Bought a R&S HMC8043. Was oscillating between that and a HMP2030/4030, decided to go with the HMC for now.
Good idea. Still love my 2 year old HMC8043.
Despite the many functions it offers, it is easy to use.
The display is even easily bright enough in full sunlight.
Had it out in the yard the other day troubleshooting
some wonky trailer electrics.
Bought a R&S HMC8043. Was oscillating between that and a HMP2030/4030, decided to go with the HMC for now.
Good idea. Still love my 2 year old HMC8043.
Despite the many functions it offers, it is easy to use.
The display is even easily bright enough in full sunlight.
Had it out in the yard the other day troubleshooting
some wonky trailer electrics.
Surely you'd need a DMM to do that job?
Surely you'd need a DMM to do that job?
Of course. But I needed a reliable 12 V power supply too. Initially I thought the
12 V supply from the vehicle was intermittent. Hence the need for a reliable 12 V supply voltage
The fault cause finally found after some head scratching was an intermittent ground connection on the trailer.
A plastic retainer in the light assy. was found to be broken (platicizer hardening over time)
causing an intermittent ground connection.
Fixed by running a long screw through the light assy.
Certainly one way to spend a sunny Sunday morning.
Surely you'd need a DMM to do that job?
Of course. But I needed a reliable 12 V power supply too. Initially I thought the
12 V supply from the vehicle was intermittent. Hence the need for a reliable 12 V supply voltage
The fault cause finally found after some head scratching was an intermittent ground connection on the trailer.
A plastic retainer in the light assy. was found to be broken (platicizer hardening over time)
causing an intermittent ground connection. Fixed by running a long screw through the light assy.
Certainly one way to spend a sunny Sunday morning.
Didn't need a power supply for that at all, just a regular multimeter would have done the job.
A $200 De-humidifier to keep my electronic test gear from rusting
I bought another one.
This one was advertised as non working. I only bought it because I wanted the front door to repair an N36L that I already have. Hopefully whatever is wrong with it is a simple fix. If the motherboard is good, I can think of a few things I could do with it.
I bought another one.
This one was advertised as non working. I only bought it because I wanted the front door to repair an N36L that I already have. Hopefully whatever is wrong with it is a simple fix. If the motherboard is good, I can think of a few things I could do with it.
Nice, I've also got a pimped out N36L and an N40L I bought for parts.
I went and retrieved these two earlier in the week:
-Pat
Cool Beans!
I have both of them, Yipee !
The 400 volt 122C
A pvp station handheld for 9.83nzd that has a bunch of nes games on it
Cool Beans!
I have both of them, Yipee !
The 400 volt 122C
I was shocked that no one else bid on the curve tracer! Especially as it's a mod C.
-Pat
Cool Beans!
I have both of them, Yipee !
The 400 volt 122C
I was shocked that no one else bid on the curve tracer! Especially as it's a mod C.
-Pat
Too far and local pickup only.
Not like it's the kind of thing you'd want to ship, though. Congrats on that score, Pat!
Just rub it in guys, stuff like that almost never comes up down here, great save Pat.
Rob.
I was shocked that no one else bid on the curve tracer! Especially as it's a mod C.
-Pat
Too far and local pickup only. Not like it's the kind of thing you'd want to ship, though. Congrats on that score, Pat!
Yeah,
once in a while that works in my favor. The pick-up only on stuff I'm interested in is more typically out in the silicon valley. The Boston area is still about a three hour trek with traffic, but not undoable.
And those definitely need to be packed carefully if you plan to ship them - the CRTs are apparently easily decapitated - the guy told me this one (or one of the others he had) had to be replaced due to breakage enroute when he got it. I suppose that the connector pins for the deflection plates being fed radially through the tube neck cause a stress concentrations in that area, and with the tube held at the front and rear, any bad flexing of the cabinet could mean death to the tube... *snap* *hiss*
I still need to bring them inside, but am currently battling with the damned window air conditioner, who's condensate drain got plugged. Luckily I happened to go upstairs and notice the puddle under the window before it got too big, but there will be some drywall repair involved. I'm taking a break from putting it back together after cleaning out all the schmutz.
-Pat
Just rub it in guys, stuff like that almost never comes up down here, great save Pat.
Rob.
Yeah, it's a bummer that there's not more gear like this in your neck of the woods, Rob. It would be nice for the likes of us if it were more evenly distributed.
-Pat
Just as well really Pat, I have no room for much more gear anyway! Rob
I bought a 2nd hand low hours, near new Rigol DS1054z
Thats nice, good price?
Paid £280 which is no steal for sure but I felt a fair price.
It was my Mrs who bought it for me so it never actually cost me a penny, probably cost me double down the road though if past payback on "gifts" from the Mrs are anything to go on! Ya know how that 1 goes??
I had bid £200 on it earlier in the evening myself but there were a couple of other bids on it so the Mrs asked if i really wanted it. I said "yes i wouldn't mind it" so she hit the B.I.N button for me and called it a surprise pressie for me.
NICE ONE
Good one, Terry!!!
Not so much for the test toys, but Mrs. GreyWoolfe makes sure that I have the tools I need and want for home and work. I tell her what I want/need and she says 'make it so Number 1'. She even makes suggestions on her own, good ones too.
Good one, Terry!!! Not so much for the test toys, but Mrs. GreyWoolfe makes sure that I have the tools I need and want for home and work. I tell her what I want/need and she says 'make it so Number 1'. She even makes suggestions on her own, good ones too.
Cool,i'm not quite at your level yet but I will make sure my Mrs sees your post and it may give her ideas on how to be a better Mrs T in the future! Ha Ha!
To be fair all my stuff is just for my hobby. I don't work no more, I have MS so my limbs are like Bambi most of the time.
It sure does make life so much better to have an awesome partner in crime though! We are lucky for sure buddy!
ok I was going to put together my own tank for etching boards but for $14.33 i could not pass it up
looks like there is at least 5 markdown stickers layered on top of each other on this thing.. guess they had trouble selling it?