EEVblog 1593 – 16kV ESD Tester REPAIR – Part 2

Repairing the Haefely Trench PESD-1600 ESD Tester, plus some testing and discussion of the IEC 61000-4-2 standard.

Part 1 teardown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xtZvSG4N9I
Rotary encoder teardown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgpHZisG1PQ
Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1593-16kv-esd-tester-repair-part-2/

00:00 – Repair of the Haefely Trench PESD-1600 tester
01:40 – Special snowflake rotary encoder test
03:15 – Laugh at Dave as he solders before looking
05:06 – Nothing worse than a floppy pin
07:09 – Soldering the switches
11:01 – The reassembly nighmare
18:52 – Does it work?
19:53 – Battery pack replacement
22:27 – ESD Testing that’s good enough for Australia

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