All the recent HP 3478A talk made me buy another one. Supposedly, it doesn't power on. It'll be interesting to see if it's a quick fix or a total waste of time. But for only $40 including shipping, how could I resist? ![Face Palm :palm:](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/facepalm.gif)
Indeed, at that price it would be rude not to.
I'd have jumped on it, and I'm the cheap bastahd.
Pssst.... there's some chemistry BS
happening over here... you might want to get in there and pee in somebody's cornflakes. ![Laughing :-DD](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/smiley_laughing.gif)
mnem
mmm.... cornflakes...
I’d be on that as well. Good price.
Just throughly took the 87V to bits. Checked it over, looked in all the nooks and crannies for crimes. Pristine. Actual HRC fuses, not tin foil. Cal is spot on for every range matching my U1241C to 1 count. Party time!
U1241C has held cal well. It’s actually two months out now and is bang on.
Going to need a DMMcheck with all these DMMs!
In another life some 4 decades ago I used to fix Flymo's (amongst other stuff) and here in NZ they were mostly used for mowing steep banks. Problem was unless you wore good footwear it was easy to loose footing and slide into its path with disastrous consequences for your toes. They fell out of favor as a result of accidents.
Lawns with matted grasses like Kikuyu were a real problem for the Flymo as over time the lawn 'pile' got thicker and thicker to the point it was like walking on a mattress.
I test drove one as a youth on the farm from the local tractor place. The front yard was a bit uneven; it's rural after all. Headed over a large exposed tree root I'd always just rolled over with a regular mower; the front edge tucked in, but I kept walking and in half a step the deck was near vertical and my shins mere inches away from the roaring blades. Probably 20 paces was all it took to unsell me on the damned things.
mnem
*punt*
For me it was the early 1980s. My job was to mow the lawn at home. Shoving this bastard thing around was hard work. Lived in a rural area next to a farm so the grass had all sorts of crap growing in it. Round one was pick up all the dog shit. Round two was mow the lawn. Round three was clean the dog shit you missed off your socks.