***n00b alert***
A big hello to everyone!!, I'm new here so please go easy on me.
I'm hoping your collective knowledge can help me with a little problem...
A collegue has recently given me a 20Mhz Gould 1604 DSO. When he gave it to me I quickly powered it up to see if it worked, and it did
However, after I had cleared a space on my bench to give it pride of place
After the smoke had cleared, it still seemed to work (self test on power on) but nothing on the screen.
I opened it up and found a suspiciously charred .01uF 5kv capacitor which I think is on the driver for the CRT. That must be the culprit I thought.
After a lot of searching the only place I could find a cap with the same rating was from LCR (the company who made the burnt one back in 1989 when the scope was born). Trouble is... they want £25 for a new one!! £25!!
I didn't really want to gamble that kinda money on a guess as I don't have the skills of equipment to prove if that was the fault.
Now, I found on RS a 10nF 3kv capcitor. I am aware that .01uF is 10nF. I am also aware that 3kv is most certainly not 5kv.
So, after some deep contemplation and a couple of pints of dutch courage, I decided to replace the capacitor.
Nervously I hit the power button.........ya know what?.............it only bloody works!!!!
QUICK turn it off!!!
My question to the collective is: WHAT NOW?
A: forget it ever happened, use it, job done! (it didn't need a 5kv anyway, thats all they had on the shelf)
B: pay £25 and replace it with the correct part
C: replace it with a ceramic cap of the correct rating (they are MUCH smaller, must be a reason for that?)
Any thoughts, suggestions or ideas would be great
Thanks
James