Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread

[BU508A]

At what cost?
Needed some IPA last week. 1 litre in Germany costs around 19 EUR.  I politely declined. Used to be 2 EUR some years ago. This stuff is produced in boatloads as industrial waste.

After a quick search, one of the cheapest offers I've found is this one: 6 Euro / liter inkl. shipping, but one must take 3l:

https://www.ebay.de/itm/Isopropanol-2-Propanol-Isopropylalkohol-99-9-3-x-1L-/383540184142

HTH

[med6753]

Getting ready to head out on road trip. Leave here at 0400 hours and gas up the CR-V and gas me up with a coffee and perhaps something to eat.

I have no idea what awaits me in Gettysburg. 

[tonyalbus]

Getting ready to head out on road trip. Leave here at 0400 hours and gas up the CR-V and gas me up with a coffee and perhaps something to eat.

I have no idea what awaits me in Gettysburg. 

Save drive! and have good fun!

[tonyalbus]

At what cost?
Needed some IPA last week. 1 litre in Germany costs around 19 EUR.  I politely declined. Used to be 2 EUR some years ago. This stuff is produced in boatloads as industrial waste.

After a quick search, one of the cheapest offers I've found is this one: 6 Euro / liter inkl. shipping, but one must take 3l:

https://www.ebay.de/itm/Isopropanol-2-Propanol-Isopropylalkohol-99-9-3-x-1L-/383540184142

HTH

Kein Versand nach Niederlande

[tonyalbus]

At what cost?
Needed some IPA last week. 1 litre in Germany costs around 19 EUR.  I politely declined. Used to be 2 EUR some years ago. This stuff is produced in boatloads as industrial waste.

After a quick search, one of the cheapest offers I've found is this one: 6 Euro / liter inkl. shipping, but one must take 3l:

https://www.ebay.de/itm/Isopropanol-2-Propanol-Isopropylalkohol-99-9-3-x-1L-/383540184142

HTH

Kein Versand nach Niederlande

Found one in UK that ships not too expencive
https://www.ebay.nl/itm/Isopropanol-99-9-PURE-IPA-250-500ml-750ml-1L-5L/233610382930

[tautech]

Getting ready to head out on road trip. Leave here at 0400 hours and gas up the CR-V and gas me up with a coffee and perhaps something to eat.

I have no idea what awaits me in Gettysburg. 

Red Bull's and chocolate Med and you'll be there in no time.

[bd139]

   Fuck me i bought something!

Fluke 8050A with RF probe, original probes, battery option and case in excellent condition for not much. Looks ex military.  Only thing is it’s completely dead. Reckon the fuse is popped and the nicads are toast. Hopefully not crusty!  Edit 2: bet r26 is toast. 

Welp, the LCD isn't visibly bleedy even with the power off like so many we've seen... So that at least is hopeful!

mnem
 

Yeah it’s a ridiculously tidy one. Never seen one like it.

More pictures.

[med6753]

Getting ready to head out on road trip. Leave here at 0400 hours and gas up the CR-V and gas me up with a coffee and perhaps something to eat.

I have no idea what awaits me in Gettysburg. 

Red Bull's and chocolate Med and you'll be there in no time.

Can't stand the taste of Red Bull and chocolate no good for the blood sugar. 

[BU508A]

Getting ready to head out on road trip. Leave here at 0400 hours and gas up the CR-V and gas me up with a coffee and perhaps something to eat.

I have no idea what awaits me in Gettysburg. 

Red Bull's and chocolate Med and you'll be there in no time.

Not the best idea for a diabetic. 

[tautech]

Getting ready to head out on road trip. Leave here at 0400 hours and gas up the CR-V and gas me up with a coffee and perhaps something to eat.

I have no idea what awaits me in Gettysburg. 

Red Bull's and chocolate Med and you'll be there in no time.

Can't stand the taste of Red Bull and chocolate no good for the blood sugar. 

Oh shit sorry Med, totally forgot. 
Coffees it is then.

[tonyalbus]

At what cost?
Needed some IPA last week. 1 litre in Germany costs around 19 EUR.  I politely declined. Used to be 2 EUR some years ago. This stuff is produced in boatloads as industrial waste.

After a quick search, one of the cheapest offers I've found is this one: 6 Euro / liter inkl. shipping, but one must take 3l:

https://www.ebay.de/itm/Isopropanol-2-Propanol-Isopropylalkohol-99-9-3-x-1L-/383540184142

HTH

Kein Versand nach Niederlande

Found one in UK that ships not too expencive
https://www.ebay.nl/itm/Isopropanol-99-9-PURE-IPA-250-500ml-750ml-1L-5L/233610382930

seem to have a lab-discounter.. arount the corner... looking on amazon, find a website adress on the bottle .. its 5km from here ;-)  les then 6 for 1 Ltr 99,9

[BU508A]

At what cost?
Needed some IPA last week. 1 litre in Germany costs around 19 EUR.  I politely declined. Used to be 2 EUR some years ago. This stuff is produced in boatloads as industrial waste.

After a quick search, one of the cheapest offers I've found is this one: 6 Euro / liter inkl. shipping, but one must take 3l:

https://www.ebay.de/itm/Isopropanol-2-Propanol-Isopropylalkohol-99-9-3-x-1L-/383540184142

HTH

Kein Versand nach Niederlande

Found one in UK that ships not too expencive
https://www.ebay.nl/itm/Isopropanol-99-9-PURE-IPA-250-500ml-750ml-1L-5L/233610382930

seem to have a lab-discounter.. arount the corner... looking on amazon, find a website adress on the bottle .. its 5km from here ;-)  les then 6 for 1 Ltr 99,9

So, you want to become the TEA deliverer for IPA, section Europe, then?   

