Hello. I am a beginner in electronic and I recently bought my first oscilloscope for around 40$ online. Where I live 20MHz scopes usually go for >50$ so I thought I finally struck a deal after a long time searching for a reasonable priced one. The scope arrived in pretty rough shape with stains and scratches. The frame suffered some substantial warping. I opened it up, bent the frame back into shape and here are the pictures of the boards:
top view sweep and crt: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1f2u9CtpQLlLoZlZc4CKBQzAdpaBw0Tzw/view?usp=sharing
bottom view power and main: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MKlcYHLsCgRpECMrzXc0zSBkLDXRBZM9/view?usp=sharing
side view: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18la6A0Qcj5jCSmeKxZRmdQi5SIsMVhZE/view?usp=sharing
back view: https://drive.google.com/file/d/13KIB26TSu6qpYAkWmk4uIyKEiRS0lJA7/view?usp=sharing
front view: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yPYzW7XupwYRTHagB6jzayBBTltd6BRW/view?usp=sharingI did a close inspection and found the boards look good with no signs of previous tampering or repairing. No cracking or physical damage. Caps look good as new. Solder joints also good. But there were soot on the board at 4 locations. Possibly due to high temperature burned the exess flux which were present on the board. Does anybody know why the soot are there? Is it related to the problem?
On case: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17uPg_KaqksqnhwTeyBRd9S8OqUw_gc_Z/view?usp=sharingSweep board:1 screen illuminate drive transistor:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jFFLxyMv--5z99mJlX-WrtM-uZG-_VAR/view?usp=sharing2 transistor pairs near x- x+:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lqwrv_OuXQK9rWbBFoQKW1E1jdE_mdXq/view?usp=sharingMain board:3 transistor near HV transformer:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Cbvckm1XWdKnd43c95oRkFnFR4p83Bxh/view?usp=sharing4 transistor pair near HV transformer:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BzoajhBqM2-a7ycuEcPcn7-mhqv0MBge/view?usp=sharingThen I powered it up. The power LED turned on but there was no trace visible no matter how I change the settings. Giving it an input still nothing. So I started measuring voltages on the CRT pins. Heres the pictures of the CRT and where its HV pins go on the "main" board:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-jhaifzvQqwSmiOycKnOfj9a3lT1u0TM?usp=sharingWhen I put my probes bettween pin 4 and 3, the screen flashed a slim vertical rectangular for like 0.1s. I started touching the pins repeatedly and the rectangular moves at time/div rate in a straight line even with a square wave on the input. I clipped my MM's COM to the chassis and started probing pin 4 it read -166v. I think pin 3 is the cathode with negative several thousands of volts and I don't have the tool to probe it so I moved to pin 2. The magic happened when I probe pin 2. The moment I touch it with my red probe, an audible spark arced between it and my probe. Then the CRT comes to life displaying a bright dot. The scope was in XY mode. So I changed the time/div knob and fortunately the dot traced as it should but only in a straight horizontal line. Video:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bYcPiSPNaNvrAFMVheyLv9dN0_8ECtwl/view?usp=sharingI continued by measuring voltages on the main board at the bottom and testing functionalities:
There are test points on the board with silkscreened voltage nearby. Most of the voltages were spot on with the exeption of three 11.9v/12v on top right corner looking from backside and one 148v/145v
Barely changes anything. Dot went from a squashed vertical to squashed horizontal. Line from kinda sharp to a little wide. Also the texture seems wierd. I never use or even see an oscilloscope upclose before so I can't tell if this is normal:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qRCA11rYYmKxbS8-N0C7r8q3SHzEk_ps/view?usp=sharingNothing
Works flawlessly
Works flawlessly
Doesn't work
I used an alligator clip and a 1M resistor to hook CH1 to calibration stud. After changing the settings to appropriate values (0.1v/div, 1ms/div), the trace is still the same - a horizontal line. Trying all the settings doesn't make it have any vertical deflection at all. Only horizontal deflection change correctly. Same with CH2.
Seems to work correctly
works correctly
I can see some change in the horizontal line
Seems to work correctly
I think the horizontal circuit works well but the vertical is damaged
CH2 knob is damaged and have problems turning. Is the attenuators behind this knob?
Heres a closeup view of the boards:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1WZGJJIdCsww6dBs94LbrGXHJIKFVPBNT?usp=sharingCan I have some help please. I have searched the entire Internet for a schematic, service manual or anything. I've even asked ebay, yahoo sellers, repair services,... and got nothing. Should have research well before I made my purchase but I was too exited. Any help will be priceless for me. I have been working on this for more than 10 days now. Also if you have any advice, please say it. Thank you!