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Purchased a DS1054Z/DP712 and need advice

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ExodusEffects:
Ok so the scope I purchased from the electro meter off eBay as they’re local to me and I was able to pick it up, I managed to get both for $840 CND ( open box ds712 which is mint and still has 2 years of the warranty left which I also was able to take over )   I then went and purchased the BK precision 3011B so I have a function generator as well

Purchased them to help me with troubleshooting and I also build guitar pedals as well as amplifiers and it’s really handy for setting up phasers, delays and LFOS. I have the full three year warranty on the scope and it came with everything unlocked besides the 100MHz.

Is it worth me doing the hack and potentially voiding my warranty for just the 100MHz feature for what I’m doing or would it make more sense to wait until the warranty runs out.

For the DP712 is there known specs for a replaceable fan or a way to get the resolution hack. I bought the gelid 5 for the scope but the power supply could definitely use a silent fan as well, probably more so


Thanks for your help as this is my first post on here and I’m definitely a green horn, I know there’s a lot of extremely intelligent people on here and I would greatly appreciate your guidance

Sincerely

Jesse Bélanger

ttelectronic:
I've read of people uninstalling it for warranty repair and they had no problem. But, mine. Unless I really need the extra BW I haven't bothered with it, as I haven't yet.

JS:
As said, you could uninstall them after. The other missing option in the package is the 500μV/div wich does come usefulwhile teoubleshooting the kind of stuff you are talking about. I've done mine right out of the box, but warranty would be a bitch in my case if I have to ship it back to CN...

JS

ExodusEffects:
Ok the 500uv/div does sound like it could be useful. I’m going to assume that they don’t really break down within the first three years typically. The odds a failure will happen within the warranty period probably slim to none.

I’m going to do a little more reading up on the 500uv/div option then most likely install the hack. Seeing as how I’ll already be cracking it open to replace the fan I might as well.  I know I’m the states those warranty void stickers mean nothing but I don’t think that’s the case here in Canada ( correct me if I’m wrong ).

I’m reallly curious about hacking the DP711/712 but there seems to be aereo interest in the unit because of the 832. I was surprised I couldn’t even find information of a replacement fan on the unit as most the Rigol stuff seems to have a fairly large following.

I think that’s my favourite part about having this as my first scope. There’s a plethora of information out there regarding the DS1054Z and some videos to assist me learning to use the unit effectively. Even ensuring the ground from the probe is hooked up properly was all new to me  :palm: 

Thanks again for all of the help so far guys!

JS:
Be careful with the grpund on the probe, hooking it to the wrong place makes your scope blow, while you are pretty safe hooking the 10X probe anywere that your finger is safe being close to. The ground provides a low impedance to ground so if you connect it to anything not floating and capable of delivering any cpnsiderable current and you have a problem.

Building a differential probe comes handy but it is tough to build anything good. A few for different ranges of applications is usually the way to go. Insulated probes provide a good way to measure small signals on top of big common mode signals. For anything mains related the safety is a concern so be sure before going there. For small hacks if you need to measure some mains level signals using a transformer is nice, 120V to 12V are 10X which is nice for math. The freq response only goes upto few kHz but usually good enough for measuring on a 60Hz fundamental.

JS

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