[BU508A]

Getting ready to head out on road trip. Leave here at 0400 hours and gas up the CR-V and gas me up with a coffee and perhaps something to eat.

I have no idea what awaits me in Gettysburg. 

Red Bull's and chocolate Med and you'll be there in no time.

Can't stand the taste of Red Bull and chocolate no good for the blood sugar. 

But take a bottle with apple juice with you, just in case of getting low blood sugar.
Apple juice is best fighting low blood sugar I've learnt.

[tonyalbus]

At what cost?
Needed some IPA last week. 1 litre in Germany costs around 19 EUR.  I politely declined. Used to be 2 EUR some years ago. This stuff is produced in boatloads as industrial waste.

After a quick search, one of the cheapest offers I've found is this one: 6 Euro / liter inkl. shipping, but one must take 3l:

https://www.ebay.de/itm/Isopropanol-2-Propanol-Isopropylalkohol-99-9-3-x-1L-/383540184142

HTH

Kein Versand nach Niederlande

Found one in UK that ships not too expencive
https://www.ebay.nl/itm/Isopropanol-99-9-PURE-IPA-250-500ml-750ml-1L-5L/233610382930

seem to have a lab-discounter.. arount the corner... looking on amazon, find a website adress on the bottle .. its 5km from here ;-)  les then 6 for 1 Ltr 99,9

So, you want to become the TEA deliverer for IPA, section Europe, then?   

have now 5% discount on that.. becouse i bought 6 Ltr... so 40,- incl shipping 
shipping to DL is not that cheap i am afraid... 9,-l 2 KG,  19,50 for 5Kg,   25,-  10 KG, but let me know....
meybe they even ship directly to you, moore liters is more discount..i like these guys ....if they deliver ;-)
https://www.laboratoriumdiscounter.nl

and the website can be switched to German

[bd139]

Getting ready to head out on road trip. Leave here at 0400 hours and gas up the CR-V and gas me up with a coffee and perhaps something to eat.

I have no idea what awaits me in Gettysburg. 

Red Bull's and chocolate Med and you'll be there in no time.

Can't stand the taste of Red Bull and chocolate no good for the blood sugar. 

Oh shit sorry Med, totally forgot. 
Coffees it is then.

Sugar free red bull and sugar free haribo.

Side benefit you won't have to shit for the entire journey.

[BU508A]

Getting ready to head out on road trip. Leave here at 0400 hours and gas up the CR-V and gas me up with a coffee and perhaps something to eat.

I have no idea what awaits me in Gettysburg. 

Red Bull's and chocolate Med and you'll be there in no time.

Can't stand the taste of Red Bull and chocolate no good for the blood sugar. 

Oh shit sorry Med, totally forgot. 
Coffees it is then.

Sugar free red bull and sugar free haribo.

Side benefit you won't have to shit for the entire journey.

Who needs enemies with you as a friend?   

[bd139]

 

[BU508A]

have now 5% discount on that.. becouse i bought 6 Ltr... so 40,- incl shipping 
shipping to DL is not that cheap i am afraid... 9,-l 2 KG,  19,50 for 5Kg,   25,-  10 KG, but let me know....
meybe they even ship directly to you, moore liters is more discount..i like these guys ....if they deliver ;-)
https://www.laboratoriumdiscounter.nl

and the website can be switched to German

Thanks for the offer, but I have some IPA here in stock. Bought it right before the Covid-19 insaneness started.

[Brumby]

So I know a guy that knows a guy.  A couple of weeks ago, he let me know about this trailer full of ham gear and he said, I think he has this shelf rack from Tektronix that you might like.
......
And it turned out that it was filled with components.  There are shelves of switches, capacitors, semiconductors, inductors, and connectors.



The owner said, you want the components? i was just going to scrap them so you can have them for the price of the cabinet.

I said, very slowly, hmmm, well if you insist, I can probably use some of them.

And then I loaded it into the truck as quickly as I could without spilling anything, paid the man, and got the hell out of there before he changed his mind.   

Which got me to thinking.....

I now have two Tek 453's.  Is there a list of recommended spares I should investigate in getting?

Maybe I could help out worsthorse by offering to take some of that haul off his hands?   

[bd139]

If you have 453s you only need grit, determination and elbow grease 

"oh the timebase uncal neon is popped" .... 12 hours later:

[Cubdriver]

Getting ready to head out on road trip. Leave here at 0400 hours and gas up the CR-V and gas me up with a coffee and perhaps something to eat.

I have no idea what awaits me in Gettysburg. 

Drive scarefully, Mike.  (And based on the freqq's earlier comments, you may be getting some HP ballast for your lab.)

-Pat

[tautech]

Getting ready to head out on road trip. Leave here at 0400 hours and gas up the CR-V and gas me up with a coffee and perhaps something to eat.

I have no idea what awaits me in Gettysburg. 

Drive scarefully, Mike.  (And based on the freqq's earlier comments, you may be getting some HP ballast for your lab.)

-Pat

HP painted Smurf blue ? 

[BU508A]

Getting ready to head out on road trip. Leave here at 0400 hours and gas up the CR-V and gas me up with a coffee and perhaps something to eat.

I have no idea what awaits me in Gettysburg. 

Drive scarefully, Mike.  (And based on the freqq's earlier comments, you may be getting some HP ballast for your lab.)

-Pat

HP painted Smurf blue ? 

That could be an improvement.

[Brumby]

If you have 453s you only need grit, determination and elbow grease 

"oh the timebase uncal neon is popped" .... 12 hours later:

Thank you.

I am both relieved - and just a little unsettled.   

[Saskia]

prices for IPA have come down tremendously and are now back at 2.92/l:
https://hoefer-shop.de/technische-chemikalien/isopropanol/10-liter

dunno yet what I'm gonna do with 120l of IPA though ...