Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread

[tautech]

Say, are we done with the agricultural implements now?

Ain't even started on real ag stuff only mnem's latest toy acquisitions. Just done an hr on the tractor as the boi is away and someone needs feed his livestock.

Oh, donchoo get me started on diesel tractors... ya hain't live't untills ya re-time the injection on a Allis-Chalmers... 

mnem
Oh, Miss Allis... it's allright; I'll be gentle. Just need to to touch you here... and here... and heeeeeere... *siiiigh*

Now Fiat Allis. 
3 Fiat's of various formats in our fleet and IYRC the boi's little 35hp Fiat crawler I posted sometime back.
He told some friends recently the only reason he bought it was because of his deprived childhood when his pop was too poor to buy him one. 

[bd139]

Fucks sake the retards have started panic buying again. No toilet paper around here. 

PSA for anyone in this situation. There is still shit paper available next day on amazon. Get in before someone else works it out. I just spent 50 quid on the fucking stuff 

[Saskia]

shouldn't that read shitting stuff ? 

still have a couple of rolls.

If that does not work ...

[med6753]

I have 5 rolls on hand which should be plenty to weather any new idiot panic. But just in case it's now autumn and plenty of fallen leaves will be available.     

[Ice-Tea]

This is something that is totally beyond me. Folks think the end of civilisation is near and run to the store to get... toiletpaper? Of all the things...

[bd139]

Just remember when civilisation falls they're going to die first so write some notes on where they live

[nfmax]

Well my tinySA didn’t land today as expected. I get the feeling this drop shipper is a shit one 

Drops, but does not ship?

[bd139]

Well my tinySA didn’t land today as expected. I get the feeling this drop shipper is a shit one 

Drops, but does not ship?

Actually I just checked it and it is in the RM network about 2AM last night so not sure what the delay was. I'm not complaining if it turns up ok.

Fingers crossed I'll get it tomorrow so I can play with it over the weekend.

[Specmaster]

Fucks sake the retards have started panic buying again. No toilet paper around here. 

PSA for anyone in this situation. There is still shit paper available next day on amazon. Get in before someone else works it out. I just spent 50 quid on the fucking stuff 

What? I just got 72 rolls of 3ply toilet paper from Farmfoods for £10 

[Specmaster]

I have 5 rolls on hand which should be plenty to weather any new idiot panic. But just in case it's now autumn and plenty of fallen leaves will be available.     

Yep, you could also always go and shit in the woods like a bear and use handfuls of fallen leaves instead 

[Specmaster]

Well my tinySA didn’t land today as expected. I get the feeling this drop shipper is a shit one 

Drops, but does not ship?

His shipping method is a drop-kick over the garden gate.

[Specmaster]

shouldn't that read shitting stuff ? 

still have a couple of rolls.

If that does not work ...

Its that time again folks 

[Ice-Tea]

You win some, you loose some... A 8590E blew up when I powered it on but the E4402B ticks all the right boxes...



All the nice options: narrow BW, tracking gen (yay!) and even the low frequency option. But the cherry on top? A grand total of 225 running hours. Yummy!

Also:



Never had one of these. If anyone knows of an easy, representative test on one of those: I'm all ears. And finally:



Turns on but doesn't make sense... Only reacts to current knob... Bit too many decimal points. Even turning it on gets it beyond economic repair, not even going to try. I know there are some Thurlby loverboys around, so this one is free. For shipping at cost this one is yours...

[bd139]

PL310 issue. 40.95 is reading FSD which is usually the ADC or the 4000 mux on it or the pass transistor has gone bang. If the voltage on the output terminals looks sensible when you turn the coarse volts then it's the ADC or mux. If it's above 35 volts, the pass transistor is gone and it's probably FUBAR.

There were several different revisions of them. Some are absolute bastards to repair

Edit: also might be the voltage gain trimmer inside it. They go cranky. Give VR6 a whizz around and see what happens.

If you can't be bothered, let me know a shipping quote to UK 

[bd139]

Fucks sake the retards have started panic buying again. No toilet paper around here. 

PSA for anyone in this situation. There is still shit paper available next day on amazon. Get in before someone else works it out. I just spent 50 quid on the fucking stuff 

What? I just got 72 rolls of 3ply toilet paper from Farmfoods for £10 

SDD ratio here is pretty problematic. SDD = Supply:Demand:Dickhead ratio

[Robert763]

PL310 issue
With output OFF all curret DPs are shown allong with the current limit setting.
If  DPs go off and output goes to 40V when output is ON then you have a voltage regulator/pass transistor issue.

[Robert763]

Ordered one of these
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Research-grade-MSR145-miniature-data-logger-accel-temp-RH-software/124349062165
yesterday. Arrived today and it's very nice. Currrnet list price is over £400. I'm tempted to get another.
 Seller also has some with light meausrement added for £5 more

[bd139]

That's actually rather cool. Could chuck that in something valuable in the post and see if it gets knocked around.

I want a similarly sized GPS logger at the moment. Alas they don't exist on the affordable end of things. Just need it to wake up once every 30 minutes or so, get a satellite lock and an approx location.

[Ice-Tea]

bd,

Had another PM before I read your message. If that doesn't go through, you're next on the list.

You guys really like free stuff, eh?

[BU508A]

bd,

Had another PM before I read your message. If that doesn't go through, you're next on the list.

You guys really like free stuff, eh?

No.
They like you AND your free stuff. 

[med6753]

bd,

Had another PM before I read your message. If that doesn't go through, you're next on the list.

You guys really like free stuff, eh?

"If it's free it's for me". This past July I drove 8 hours for some free stuff. 

[Saskia]

@Ice-Tea do you happen to have an Agilent N6700 or similar ?

[AVGresponding]

My current config:

Vintage TE = good, vintage PC = bad... I'm mildly surprised that it can even get past the POST with such meagre specs   

Never had one of these. If anyone knows of an easy, representative test on one of those: I'm all ears. And finally:

Do you have a spare elephant?   

[med6753]

No time to work on the Type 310A today. The Lady is arriving this afternoon. I may or may not be on Discord tomorrow. It depends. She want's to cook dinner Saturday rather than us go out. Fried chicken and Mac and cheese. Everything neither one of us is supposed to have.  And when she is using my kitchen I am banned from entering. So I might get on. She knows I participate with a bunch of creepy guys on line anyway. 

[bd139]

bd,

Had another PM before I read your message. If that doesn't go through, you're next on the list.

You guys really like free stuff, eh?

No worries. I really don’t want or need it so genuinely feel free to put me at the end of the list