Test Equipment Anonymous

Specmaster wrote: ↑Sat Nov 30, 2024 1:12 am I think that Ginger would have a bit of a problem with a TV these days.

mnem
that's bloody brilliant...

Maybe the Holy Roller robot builder has a following because everything else on the forum has become dead boring! They seem to be determined to remove any vestige of the old EEVBlog, with a lot of political posts of the favoured kind these days, but disagree & you are firmly told "no politi...

mnem
you know you want one too.

Now I wanna come back to the GWN and build a 20x scale version of that in a lot across the road from you. :twisted: mnem yes, you may touch it. As a hotel. mnem :lol: I'd enjoy that just for the fact it would send that awful neighbour into an epic snit. I was tossing an idea around for that Strobot...

mnem
yes, you may touch it.

As a hotel.

mnem

Now I wanna come back to the GWN and build a 20x scale version of that in a lot across the road from you.

mnem
yes, you may touch it.

…Several of the metal keyswitch springs had rusted through, I've replaced all but one of these, but I've run out of spares so the RESET switch is a bit suboptimal - has anyone here tried cutting up spring steel sheets to make these? I've seen claims of success in other places though I'm not sure my...

So, new arrival (talked about it in Discord, but that's only half of the introduction to the community.): - hp - 3478A Multimeter, my first real foray into "many digits". It was not very expensive, but not as cheap as I would have wanted. Contrary to the cautions made by the very decent s...

A whole bunch of LED lights on my truck failed in interesting ways fairly close together. Some went dim, some flickered, and I ended up breaking down and buying four to replace the two above the rear license plate and the front marker lights. That's when I discovered the truck's previous owner must...

I have... things. Things which are odd heights, and yet must be kept. Yea, verily, I did put those shelves at odd heights, thereby to accommodate.

mnem
forsooth; what of mine blenders...?

https://teanonymous.com/f1/download/file.php?mode=view&id=2538 Today's project: Extended kitchen prep space. These are hardwood dorm-size computer desks I picked up a while back; I decided to repurpose them as extended countertop for the kitchen, so moved the keyboard drawers down low and added...

(SNIP) https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1024x768q70/923/PKNJ0q.jpg A diode gave the characteristic diode curve. I ended up with a very strong overall impression from the Hameg rig is that it felt like equipment you'd find on lab benches in a college for students to use. I can't put my finger on w...

Now you're making me wanna drag out the GriefKit scope I picked up at the spring swapmeet and still haven't gotten past triaging and "Yup, dead as a doorknob".

mnem
I hate you a little right now.

Still... the entire porpoise of the scope is to swim free on battery power; seems just wrong on a fundamental level.

mnem
guess I can still trailblaze with Lixx power on that 211...

had to look up "sticky" as it relates to a blog. does that make me a weirdo....or just old as dirt? ps I liked it being sticky. TEAnonymous was always sticky. Still is. :mrgreen: Getting stickied was when it all went to hell. mnem https://teanonymous.com/f1/download/file.php?id=269&mo...

Stickiness draws newbies attention , and indicates that the thread has important information with a long lifetime, that will be of interest to many people. The TEA thread did not have those attributes. In contrast, the TEA thread was largely ephemeral chit chat between a small group of wierdos. The...

It became far too cumbersome as a single thread. For instance someone might start a discussion on restoring an HP spectrum analyser, where he got stuck because a plastic cam switch was broken. That would turn into a discussion about various glues, whether it could be plastic welded, whether it coul...

TEA that Was is exactly that... TEA that WAS. The community that was there is no more, because the owner of the land we were sharecropping on didn't feel those members and what they'd contributed were worth even the trouble of seriously investigating the claims of abuse of the moderation and report...

What prizes did you come away with? A few bits and bobs... ;) That's a nice pickup and a very kind thing to give that scope to that kid as a surprise gift. I hope he enjoys it. Do you know if he had anything to use it on, something he could safely probe to get a couple of interesting traces on the ...

Sorry, I have to be boring and I know I'm teaching you how to suck eggs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaELqAo4kkQ Posting a yootoob vid. Oh, the indignity! Of course you are! I don't need Dave to show me how to blow up a scope, gorramm it; I can do that just fine all by myself! mnem :lol: We kno...

Somebody posted this in the Discord; I had to bring it here.

mnem
life is messy; bring a sponge.

I hope he won't use it to measure the mains. Well, I did take the precaution of giving him only a pair of 10X probes with it. ;) Sorry, I have to be boring and I know I'm teaching you how to suck eggs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaELqAo4kkQ Posting a yootoob vid. Oh, the indignity! Of course y...

Cubdriver wrote: ↑Fri Sep 13, 2024 2:45 am

-Pat

mnem
I'm mechanically inclined; I screw up.

Yeah, from one hand to the other, in one case :( My concern is more about where a probe's shield goes. BTW, those multimeter are squaddyproof. Bd made a video where he used one to forcibly insert a dowel. Yeah, not gonna doo datt with my ex-USMC 27. mnem https://teanonymous.com/f1/download/file.php...