After waiting for almost decades my R6581D received today. Bought it on 07.02.2019 on
ebay, it was shipped on 08.02.2019, arrived in Frankfurt on 09.02.2019 and made a long road trip through Germany, was lost meanwhile and arrived without any further announcement today. Luckily I had enough money in my pocket to pay the customs.
2019-02-26 22:35
Importzentrum, Germany, Shipment on hold
2019-02-25 16:35
Shipment has left pick-up location
2019-02-25 15:48
Frankfurt, Germany, The item has left the import center
2019-02-23 06:05
Shipment has arrived at delivery location
2019-02-23 01:47
Shipment has left hub
2019-02-23 00:51
HUB Nürnberg, Germany, The item has left the import center
2019-02-23 00:25
Shipment has arrived at hub
2019-02-22 22:29
Shipment has left pick-up location
2019-02-22 22:29
Leipzig, Germany, The item has left the import center
2019-02-22 16:07
Shipment picked up in
2019-02-22 06:47
This shipment has been delivered to the consignees local customs office for clearance. The consignee will be notified with instructions by the Deutsche Post, in writing, including where the shipment can be collected. Further information: ww.zoll.de. Select: Postal Consignments and then Procedures
2019-02-13 11:39
Shipment delivered
2019-02-13 06:28
Stuttgart, Germany, With delivery courier
2019-02-13 05:32
Shipment has arrived at delivery location
2019-02-13 00:04
HUB Staufenberg, Germany, The item has left the import center
2019-02-13 00:04
Shipment has left hub
2019-02-12 21:15
HUB Staufenberg, Germany, The item has left the import center
2019-02-12 21:11
Shipment has arrived at hub
2019-02-12 13:22
Shipment has left pick-up location
2019-02-12 09:50
Importzentrum, Germany, Shipment is in customs
2019-02-11 20:48
Importzentrum, Germany, Shipment is in customs
2019-02-11 20:25
Importzentrum, Germany, Shipment handed over for Import
2019-02-08 22:47
The shipment has arrived at the export parcel center
2019-02-08 22:03
The shipment will be transported to the destination country and, from there, handed over to the delivery organization. (Homepage / online shipment tracking: )
2019-02-08 16:11
The shipment has arrived at the parcel center of origin
Herkunft : Südkorea - Abfragezeit: 201 ms
2019-02-23 06:05
FRANKFURT, Arrival at Office of Exchange
2019-02-22 06:47
FZ0 ZB0 0, Unsuccessful delivery, Reason : Payment of charges
2019-02-13 11:39
STUTTGART, Delivery complete
2019-02-12 13:22
DEFRAA, Departure from inward office of exchang
2019-02-11 20:54
DEFRAA, Ready for customs clearacne
2019-02-11 20:25
DEFRAA, Arrival at inward office of exchange
2019-02-09 16:20
FRANKFURT, Delivered to Destination Post
2019-02-09 15:50
FRANKFURT, Airrival at Destination Airport
2019-02-09 12:10
INCHEON, Departure from the Airport
2019-02-09 01:06
INCHEON, Received by Air carriers
2019-02-09 00:41
INCHEON, Handed over to Transport companies, Flight number : OZ541
2019-02-08 22:47
INTERNATIONAL POST OFFICE
2019-02-08 22:03
INTERNATIONAL POST OFFICE, Ready for dispatch, Dispatch number : 71, Flight/Ship No : OZ541
2019-02-08 21:27
INTERNATIONAL POST OFFICE
2019-02-08 21:07
SUWON MAIL CENTER, Handed over to Transport companies
2019-02-08 20:13
SUWON MAIL CENTER, Handed over to Transport companies
2019-02-08 18:06
SUWON MAIL CENTER
2019-02-08 17:19
SAGANG, Handed over to Transport companies
2019-02-08 16:11
SAGANG, Posting/Collection, Posting office zip code : 18550, Transit or Destination country : GERMANY
Bad enough I found the meter packaged very very poor, just put diagonal into a much to small cardboard box with some bubble wrap on top and bottom. The handles, rack mount adapters and screws were just put loose into the box without any plastic bag. I wondered that they were still there, but sure enough they are the reason for some additional scratches in the chassis coating.
Due to the bad package the meter was slightly damaged at one corner. Could have been prevented if the box was fitting the size of the meter and the bubble wrap put around the meter.
A very quick eye on the inside of the meter revealed nothing obvious, all caps were looking fine, everything seemed to be in place, so I changed the transformer taps from 100V to 240V and replaced the T500mA fuse with a T250mA as suggested by the marking on the back of the unit.
A check of the battery shows it's completely dead, so needs to be replaced. Comparing the pictures of R6581T on the web with the meter in front of me revealed a few differences, that I will present soon.
Time to power the unit up to see if we got a winner.
Well, maybe... the meters powers up to a certain point, the fan is running, but the display, which is slightly dim but still readable, shows:
PANEL CHECK
+291,"Communication error (from main to panel)"
Time to contact the seller and ask for some refund as the meter was declared as used and not as defect.
Most likely a power rail issue or some connection problems? Any suggestions what to look for? Turns out to become a repair thing instead of get it, service it and use it.
-branadic-