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Can anyone spare some basic 1X/10X scope leads?
« on: November 25, 2019, 03:34:46 am »
I've just bought a USB scope (6022BE) from Amazon, and one of the 1x/10x switches is STUCK on one probe, and Amazon are being an absolute nightmare (no surprise) and telling me I need to return the WHOLE SCOPE just for one faulty probe - ugh!

Does anyone happen to live in the UK, and willing to spare a set of basic cheap leads? I am spent out already, and calling Amazon for hours at a time is like entering "The Matrix" with no exit. I thought I may as well ASK at least, no obligation or guilt implied here, just someone asking, so don't take my request as grabbing or begging, because that's not the spirit in which I am asking :)

If not, no worries, and thanks for reading anyway. Thanks.


Never mind, I've sorted it - the lower part of the plastic probe housing where the cable enters, slides back slightly (as if there's some form of well-attached internal connector between two internal parts). I pushed the strain relief part hard into the main probe, and the switch tightens right up ans begins sliding and clicking again. Clearly this is not a discrete switch component, but some moulded in leaf/actuator. 
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Re: Can anyone spare some basic 1X/10X scope leads?
« Reply #1 on: November 25, 2019, 03:56:54 am »
TP6100 are $10 for a pair on eBay. This is probably cheaper than local shipping within the UK.
Alex
 
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Re: Can anyone spare some basic 1X/10X scope leads?
« Reply #2 on: November 25, 2019, 03:59:58 am »
TP6100 are $10 for a pair on eBay. This is probably cheaper than local shipping within the UK.

Oh... thanks.
 

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Re: Can anyone spare some basic 1X/10X scope leads?
« Reply #3 on: November 25, 2019, 11:29:20 am »
For what it’s worth, Amazon’s only solution, ever, is to replace the entire product. Like many retailers, they do not stock spare service parts, their system is not set up for that. (Even if an individual part is something they sell, their inventory just isn’t set up for that. And I’m sure their agreements with manufacturers are such as to only perform whole-product returns. If amazon shipped you a probe, it’d come out of their pocket. If they return the whole scope, it’s the manufacturer’s problem to deal with.)

Just know that a) they pay for the return, and b) if doing without the item would cause a problem, just ask them to do an advance exchange. It’s never been a problem any time I’ve asked for it. They simply ship another and give you a certain time (a month IIRC) to return the original, after which they would bill you for it if you don’t return it.
 


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