Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread

[xrunner]

Just scored an Agilent E3610A for £82 + a very reasonable £6.71 postage. Cushty. For those, like me, who don't keep an encyclopaedic list of model numbers in their heads that's a 2U 1/2 rack DC bench PSU 0-8V@3A or 0-15V@2A. Fanless, naturally, like the rest of my slowly growing stack of HP/Agilent/Harrison 1/2 rack PSUs. Due Weds/Thurs all the way from sunny Southend-on-Sea. I beat some other cheapskate by one bid increment over the minimum bid - if that was one of the resident fellow cheapskates, my apologies.

Good score I have one myself, enjoy. 

[mnementh]

http://info.okinternational.com/gt90-gt120 Metcal with variable temperature adjustment?   

Feels like a huge leap backwards for MetCal from here.     Maybe they got tired of listening to the Hakko fanbois whine they didn't have a knob to diddle and burn shit up...

mnem
*SMH*

[0culus]

TEA day, as seen on discord earlier. Very nice shape Tek Type 184. There's one problem. The seller listed as tested and working, but the fuse and fuse holder are missing! Looking back, they were missing in the listing pics too, so I messaged them. They said they'll look for it on Tuesday.  And I don't have a .6A slowblow on hand either, so I can't even scrounge a fuze cap to test it out. 

[mnementh]

There's that Tek voodoo black-magic oscillator making another appearance... 

mnem
Time for a wet-finger test... 

[Cubdriver]

Crap. Forgot Discord again.  Your purchase of the 184 did prompt me to buy a manual for mine; no sign of it yet though.

-Pat

[Specmaster]

TEA day, as seen on discord earlier. Very nice shape Tek Type 184. There's one problem. The seller listed as tested and working, but the fuse and fuse holder are missing! Looking back, they were missing in the listing pics too, so I messaged them. They said they'll look for it on Tuesday.  And I don't have a .6A slowblow on hand either, so I can't even scrounge a fuze cap to test it out. 

What do you mean, "They said that they'll look for it on Tuesday"? Thats a claim for a refund in full or at least, if you're willing to accept it, a partial refund. Just how in blue blazes can they say that it is tested and working with no fuse and its holder???

[Neomys Sapiens]

I bought a spare probe for my AVO digital megger on Ebay, when I opened the Envelope, some car parts fell out. The seller hat entrusted his teenage daughter with the mail and she got a bit confused. So I received stuff that he wanted to return to a seller. I fet sorry for him, as I got that probe for 1.-´€. I offered to exchange the goods directly with the other party, but they did not like it.

[Mr. Scram]

I bought a spare probe for my AVO digital megger on Ebay, when I opened the Envelope, some car parts fell out. The seller hat entrusted his teenage daughter with the mail and she got a bit confused. So I received stuff that he wanted to return to a seller. I fet sorry for him, as I got that probe for 1.-´€. I offered to exchange the goods directly with the other party, but they did not like it.

Were they parts for a tiny car or was it a huge envelope?

[0culus]

TEA day, as seen on discord earlier. Very nice shape Tek Type 184. There's one problem. The seller listed as tested and working, but the fuse and fuse holder are missing! Looking back, they were missing in the listing pics too, so I messaged them. They said they'll look for it on Tuesday.  And I don't have a .6A slowblow on hand either, so I can't even scrounge a fuze cap to test it out. 

What do you mean, "They said that they'll look for it on Tuesday"? Thats a claim for a refund in full or at least, if you're willing to accept it, a partial refund. Just how in blue blazes can they say that it is tested and working with no fuse and its holder???

I'll give them a chance, and if they come up empty I'm going to want a partial refund.

[Specmaster]

I bought a spare probe for my AVO digital megger on Ebay, when I opened the Envelope, some car parts fell out. The seller hat entrusted his teenage daughter with the mail and she got a bit confused. So I received stuff that he wanted to return to a seller. I fet sorry for him, as I got that probe for 1.-´€. I offered to exchange the goods directly with the other party, but they did not like it.

Maybe she was a bat shit crazy red head with boys on her brain 

[Specmaster]

TEA day, as seen on discord earlier. Very nice shape Tek Type 184. There's one problem. The seller listed as tested and working, but the fuse and fuse holder are missing! Looking back, they were missing in the listing pics too, so I messaged them. They said they'll look for it on Tuesday.  And I don't have a .6A slowblow on hand either, so I can't even scrounge a fuze cap to test it out. 

