Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread

[beanflying]

Greengrocers are still fairly common in Oz in spite of the Supermarkets. The good ones look after the commercial food industry so the produce turnover is good and well priced and unlike the Supermarkets screwing suppliers more $/kg generally gets to the farmer 

Fortifying coffee consumed so its off to do Socially distanced Battle at Aldi 

[Neomys Sapiens]

Pretty weird,this. Chirps everytime it starts a new sweep (or stops an old one). Not very willing to tear it apart, as it has a recent cal. Never seen anythin like it... 

http://photos.app.goo.gl/UwfZZGhiEsmAFnQq8

The one in my company lab does it too. I think that is some setting. I did not bother yet.
(it is a E4404)

[Specmaster]

Greengrocers are still fairly common in Oz in spite of the Supermarkets. The good ones look after the commercial food industry so the produce turnover is good and well priced and unlike the Supermarkets screwing suppliers more $/kg generally gets to the farmer 

Fortifying coffee consumed so its off to do Socially distanced Battle at Aldi 

Over here, if you pop to the local Lidl early in the morning, you will see many chefs, from local hotels, and restaurants making massive purchases of their provisions, including trays of bags of flour, boxes of fresh fruit and vegetables, and pallets of mineral water and orange juice being loading into their vans. I wonder how their customers would react if they knew that the ingredients of the meals that they had just paid a kings ransom for came from what would consider a low cost budget supermarket? 

[tggzzz]

Greengrocers are still fairly common in Oz in spite of the Supermarkets. The good ones look after the commercial food industry so the produce turnover is good and well priced and unlike the Supermarkets screwing suppliers more $/kg generally gets to the farmer 

Fortifying coffee consumed so its off to do Socially distanced Battle at Aldi 

Over here, if you pop to the local Lidl early in the morning, you will see many chefs, from local hotels, and restaurants making massive purchases of their provisions, including trays of bags of flour, boxes of fresh fruit and vegetables, and pallets of mineral water and orange juice being loading into their vans. I wonder how their customers would react if they knew that the ingredients of the meals that they had just paid a kings ransom for came from what would consider a low cost budget supermarket? 

In better times my daughter sells high-end puddings at a local farmer's market. Her many repeat customers often comment on the quality of the product and ingredients. After the market is over the traders natter, many tell similar stories, all have a quiet chuckle because they all use cheap ingredients.

It's not what you've got, it is what you do with it

[Neomys Sapiens]

thought of some social warrior stuff which I will submit to our company as an idea for their making more health initiative.

take a COTS aluminium box.
https://www.ebay.de/itm/ALUBOX-B-184-Liter-Alukiste-Werkzeugkiste-Vollaluminium/372879388124?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649

take a finished starter/socket for a UV-C lamp
https://www.ebay.de/itm/VOSSLOH-SCHWABE-Vorschaltger%C3%A4t-f%C3%BCr-PL-S-Dulux-S-Ralux-S-5W-7W-9W-11W-m-Fassung/143557445482?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

and the UV-C lamp
https://www.osram.de/ecat/PURITEC%20HNS%20UV-C-UV-C%20lamps%20for%20purification-Ultraviolettstrahler-Industrie-Spezialbeleuchtung/de/de/GPS01_1028570/PP_EUROPE_DE_eCat/ZMP_60796/

which will give me 3W of UV-C at a distance of 1m from the center of the lamp

Utilize UV resistant bonding tape (3M VHB) to attach this to the lid of the box and
https://www.ebay.de/itm/Montageband-Allzeckband-Universalklebeband-3M-VHB-Klebeband-4611F-19-mm-x-3-m/223575290338?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

Cabling is not too expensive.
https://www.ebay.de/itm/Anschlussleitung-Zuleitung-mit-Zwischenschalter-Stecker-Netzkabel-Stromkabel/352890295170?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&var=622145810635&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

An inverter running off a lead-acid battery can easily be added. You can also put in a standard grill shelf rack https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BBQ-Adjustable-Grill-Shelf-Rack-Extendable-Screw-Fix-Arms-Barbecue-Grid/191404896648?hash=item2c909ef188:g:5TUAAOSwabhUXMjN

to lift the stuff to be irradiated and make sure the UV gets to it from all sides.

To make sure the dosage is sufficient, irradiation time should be no less than 10 minutes, preferable twice the amount.

It would be possible to swap out the lamp for a higher dosage lamp, but those would draw more power.

What do you think ?

Did I overlook something critical ?

Like it. I wish I had gotten the high-powered UV-C discharge lamp that was on Ebay a few month ago. With such a lamp, as fitted normally to water treatment plants, it is of course much easier to get the necessary intensity. But also more critical to achieve shielding and so on..
Lockout switch is a good idea. I can tell you that the effects are not something one needs to have experienced, even longtime consequences were averted.

[med6753]

Mmmmokaaaaayyyy...     I suspect they may come up a wee bit short of their projections here.

mnem
don't read this.

