Having to call someone in Germany (from Canada) to order some connectors is not necessarily my definition of easy. On top of that my German is pretty rusty
"Easy" would be readily available at digikey, mouser or arrow. Unfortunatly it's not the case ![Undecided :-\](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/undecided.gif)
There is an office in Toronto:
https://www.fischerconnectors.com/global/en/locations/ontario
Toronto...? If there's anything an IRL set of hands would help with, lemme know K.
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mnem
*researching power suck-pply issues on an old Toshiba TV*
Having to call someone in Germany (from Canada) to order some connectors is not necessarily my definition of easy. On top of that my German is pretty rusty
"Easy" would be readily available at digikey, mouser or arrow. Unfortunatly it's not the case ![Undecided :-\](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/undecided.gif)
There is an office in Toronto:
https://www.fischerconnectors.com/global/en/locations/ontario
Well ok … I need to improve my google foo
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Will check with them if they can supply the part. Thanks!
My fan service procedure is here: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/tektronix-2465b-oscilloscope-teardown/msg1863828/#msg1863828
Useful, easy to miss or not find, bookmarked.
@tggzzz, @med, @mnen - thanks for the pointers. I skimming through the sixty five
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pages of 2465 teardown thread and have been through the tekscope (and other lists). Truth is, the amount of information to sort through is rather overwhelming, and that has fed my tendency to rely on "don't fix it if it ain't broke" driven procrastination.
Given the noise and symptoms though, I clearly need to repair/rebuild the fan in both. If I don't I end up with a bigger problem. I am guessing that I also need to fix the fan control board on the 485. Both units need a recap and the 485 has, at the least, sticky pushbutton switches and a couple of burned out lights. And no sense in taking either of them apart and not addressing the recap.
Time for me to graduate from fixing TMxxx plugins and Tek calibration generators and take on more complicated gear, I guess. Will start sifting through the threads, figure out what I need, and build a plan of attack. I don't know which scope I will do first as it isn't clear that one is actually any harder to work on than the other.
Vacuum cleaner are now a part of TEA? ![Huh? ???](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/huh.gif)
Yep, a vacuum cleaner is an important tool in the workshop and so is in most peoples opinion, while not technically TEA, is close enough but is also part of what we call "water cooler" chatter and as such might just be of interest to others and as always, it was. That's why this particular thread is now I believe the most popular thread of the forum, we are relaxed to an extent about we chat about here.
Update on the Samsung CLP-315W printer, the donor printer arrived today and I'm surprised that arrived without major damage is not packed well enough for the journey in view. Packed on its side so loads of toner had spilled out all over the place, so I had to get the vacuum out and clean the bugger up before I could open it to inspect its inerts. Swapped the imaging drum and transfer belt over and now its as good as new.
So now do I dump the old printer or attempt repair the transfer belt by stripping it down and looking at its rollers and blades, the imaging drum is easy to restore as there are suppliers of new drums on the web but not the transfer belts?.
Vacuum cleaner are now a part of TEA? ![Huh? ???](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/huh.gif)
Absolutely. You need it to vacuum up the small IC chips before you step on them barefoot.
+1 for Sebo vacuum cleaners
Vacuum cleaner are now a part of TEA? ![Huh? ???](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/huh.gif)
Yep, a vacuum cleaner is an important tool in the workshop and so is in most peoples opinion, while not technically TEA, is close enough but is also part of what we call "water cooler" chatter and as such might just be of interest to others and as always, it was. That's why this particular thread is now I believe the most popular thread of the forum, we are relaxed to an extent about we chat about here.
For sweeping up the snipped wire ends, solder splashes, and other miscellaneous crap off the lab bench, I use a paperhanging brush. Also great for dusting off control-knob-encrusted equipment panels
I had a similar experience but at only 80km/hr, the meat transport guy forgot to lock the rear door of his truck, distributing freshly butchered cow carcases across the road. Dodged most but a bit of rib got a back tyre - $250 bucks later - but no other damage!
I still recall the cars weaving across the road in front of me!
I once hit a decomposing rabbit with a lawn mower. Very. Bad. Idea. I was sick for an hour.
Off Topic.
Someone mentioned that they had just purchased a new vacuum cleaner, the same one that they saw a lot hotel cleaners dragging around, which one was it please? Our Dyson has just gone for posh shit again, 2nd power unit in a short time and its not worth buying another?
That who was Cerebus, and Miele was the brand. Me, I'd buy an Euroclean (Electrolux pro model) or Nilfisk. But that is very Scandinavian of me. As to Miele, I've got one, but I've also got a Hugin, ie. the swedish COOP whitegoods brand of yesteryear. The suck control dial went out long ago (broken plastic bit), but it was easy to set to "Max". The rest of the machine just keeps on sucking. As it should. Going on 20 years now. The Miele is probably about the same age, but it's broken in a few annoying places (bent tube nozzle that is attached to the hose and the parking clip that holds the hose/tubefloor-nozzle tidy onto the machine in storage). The suck, though, is brilliant.
Back in the day, there were bagless Nilfisks:
That is just after Fisker & Nielsen stopped making motorcycles, I guess.
Attempting to stay on topic: - is it actually a good idea to use a vacuum cleaner to clean out electronic equipment, or do they generate too much static voltage to be safe?
At a very previous job, (middle 90s) we had a copier service guy do a service call during which he forgot to take his very specialized and expensive ESD-safe vacuum cleaner with him as he left. We waited several weeks but he did not reappear, so we started to use it. Quite useful, especially as we were a sound and lights shop, with lots of fan-cooled devices to clean out.
Yes, it is a good idea to use a vac to clean electronics, but better have one that is ESD safe. Or, be very mindful of ESD procedure.
It has that "lived in" look...
Did I hear my face mentioned?