024 8:53 pm

Love the dymo label on the middle one...

This was a problem for early Apple Watch users as well. The alu alloy they used had a high nickel content. I couldn't wear one. They changed it around S6 or so as they did with their laptops finally. I dissolve them with my sweat instead now. Yeah, the nickel makes more contribution to chloride ion...

OK. Are you saying that all consumer units with wire fuses are automatically deemed to be so dangerous that the house's supply has to be forcibly disconnected? What happens if the inhabitants rely on starlifts or emergency call buttons or.dialysis machines etc? Pretty much, yes. Those are very much...

?C1? A failure code as would be reported on an Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR). Specifically Classification code C1 (Danger present) Where an observation has been given a Classification code C1, the safety of those using the installation is at risk and immediate remedial action is r...

Pretty sure your dad could count the fuses left in the box, just like my grand-dad did. He probably decided to just let it slide. ;) mnem Thank Ifni for circuit-breakers... :mrgreen: That long ago it would have been merely a piece of wire like this http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/9hW5JjIlnuQ/maxresdefault.j...