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Title: EEVblog #445 - Fluke Contest Draw
Post by: EEVblog on March 29, 2013, 08:55:18 am
The live drawing for the Fluke CNX3000 Multimeter

EEVblog #445 - Fluke Contest Draw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzbAZemmMlc#ws)
Title: Re: EEVblog #445 - Fluke Contest Draw
Post by: Rerouter on March 29, 2013, 09:13:18 am
thank you. it was downright painful to try and get it working on u-stream, both in getting it to recognize i even have java-script and then to play the video past a minute then looping ad breaks :/
Title: Re: EEVblog #445 - Fluke Contest Draw
Post by: Baliszoft on March 29, 2013, 09:15:27 am
Congrats "!"
Title: EEVblog #445 - Fluke Contest Draw
Post by: ddavidebor on March 29, 2013, 09:53:24 am
Uuuuuuh i was the 8th :)

Any second prize? XD
Title: Re: EEVblog #445 - Fluke Contest Draw
Post by: casper.bang on March 29, 2013, 10:05:11 am
thank you. it was downright painful to try and get it working on u-stream, both in getting it to recognize i even have java-script and then to play the video past a minute then looping ad breaks :/

U-stream uses Flash though, not Java/JavaScript. It works on most computers, even Linux (which I am on) but the chat is funky though (I.e. no cursor). If you only want to watch, I can recommend the U-stream player for smartphone (Android/iOS) which "just works". Also. I have yet to see any ads popping up there!

Congrats to the winner!
Title: Re: EEVblog #445 - Fluke Contest Draw
Post by: SeanB on March 29, 2013, 11:20:15 am
Well done !, a nice present for you.
Title: Re: EEVblog #445 - Fluke Contest Draw
Post by: DenzilPenberthy on March 29, 2013, 11:51:15 am
Ah, so close but no cigar for me :) Thanks anyway Dave! Cheers.
Title: Re: EEVblog #445 - Fluke Contest Draw
Post by: SeanB on March 29, 2013, 12:02:29 pm
Uuuuuuh i was the 8th :)

Any second prize? XD

You get everlasting fickle fame?
Title: Re: EEVblog #445 - Fluke Contest Draw
Post by: M0BSW on March 29, 2013, 01:18:55 pm
Congratulations to the winner, one less item to buy  :-+, you did well Dave, looked a complicated thing to do, and to be seen making it fair :-+ what's the next Video then , as the TV over here has loads of crap on, why do TV companies put all the crap on over a holiday :palm:
Title: Re: EEVblog #445 - Fluke Contest Draw
Post by: EEVblog on March 29, 2013, 01:25:44 pm
what's the next Video then , as the TV over here has loads of crap on, why do TV companies put all the crap on over a holiday :palm:

Ironically, it's about a TV...
Title: Re: EEVblog #445 - Fluke Contest Draw
Post by: firewalker on March 29, 2013, 01:31:24 pm

Ironically, it's about a TV...

A 42" tv repair? :P

Alexander.
Title: Re: EEVblog #445 - Fluke Contest Draw
Post by: mohf on March 29, 2013, 01:49:20 pm
Congrats winner!

I was secretly hoping to get my name over there, but I would most likely not survive the last test you did, seeing that I have only so little posts.
Title: Re: EEVblog #445 - Fluke Contest Draw
Post by: ShiftPlusOne on March 29, 2013, 02:02:51 pm
Well, I am really quite happy right about now.  ;D
Can't wait to do the drop tests!

In all seriousness though, thanks guys. Aside from my scope, this is the most expensive bit of equipment I'll have for quite a while.
Title: Re: EEVblog #445 - Fluke Contest Draw
Post by: Fezder on March 29, 2013, 02:41:51 pm
gratz shift, take good care of it :)
Title: Re: EEVblog #445 - Fluke Contest Draw
Post by: M0BSW on March 29, 2013, 02:49:09 pm
what's the next Video then , as the TV over here has loads of crap on, why do TV companies put all the crap on over a holiday :palm:

Ironically, it's about a TV...
I'm sure it will be good
Title: Re: EEVblog #445 - Fluke Contest Draw
Post by: Fezder on March 29, 2013, 03:05:30 pm
what's the next Video then , as the TV over here has loads of crap on, why do TV companies put all the crap on over a holiday :palm:

