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« Reply #12050 on: March 20, 2023, 08:05:30 pm »
And another multimeter, quite an unusual one this time!  Got this for a bargain price on ebay, it's a current model and the list price is over £500 in the UK, I paid considerably less than that!! It's used but in excellent condition appearance wise, it was described as fully working but unfortunately is not! Everything works except the resistance ranges, select any of those and the pointer just goes hard full scale. Contacted the seller to make him aware of this and to his credit he offered a full refund and pre paid return. Initially I was going to accept that and return it but on second thoughts decided to keep it and try and sort the issue.  Slight problem, I can't find a service manual, the manufacturer says in the event of a problem to send it to a service agent. So, if anyone does have a copy of the manual, or knows how I can get one, please let me know.

 
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« Reply #12051 on: March 20, 2023, 10:17:26 pm »
I bought new headphones today ;D ;D
 

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« Reply #12052 on: March 21, 2023, 12:50:34 am »
And another multimeter, quite an unusual one this time!  Got this for a bargain price on ebay, it's a current model and the list price is over £500 in the UK, I paid considerably less than that!! It's used but in excellent condition appearance wise, it was described as fully working but unfortunately is not! Everything works except the resistance ranges, select any of those and the pointer just goes hard full scale. Contacted the seller to make him aware of this and to his credit he offered a full refund and pre paid return. Initially I was going to accept that and return it but on second thoughts decided to keep it and try and sort the issue.  Slight problem, I can't find a service manual, the manufacturer says in the event of a problem to send it to a service agent. So, if anyone does have a copy of the manual, or knows how I can get one, please let me know.

I never really understood why they were so expensive, I can't see the point in having a manual ranging-only meter these days, I must be lazy...
Your meter reminds me of the Metrix MX570, old and scarce but at least you have autorange. There's one on eBay now but it isn't going cheap.
Set aside their Scopix DSO's and some good clamp meters I'm not that impressed with Chauvin Arnoux's recent products.

You could try getting in touch with Manumesure in France who are the biggest (C.A. / Metrix) repair centre, good luck with obtaining the schematic tough, I'm under the impression there aren't many schematics to be found because they don't want them released.
 

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« Reply #12053 on: March 21, 2023, 01:08:37 am »
Some of my latest buys include a Philips PM97 Scopemeter (thanks to a couple of topics on here I replaced the SMD electrolytics before it was too far gone), LeCroy PP006 probe, Metrix MX240 clamp meter, a couple of defective audio amplifiers, 9V batteries and I'm awaiting 15 sets of DMM test leads  ^-^ (too many multimeters to feed).
 

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« Reply #12054 on: March 21, 2023, 02:58:10 am »
I needed a couple PDR06390 Flip Chip Resistive Dividers for some special projects but due to having PTSD from the chip shortage and the good price breaks for higher quantities I decided to buy a (small) tray of them.



 

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« Reply #12055 on: March 21, 2023, 12:01:47 pm »
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I can't see the point in having a manual ranging-only meter these days

Quick response, and with a varying signal that's close to the tripping value, an easily read display.
 
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« Reply #12056 on: March 21, 2023, 01:15:48 pm »
... and immediate feedback of whether the measured value is within the approximate range that you expect it to be. Helpful for beginners and professionals alike. Autoranging, while very useful, can make your thought processes get a bit lazy.
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« Reply #12057 on: March 21, 2023, 01:40:55 pm »
And also the advantage of a high input impedance combined with an analogue meter.
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« Reply #12058 on: March 21, 2023, 06:46:16 pm »
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« Reply #12059 on: March 21, 2023, 09:04:56 pm »
My SMD test fixture arrived today. Not a name brand, so required a bit of cradle adjustment. Otherwise it works great.

Where did you buy that? I'm currently looking for affordable fixtures for my impedance analyzers from the same HP "series"

Got it off Ebay.  They're everywhere.
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« Reply #12060 on: March 22, 2023, 12:37:41 am »
Got one of these delivered.

