Author Topic: What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase! (Read 3087355 times)

bitseeker · « **Reply #525 on:** October 13, 2015, 01:18:30 am »

Quote from: crispy_tofu on October 13, 2015, 12:45:24 am

Should I do a review/teardown?

Of course! Should that even be a question here?

BFX · « **Reply #526 on:** October 13, 2015, 07:44:48 pm »

New battery for my Fluke 196B ScopeMeter for 20$

McBryce · « **Reply #527 on:** October 16, 2015, 07:46:07 am »

Picked up a "like new" Fluke 289 FVF with software and all the cables for an extremely good price. A highly impressive piece of kit. Now why didn't meters have all this shit back when I actually needed to run around with a meter in my hand all day!!??

McBryce.

Augustus · « **Reply #528 on:** October 17, 2015, 03:53:39 pm »

6 liters of 99.9% Isopropyl Alcohol for ~20€, including shipping. Parrrrrrrty time...

Ribster · « **Reply #529 on:** October 17, 2015, 04:03:07 pm »

You ran out of beer

??

Augustus · « **Reply #530 on:** October 17, 2015, 05:18:10 pm »

Thank God, no...

But I'm a little bit an atypical German, I usually prefer a good glass of wine over a stein of beer. Cheers!

Ribster · « **Reply #531 on:** October 17, 2015, 09:16:53 pm »

Quote from: Augustus on October 17, 2015, 05:18:10 pm

Thank God, no...

But I'm a little bit an atypical German, I usually prefer a good glass of wine over a stein of beer. Cheers!

Coming from someone that's from belgium, that doesn't go down well with me...
Beer über alles!!

Deathwish · « **Reply #532 on:** October 22, 2015, 01:04:05 pm »

one of these, but their crap, keeps swinging across the front of me and no way to lock it off, miss my old clarkes one but their now twice the price of this.

http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/22w-fluorescent-daylight-magnifier-lamp-a29ff

nfmax · « **Reply #533 on:** October 22, 2015, 01:23:39 pm »

Quote from: Deathwish on October 22, 2015, 01:04:05 pm

one of these, but their crap, keeps swinging across the front of me and no way to lock it off, miss my old clarkes one but their now twice the price of this.

http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/22w-fluorescent-daylight-magnifier-lamp-a29ff

I have one of these, and as a magnifier & lamp it is basically OK. I made my own mounting base for it, as the standard one got in the way of the cupboard next to my bench, and a trick I used was to wrap PTFE thread tape around the swivelly bit of the arm to increase the diameter to the point that it just made a firm fit into the base. Stops it swinging about in the breeze, but still easy to move.

Deathwish · « **Reply #534 on:** October 22, 2015, 01:30:10 pm »

i'll give that a try then, thanks

Joule Thief · « **Reply #535 on:** October 22, 2015, 01:30:59 pm »

A small but attitude altering addition to the workbench.

This $4 device takes the angst out of repeatedly opening and closing the jaws of a Panavise 201 or 203 jaw vice. Just snap it onto the vice wingnut, insert index finger and spin. Stand back and watch the smiles appear.

Best $4 I have spent to date!

http://www.amazon.com/PanaVise-239%C2%A0Speed-Control-Handle-201/dp/B011NEEO08/ref=sr_1_1?s=industrial&ie=UTF8&qid=1445520293&sr=1-1&keywords=PanaVise+239+Speed+Control+Handle

KJDS · « **Reply #536 on:** October 22, 2015, 02:06:18 pm »

Today I've bought 78 multimeters.

I wonder if they'll work?

AF6LJ · « **Reply #537 on:** October 22, 2015, 02:24:19 pm »

alank2 · « **Reply #538 on:** October 22, 2015, 02:47:07 pm »

Quote from: AF6LJ on October 22, 2015, 02:24:19 pm

WoW

Yeah - we've got to see some pics of this.