Ironically, it's about a TV...
I'm sure it will be good


hopefully about repairing one :) (recently made my first succeeded repair, samsung syncmaster which had bad caps, cind of OT as its only monitor...)
Title: Re: EEVblog #445 - Fluke Contest Draw
Post by: SeanB on March 29, 2013, 03:36:14 pm
Fixed a TV this week as well, dying Nichicon capacitor, 1000uF 25V, datecoded 93........ Easy to find, turned on the TV, connected a video source ( it is used as a monitor) and it worked perfectly ( fault is sync tearing when on) so left it for 3 hours, then turned off and unplugged, and looked for warm caps. Found this one next to one I had done a few months before, it was rather toasty, getting warmed up from a power resistor next to it. Looked for a suitable replacement and found it on an old pay TV receiver, nice newish looking 1000uF 35V, a little taller but still looking good. Tested, and capacitance was close to nominal, ESR was under 0.2 ohm, as opposed to the old one having 200uF capacitance and an ESR of around 100R. Popped it in, turned it on and all working again. Closed it up ( left speaker disconnected, never used and has a buzz) and put it back on the table to sit and burn a nice image again into the tube.
Title: Re: EEVblog #445 - Fluke Contest Draw
Post by: Fezder on March 29, 2013, 04:11:37 pm
Fixed a TV this week as well, dying Nichicon capacitor, 1000uF 25V, datecoded 93........ Easy to find, turned on the TV, connected a video source ( it is used as a monitor) and it worked perfectly ( fault is sync tearing when on) so left it for 3 hours, then turned off and unplugged, and looked for warm caps. Found this one next to one I had done a few months before, it was rather toasty, getting warmed up from a power resistor next to it. Looked for a suitable replacement and found it on an old pay TV receiver, nice newish looking 1000uF 35V, a little taller but still looking good. Tested, and capacitance was close to nominal, ESR was under 0.2 ohm, as opposed to the old one having 200uF capacitance and an ESR of around 100R. Popped it in, turned it on and all working again. Closed it up ( left speaker disconnected, never used and has a buzz) and put it back on the table to sit and burn a nice image again into the tube.

hmm,  newer thought finding fault that way, thanks for info, wheter it was your purpose or not :). my other monitor under repair is bit tricky, turns off after being on couple of seconds :S. and one audio amp is too under repair, burned out, killing my subwoofer along it -_-.
Title: Re: EEVblog #445 - Fluke Contest Draw
Post by: Rodville on March 29, 2013, 04:21:44 pm
Congratulations Shiftplusone!

As for the comment Dave made about the number of posts required to enter. I think they way it was done is good enough. If you make say a 50 post minimum then there will be people that make 50 spam posts. 5 is good as he checked to make sure they were not spam. The "being a member for x amount of time" has merit. But if you go that route make sure that the member not only has been a member for the time but has actively been posting the whole time and not just posting when a contest is announced.
Title: Re: EEVblog #445 - Fluke Contest Draw
Post by: Slothie on March 29, 2013, 05:26:54 pm
Congrats ShiftPlusOne, a worthy winner. There's no perfect set of rules for entry to a competition like this but fortunately the eventual winner was uncontrovertial. And another vote for more competitions - they are fun even when your not the winner!!
Title: Re: EEVblog #445 - Fluke Contest Draw
Post by: Goophy629 on March 29, 2013, 07:11:35 pm
Uuuuuuh i was the 8th :)

Any second prize? XD

 :-DD  the multimeter was malfunctioning
Title: Re: EEVblog #445 - Fluke Contest Draw
Post by: Eviltech on March 29, 2013, 07:46:36 pm
This is veeery furstrating! Why the hell does the whole page refresh when you request another image?!?! I just lost 10 rows of mesage!
Title: Re: EEVblog #445 - Fluke Contest Draw
Post by: jancumps on March 29, 2013, 07:59:13 pm
This is veeery furstrating! Why the hell does the whole page refresh when you request another image?!?! I just lost 10 rows of mesage!

???
Title: Re: EEVblog #445 - Fluke Contest Draw
Post by: Goophy629 on March 29, 2013, 10:35:20 pm
This is veeery furstrating! Why the hell does the whole page refresh when you request another image?!?! I just lost 10 rows of mesage!

yead, i lost some just yesterday when posting my first thread...anyway, i Ctrl+C before hitting any button as i know this is a very common problems(and time-out, connection reset, etc...)..
Title: Re: EEVblog #445 - Fluke Contest Draw
Post by: SeanB on March 30, 2013, 09:40:57 am
The "IAmNotASpamBot" annoyance goes away with time, as you are deemed to be at least Human.  Annoy the mods a lot ( Hi Simon and GeoffS) or TheGodDaveHimself and the problem will be solved permanently.
Title: Re: EEVblog #445 - Fluke Contest Draw
Post by: McMonster on March 30, 2013, 05:11:50 pm
Damn, that was close! :|

Congratulations to the winner, but wish me more luck next time. At least my nick was immortalized in Akamai caches all around the world. :P