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/262038924752

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« Reply #12061 on: March 22, 2023, 01:42:09 am »
Brought a second baby Compressor for not much for the Electronics clean part of the workshop :-+ With discounts and vouchers it was $150 AUD (about 100 USD) delivered with Tax. eBay auction: #195246777489 Still a few left if any Aussies are in the market for one.

My dirty shop that has the 100L big compressor looked like costing me most of the cost of this one to run the plumbing properly and this baby is more than up to blowing some dust bunnies out of electronics and running my Laser Cutters and an Airbrush or blowing up a bike tire. Running out a 20m hose through two doors was getting really really old when I needed some air.

Bonus is it is also way quieter than my big 'silent' one so under the bench it is easy to talk over when running. Not expecting it to run a Spray Gun or Air Tools so actual volume wasn't important.
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« Reply #12062 on: March 22, 2023, 04:15:42 am »
This showed up today from eBay. Looks like new old stock! Date codes on the internals are 1979.
 
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« Reply #12063 on: March 22, 2023, 04:30:51 am »
This showed up today from eBay. Looks like new old stock! Date codes on the internals are 1979.

..And I thought waiting a month to receive the item was bad.


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« Reply #12064 on: March 22, 2023, 10:15:51 am »
I have always wanted to buy a thermal imaging camera but they are too expensive for me, this time I can't find any reason not to buy one when a camera with a resolution of 256*192 is priced at 279 AUD.



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« Reply #12065 on: March 22, 2023, 10:55:21 am »
I have always wanted to buy a thermal imaging camera but they are too expensive for me, this time I can't find any reason not to buy one when a camera with a resolution of 256*192 is priced at 279 AUD.

I can think of 279 reasons! :)
 

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« Reply #12066 on: March 22, 2023, 12:22:29 pm »
digital multimeters with an analog movement, the best of both worlds IMO
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« Reply #12067 on: March 22, 2023, 12:52:29 pm »
I have always wanted to buy a thermal imaging camera but they are too expensive for me, this time I can't find any reason not to buy one when a camera with a resolution of 256*192 is priced at 279 AUD.

I can think of 279 reasons! :)

One reason will be enough if you don't need it or already have one.  :-DD

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« Reply #12068 on: March 22, 2023, 02:49:27 pm »
This showed up today from eBay. Looks like new old stock! Date codes on the internals are 1979.

Nice unit, old school build quality is just so satisfying :-+
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« Reply #12069 on: March 22, 2023, 09:50:03 pm »
This showed up today from eBay. Looks like new old stock! Date codes on the internals are 1979.
Gorgeous and absolutely pertinent and useful today!

They don't build them like they used to.

Now if I can just find a NOS HP 200A...
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« Reply #12070 on: March 22, 2023, 10:03:31 pm »
How do you "pull" a thumb switch? (The one on top between light indicators)
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« Reply #12071 on: March 22, 2023, 10:12:15 pm »
How do you "pull" a thumb switch? (The one on top between light indicators)
One can only imagine it’s some spring loaded self locking toggle switch.
I’ve never seen such a beast.  :-//
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« Reply #12072 on: March 22, 2023, 10:33:49 pm »
How do you "pull" a thumb switch? (The one on top between light indicators)
One can only imagine it’s some spring loaded self locking toggle switch.
I’ve never seen such a beast.  :-//
Me neither :-//!
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« Reply #12073 on: March 22, 2023, 11:06:15 pm »
How do you "pull" a thumb switch? (The one on top between light indicators)
One can only imagine it’s some spring loaded self locking toggle switch.
I’ve never seen such a beast.  :-//

https://www.ckswitches.com/blog/posts/2021/december/7000-series-locking-lever-toggle-switch-with-grip-tip-actuator/

 
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« Reply #12074 on: March 22, 2023, 11:16:13 pm »
How do you "pull" a thumb switch? (The one on top between light indicators)
One can only imagine it’s some spring loaded self locking toggle switch.
I’ve never seen such a beast.  :-//

https://www.ckswitches.com/blog/posts/2021/december/7000-series-locking-lever-toggle-switch-with-grip-tip-actuator/

They were common "back in the day"--both NEC & LGT used them, the latter to excess, in my opinion.
 


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