Hey, a bit of an odd question, but what is the maximum instrument depth that one can expect to have in a home lab? I'm currently trying to dimension some workbench shelving for my instruments, and I'm having trouble deciding how much space to reserve. I already have a number of lab instruments (PSU's, scopes, DMM's, freq gens, a programmable load, etc), and my current longest instrument is the DMM6500 at about 400 mm plus some space for cabling in the back. I already made the mistake of going for 300 mm shelving, but that was before I got the DMM6500 and I had to plan a redesign. I'm not a professional electronics person, but I do love electronics as a hobby very much, and I see myself getting a desktop VNA, a frequency counter and maybe some other instruments in the future.
Is 400 mm deep shelving a reasonable choice?
If you have a desktop (not a rack) instrument that is longer than 400 mm, which one is it and how long is it?