What do you mean, "They said that they'll look for it on Tuesday"? Thats a claim for a refund in full or at least, if you're willing to accept it, a partial refund. Just how in blue blazes can they say that it is tested and working with no fuse and its holder???

I'll give them a chance, and if they come up empty I'm going to want a partial refund.

More to the point is, with the fuse and holder missing, how did they manage to test it?

[Neomys Sapiens]

Well, eBay has ceased to be shit - for me at least.

Just scored an Agilent E3610A for £82 + a very reasonable £6.71 postage. Cushty. For those, like me, who don't keep an encyclopaedic list of model numbers in their heads that's a 2U 1/2 rack DC bench PSU 0-8V@3A or 0-15V@2A. Fanless, naturally, like the rest of my slowly growing stack of HP/Agilent/Harrison 1/2 rack PSUs. Due Weds/Thurs all the way from sunny Southend-on-Sea. I beat some other cheapskate by one bid increment over the minimum bid - if that was one of the resident fellow cheapskates, my apologies.

In other news, I found my de-burring tool and a little packet of mixed precision/fast op amps that I'd been trying to find for weeks. Bloody cat had batted them out of the tray they were in, and down the back of the bedroom bookcase when she'd been climbing up to the forbidden heights of War-Drobe. Normally she limits her electronics 'help' to ESD testing.

Noga/Shaviv deburring tool? The type with the svivelling blade? I can understand that she liked to play with it. Bright blue and a good fit to a paw...maybe she 'deburred' a mouse or two in the meantime.

[Neomys Sapiens]

I bought a spare probe for my AVO digital megger on Ebay, when I opened the Envelope, some car parts fell out. The seller hat entrusted his teenage daughter with the mail and she got a bit confused. So I received stuff that he wanted to return to a seller. I fet sorry for him, as I got that probe for 1.-´€. I offered to exchange the goods directly with the other party, but they did not like it.

Maybe she was a bat shit crazy red head with boys on her brain 

If so, I'm even more sorry for her, as the name sounded middle-easterish.

[Specmaster]

I bought a spare probe for my AVO digital megger on Ebay, when I opened the Envelope, some car parts fell out. The seller hat entrusted his teenage daughter with the mail and she got a bit confused. So I received stuff that he wanted to return to a seller. I fet sorry for him, as I got that probe for 1.-´€. I offered to exchange the goods directly with the other party, but they did not like it.

Maybe she was a bat shit crazy red head with boys on her brain 

If so, I'm even more sorry for her, as the name sounded middle-easterish.

Oh cripes, I feel for her.

[Neomys Sapiens]

I bought a spare probe for my AVO digital megger on Ebay, when I opened the Envelope, some car parts fell out. The seller hat entrusted his teenage daughter with the mail and she got a bit confused. So I received stuff that he wanted to return to a seller. I fet sorry for him, as I got that probe for 1.-´€. I offered to exchange the goods directly with the other party, but they did not like it.

Were they parts for a tiny car or was it a huge envelope?

'Schlepphebel kurz Kia Sorento Hyundai H-1' , 2pc.. I think a part of the transmission. Not very large.

[0culus]

TEA day, as seen on discord earlier. Very nice shape Tek Type 184. There's one problem. The seller listed as tested and working, but the fuse and fuse holder are missing! Looking back, they were missing in the listing pics too, so I messaged them. They said they'll look for it on Tuesday.  And I don't have a .6A slowblow on hand either, so I can't even scrounge a fuze cap to test it out. 

What do you mean, "They said that they'll look for it on Tuesday"? Thats a claim for a refund in full or at least, if you're willing to accept it, a partial refund. Just how in blue blazes can they say that it is tested and working with no fuse and its holder???

I'll give them a chance, and if they come up empty I'm going to want a partial refund.

More to the point is, with the fuse and holder missing, how did they manage to test it?

I'd like to know that too. I'll give them till Tuesday to see if they have the parts, but I have a feeling I will have to demand a partial refund.