I ordered a SDG2082X from tequipment and got a shipping notice from them last night!

tggzzz · « **Reply #539 on:** October 22, 2015, 03:01:54 pm »

A second hand Tek 21GHz spectrum analyser. Of course I can't check it works above ~3GHz because I don't have any suitable signal sources

Now all I need is a proper DC block and attenuator, not something I cobble together myself. And a tracking generator. And some decent cables and connectors

SeanB · « **Reply #540 on:** October 22, 2015, 05:05:19 pm »

A nice little DIN rail mounting power meter. Took it apart before turning it on, and aside from the 3 internal IC's being the ground off top type ( one is obviously a PIC doing the math and display side, one is a jellybean quad opamp and the last os likely a cheap ADC, so no surprise there) it is not bad, input power being provided by a capacitive divider, and with voltage sensing using 2 series 100k 0.3W 1% metal film resistors.

All in all it does what it needs, and $25 with "free shipping" was not too bad.

Shown testing it's own power draw. 10VA, 3.2W and a really bad power factor. PF does not seem to have a magnitude, it reads the same irrespective of direction of current flow through the internal sense coil. Still, goes from 0-100A and should do the job.

KJDS · « **Reply #541 on:** October 22, 2015, 05:29:04 pm »

Quote from: alank2 on October 22, 2015, 02:47:07 pm

Quote from: AF6LJ on October 22, 2015, 02:24:19 pm
WoW

Yeah - we've got to see some pics of this.

I ordered a SDG2082X from tequipment and got a shipping notice from them last night!

Most of them were just yet more Fluke 25s. I've got loads in stock, but usually sell a couple a week so more is always good.

There are also half a dozen Solartron 7150 6.5 digit meters. I'm hoping that they work, but at least there is a decent manual available for them so should be a fun fix if they do have problems.

tom66 · « **Reply #542 on:** October 22, 2015, 06:52:16 pm »

Bought a GW Instek PSP-603 for £80 all inc from the Farnell trade counter. RRP was £288+VAT so I think I got a decent deal.

It's a 60V 3.5A switching bench power supply.

nigelwright7557 · « **Reply #543 on:** October 23, 2015, 12:27:19 am »

I bought a Pyle 1000WRMS 21 inch subwoofer.
I built my own cabinet for it.
Sounds very good.

accesscontrolforum · « **Reply #544 on:** October 23, 2015, 04:54:54 am »

just got it in today. EBay score for 40 bucks.

https://www.eevblog.com/forum/buysellwanted/rs232-cable-for-tx-3-185-287-'cable-for-tektronix-or-fluke-189-289'/

Deathwish · « **Reply #545 on:** October 23, 2015, 04:37:19 pm »

Quote from: nfmax on October 22, 2015, 01:23:39 pm

Quote from: Deathwish on October 22, 2015, 01:04:05 pm
one of these, but their crap, keeps swinging across the front of me and no way to lock it off, miss my old clarkes one but their now twice the price of this.

http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/22w-fluorescent-daylight-magnifier-lamp-a29ff
I have one of these, and as a magnifier & lamp it is basically OK. I made my own mounting base for it, as the standard one got in the way of the cupboard next to my bench, and a trick I used was to wrap PTFE thread tape around the swivelly bit of the arm to increase the diameter to the point that it just made a firm fit into the base. Stops it swinging about in the breeze, but still easy to move.

These have an inherent fault that means it isnt going to last long, the base spigot is a tube that has been cut half way through, bend it a bit and its game over as the lamp will flop on the ground.

German_EE · « **Reply #546 on:** October 24, 2015, 04:16:39 pm »

The biggest apple strudel I've ever seen, I'd post a picture but it's already been dealt with

KJDS · « **Reply #547 on:** October 24, 2015, 05:04:28 pm »

Quote from: German_EE on October 24, 2015, 04:16:39 pm

The biggest apple strudel I've ever seen, I'd post a picture but it's already been dealt with

I've got apple crumble for dinner tonight, but that will be home made rather than bought.

purfield · « **Reply #548 on:** October 28, 2015, 04:12:44 am »

Got a little trigger happy at an online auction and bought a Keithley 2002 for $1550.

TopLoser · « **Reply #549 on:** October 28, 2015, 09:00:17 am »

A 15KW, 0-80V 0-250A power supply. Weighs about 35Kg and I'm scared of it.


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