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 bought new headphones today
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.
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).
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.
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.
... 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.
And also the advantage of a high input impedance combined with an analogue meter.
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.
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.
This showed up today from eBay. Looks like new old stock! Date codes on the internals are 1979.
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.
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 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!
digital multimeters with an analog movement, the best of both worlds IMO
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.
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
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...
How do you "pull" a thumb switch? (The one on top between light indicators)
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.