[Neomys Sapiens]

And all this complaining about those lovely redheads...
In Germany, there is an old proven saying of cicil engineers: 'Umso rostiger das Dach, umso feuchter der Keller!'
(The more rusty the roof, the more moist is the basement!)
Who knows, if not them?

[Neomys Sapiens]

And that tiny HP power supply did not budge a bit since the mid-morning. Looks fine, pending some dynamic load testing. They are really nice. Also extra-long power cable on it - around 3m.

[med6753]

And all this complaining about those lovely redheads...
In Germany, there is an old proven saying of cicil engineers: 'Umso rostiger das Dach, umso feuchter der Keller!'
(The more rusty the roof, the more moist is the basement!)
Who knows, if not them?

I can vouch from personal experience that is a true statement but it is almost totally negated by the fact that they are nucking futs. 

Edit...crap, I forgot about Discord too. 

[Cerebus]

Noga/Shaviv deburring tool? The type with the svivelling blade? I can understand that she liked to play with it. Bright blue and a good fit to a paw...maybe she 'deburred' a mouse or two in the meantime.

One of the same. It was in its original box (encourages me to put the lethally sharp 'bit' away inside it, and keep my blood inside me) so she wouldn't have been able to use it as an improvised weapon.  I suspect it was caught by a back paw during the daring leap to the top of the wardrobe, I've seen things go flying during that move before; which is why I'm blaming her for the disappearances. Now I have to remember what it was I wanted to de-burr when I originally couldn't find it; I know it was something awkward like an inside radius that you couldn't get a file to and so needed the Noga tool.

Not that she would need improvised weapons, she comes with her own retractable razors. She's the kind of cat that will occasionally sit in a corner sharpening them with a No.4 cut file while giving you the side-eye and whistling the Shark's theme from West Side Story - just so's you don't get any ideas that she might disapprove of.

[Neomys Sapiens]

And all this complaining about those lovely redheads...
In Germany, there is an old proven saying of cicil engineers: 'Umso rostiger das Dach, umso feuchter der Keller!'
(The more rusty the roof, the more moist is the basement!)
Who knows, if not them?

I can vouch from personal experience that is a true statement but it is almost totally negated by the fact that they are nucking futs. 

Edit...crap, I forgot about Discord too. 

Well, I can say that nobody there forgot that you forgot - might as well say, your absence was noted.

[Neomys Sapiens]

Noga/Shaviv deburring tool? The type with the svivelling blade? I can understand that she liked to play with it. Bright blue and a good fit to a paw...maybe she 'deburred' a mouse or two in the meantime.

One of the same. It was in its original box (encourages me to put the lethally sharp 'bit' away inside it, and keep my blood inside me) so she wouldn't have been able to use it as an improvised weapon.  I suspect it was caught by a back paw during the daring leap to the top of the wardrobe, I've seen things go flying during that move before; which is why I'm blaming her for the disappearances. Now I have to remember what it was I wanted to de-burr when I originally couldn't find it; I know it was something awkward like an inside radius that you couldn't get a file to and so needed the Noga tool.

Not that she would need improvised weapons, she comes with her own retractable razors. She's the kind of cat that will occasionally sit in a corner sharpening them with a No.4 cut file while giving you the side-eye and whistling the Shark's theme from West Side Story - just so's you don't get any ideas that she might disapprove of.

[Brumby]

Let's hope the cat doesn't come across any references of sharks with frickin' lasers!

[syau]

TEA day, as seen on discord earlier. Very nice shape Tek Type 184. There's one problem. The seller listed as tested and working, but the fuse and fuse holder are missing! Looking back, they were missing in the listing pics too, so I messaged them. They said they'll look for it on Tuesday.  And I don't have a .6A slowblow on hand either, so I can't even scrounge a fuze cap to test it out. 

Scored one recently, most output spotted on except those below 50ns. Carried out adjustment all fixed except the 2ns  The 2ns output never make a stable waveform except when my adjustment tool (esd safe plastic) touch the C70 

I changed the input voltage to 220V as I am living in 220v area, the 10MHz oven started giving out smell and blow the fuse (0.3A) after around 1 hr  Disconnect the heater as temporary fix.

Any chance to help me to measure the resistance between pin 1 to 5, 2 to 5, 1 to 2 on the 10 Mhz crystal after removing it from socket ?

[ArthurDent]

My cat Friday and his dog Angus.