Canada Post must use same tracking software as USPS. 

[med6753]

Meanwhile, the grab bag of Tek Probes is in Keasbey, New Jersey. Next stop should be local FedEx office in Newburgh in AM then out for delivery. 

[beanflying]

Mission Accomplished  Eight only and I got the third last one the pallet. The egg is for Bonus points because you remain in debt and in the poo with your Mum always.....

[med6753]

 

[mansaxel]

It's not what you've got, it is what you do with it

This, of course, does not apply to TE.

[beanflying]

Greengrocers are still fairly common in Oz in spite of the Supermarkets. The good ones look after the commercial food industry so the produce turnover is good and well priced and unlike the Supermarkets screwing suppliers more $/kg generally gets to the farmer 

Fortifying coffee consumed so its off to do Socially distanced Battle at Aldi 

Over here, if you pop to the local Lidl early in the morning, you will see many chefs, from local hotels, and restaurants making massive purchases of their provisions, including trays of bags of flour, boxes of fresh fruit and vegetables, and pallets of mineral water and orange juice being loading into their vans. I wonder how their customers would react if they knew that the ingredients of the meals that they had just paid a kings ransom for came from what would consider a low cost budget supermarket? 

Then your unless your Chefs/Restauants/Pubs have lost their accounts with Food Wholsalers for not paying their bills they are dickheads if that is their first port of call. All Staples are cheaper by 15-30% from wholesalers unless the product is on special. It doesn't mean I don't buy 'some' from Supermarkets but I certainly don't buy staples. Flour, Oil, Sugar for example in 10-15kg bags and 20L drums is 25+% cheaper.

[tggzzz]

It's not what you've got, it is what you do with it

This, of course, does not apply to TE.

See my .sig

[mnementh]

I like bagels. With butter & too much cream cheese.

mnem
that is all.

[syau]

For our canadian TEA voltnut fellows (and the ones in the USA, too):

https://www.ebay.com/itm/324130874459

Fluke 845AR



 

Too expensive for me. Would only consider if it was below 100$ 

Well, you could send them a low-ball offer. 

Still wonder how to identify that it may be a latest model as shown in TiN’s web site using chopper amp instead of neon light

 

[VK5RC]

It's not what you've got, it is what you do with it

This, of course, does not apply to TE.

See my .sig

I recall one of the more conservative older guys in my Ham club describing how as a younger man he built and tested a tube tranceiver using no VoltMeter - he described with embarrassment that you could guesstimate the voltage from the 'kick' off the back of your hand. It was particularly funny as he is so conservative and safety conscious now. 😂

[Specmaster]

Greengrocers are still fairly common in Oz in spite of the Supermarkets. The good ones look after the commercial food industry so the produce turnover is good and well priced and unlike the Supermarkets screwing suppliers more $/kg generally gets to the farmer 

Fortifying coffee consumed so its off to do Socially distanced Battle at Aldi 

Over here, if you pop to the local Lidl early in the morning, you will see many chefs, from local hotels, and restaurants making massive purchases of their provisions, including trays of bags of flour, boxes of fresh fruit and vegetables, and pallets of mineral water and orange juice being loading into their vans. I wonder how their customers would react if they knew that the ingredients of the meals that they had just paid a kings ransom for came from what would consider a low cost budget supermarket? 

Then your unless your Chefs/Restauants/Pubs have lost their accounts with Food Wholsalers for not paying their bills they are dickheads if that is their first port of call. All Staples are cheaper by 15-30% from wholesalers unless the product is on special. It doesn't mean I don't buy 'some' from Supermarkets but I certainly don't buy staples. Flour, Oil, Sugar for example in 10-15kg bags and 20L drums is 25+% cheaper.

I'm not quite sure that applys with Lidl's as a lot of their stuff is either own brand, or stil cheaper because of the massive buying power, they have over 760 stores in the UK.

[beanflying]

Likewise with Aldi here their own brand imports are more expensive against locally grown and milled flour and local Sugar in 10-15kg bags. This also applies to our bigger supermarkets Plain Wrapper brands. As someone who bakes cheap isn't a good option either when it comes to flour in particular.

[Cerebus]

I like bagels. With butter & too much cream cheese.

mnem
that is all.

Cheese stuffed mice – a meal that virtually prepares itself.

[mnementh]

Likewise with Aldi here their own brand imports are more expensive against locally grown and milled flour and local Sugar in 10-15kg bags. This also applies to our bigger supermarkets Plain Wrapper brands. As someone who bakes cheap isn't a good option either when it comes to flour in particular.

Mmmhmmm... what's your government standard for insect parts per 50 grams?   

https://www.fda.gov/food/ingredients-additives-gras-packaging-guidance-documents-regulatory-information/food-defect-levels-handbook

mnem
Food for thought; thought from food.

[worsthorse]

After punching holes in the S38 chassis with a greenlee conduit punch and barely avoiding disaster, I decided to look for a set of "radio chassis" punches on ebay. 

Yeah I know. Radio punches? Chassis? Whaddya thinking, this isn't 1964! 

Here, at the workbench lost in time, it apparently is.   

The prices were nutty for partial sets. And single punch asks were crazier. But it is ebay, right? So I just made offers at what I thought to be reasonable (confirmed by looking at sold punch prices). The first seller wrote to tell me he was insulted by my offer, so I knew I was on the right track. 

It took me a couple of hours of back-and-forth with a couple of sellers but I found eight of the nine punches I wanted, all in good to excellent condition, for less than ninety bucks with shipping.   

Plus I will have a fun couple of days cleaning them and figuring out how to build a case to house them.  What more could a guy ask?

[tautech]

After punching holes in the S38 chassis with a greenlee conduit punch and barely avoiding disaster, I decided to look for a set of "radio chassis" punches on ebay. 

Yeah I know. Radio punches? Chassis? Whaddya thinking, this isn't 1964! 

Here, at the workbench lost in time, it apparently is.   

The prices were nutty for partial sets. And single punch asks were crazier. But it is ebay, right? So I just made offers at what I thought to be reasonable (confirmed by looking at sold punch prices). The first seller wrote to tell me he was insulted by my offer, so I knew I was on the right track. 

It took me a couple of hours of back-and-forth with a couple of sellers but I found eight of the nine punches I wanted, all in good to excellent condition, for less than ninety bucks with shipping.   

Plus I will have a fun couple of days cleaning them and figuring out how to build a case to house them.  What more could a guy ask?

Get any slotted or square ones ?
Ya know, for switches, IEC sockets etc. 

[bitseeker]

Mmm, fresh bread!

Yeah, as I wrote, I've really gotten into sourdough baguettes these last weeks of isolation. I've got a mean culture going, on coarse rye and water; started a month ago with a tad store-bought yeast and it's been improving ever since.

Last week I bought a 15kg bag of flour at one of the en gros companies that allow everyone to shop, albeit without rebates. Still was cheap.

I love sourdough! Although I've made it from scratch and fed a starter for a little while, it's a dangerous thing because you're compelled to continue bread making on a regular basis. I would be happy, but not a healthy weight for long, if I kept that up. I'll stick with TEA for now.

Bake on!

[worsthorse]

After punching holes in the S38 chassis with a greenlee conduit punch and barely avoiding disaster, I decided to look for a set of "radio chassis" punches on ebay. 

Yeah I know. Radio punches? Chassis? Whaddya thinking, this isn't 1964! 

Here, at the workbench lost in time, it apparently is.   

The prices were nutty for partial sets. And single punch asks were crazier. But it is ebay, right? So I just made offers at what I thought to be reasonable (confirmed by looking at sold punch prices). The first seller wrote to tell me he was insulted by my offer, so I knew I was on the right track. 

It took me a couple of hours of back-and-forth with a couple of sellers but I found eight of the nine punches I wanted, all in good to excellent condition, for less than ninety bucks with shipping.   

Plus I will have a fun couple of days cleaning them and figuring out how to build a case to house them.  What more could a guy ask?

Get any slotted or square ones ?
Ya know, for switches, IEC sockets etc. 

so far the square and dee shaped punches are too rich for my parsimonious soul. i will keep poking around until i find the ones i want.

in my spare time today i took the dough i had been aging in the fridge and baked a couple of loaves of bread:



tomorrow... steel cut oatmeal cookie dough.  i make a batch of dough and we put it in the fridge. every night after dinner we bake two cookies. besides the simple pleasure of eating a just-baked treat, it limits the late night temptation.

and, believe it or not, i am still losing roughly two pounds a week.  eighteen down so far.

[beanflying]

Likewise with Aldi here their own brand imports are more expensive against locally grown and milled flour and local Sugar in 10-15kg bags. This also applies to our bigger supermarkets Plain Wrapper brands. As someone who bakes cheap isn't a good option either when it comes to flour in particular.

Mmmhmmm... what's your government standard for insect parts per 50 grams?   

https://www.fda.gov/food/ingredients-additives-gras-packaging-guidance-documents-regulatory-information/food-defect-levels-handbook

mnem
Food for thought; thought from food.

When I want to look for advice on 'purity' I won't be checking out a Country that allows GMO Wheat among other things to enter the food chain 

[tggzzz]

It is a long holiday, so .... they're back

Good luck getting this delivered to you:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Agilent-E4407B-ESA-E-Spectrum-Analyzer-9-kHz-26-5-GHz-Loaded-w-opts-Calibrated/124149486041
and there are several others being sold by that jewellery shop
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AGILENT-HP-DSO80204B-2GHz-4-canaux-40-GSA-S-Digital-Oscilloscope-InfiniiVision/124149485787