If anyone points it out, he proudly waves his flag of ignorance and calls them a Grammar Nazi, then says this is how I am and I'm not going to change. In my head I call him an idiot, and am much more inclined to dismiss anything he says.
Well since a number of you are always singing the praises and swooning over an 8060A
Nice! Congratulations. A recap is in order. Mrmodemhead has written the crucial blog post that should be your guidance in this.
Today, my big 'ol pack of resistors arrived:
As you can see, these claim to be 0.25W, 1%, 50ppm tempco, metal film resistors. 1000pcs open boxes, almost all of them nearly full.
23€ for the lot with shipping should be a pretty nice catch? Resistors of the name "MF-25T" are sold by UK company "Willow Technologies"...
But - all the boxes bear a little golden sticker inscribed "MADE IN TAIWAN - REPUBLIC OF CHINA"...
So, not UK made then. Also, how old does it make these? I don't think Taiwan does these stickers anymore? So 90's - or earlier?
If you think TEA is a bad addiction . what about HRAA .. Ham Radio Aquaring Adiction.. and what if you have both
i need space ! lots !! ... and money... and food
Collected over the last years.
May have found the reason my OSF wheel speed sensor hasn't worked for a while...
Not that having the ABS, TCS, ans ESP disabled bothers me; if you need those, go back to driving school but I do need the warning lights off the dash for the MOT tomorrow...
Hope the sensor itself is good, reads 4.3k, which is higher than most sources state as a generic figure, shall see when I refit the repaired item tomorrow. If not, they're in stock at an ECP branch which is on my way to the testing station anyway.
EDIT: Why is SMF such a turd for attaching inline images?
Well since a number of you are always singing the praises and swooning over an 8060ANice! Congratulations. A recap is in order. Mrmodemhead has written the crucial blog post that should be your guidance in this.Oh no, even freaking DMMs need recapping now.... I have one of these in my collection, guess I ought to pay this web page a visit then....
...and a Stewart-Warner built R390A receiver...
Hmm I've got a decision to make. I was contacted by a "head hunter" a while back. A proper one, they got non public contact info for me from someone. I had a couple of online interviews which I was not too bothered about. Then I got a call tonight to say an offer is in the post...
Now I'll have to make my mind up.
(No I can't say what it is. The employment conditions of my job mean I can't talk about other than it's aerospace).
Today, my big 'ol pack of resistors arrived:
As you can see, these claim to be 0.25W, 1%, 50ppm tempco, metal film resistors. 1000pcs open boxes, almost all of them nearly full.
23€ for the lot with shipping should be a pretty nice catch? Resistors of the name "MF-25T" are sold by UK company "Willow Technologies"...
But - all the boxes bear a little golden sticker inscribed "MADE IN TAIWAN - REPUBLIC OF CHINA"...
So, not UK made then. Also, how old does it make these? I don't think Taiwan does these stickers anymore? So 90's - or earlier?
Willow mostly sell into aerospace and military markets so chances are they are quality components.
Today, my big 'ol pack of resistors arrived:
As you can see, these claim to be 0.25W, 1%, 50ppm tempco, metal film resistors. 1000pcs open boxes, almost all of them nearly full.
23€ for the lot with shipping should be a pretty nice catch? Resistors of the name "MF-25T" are sold by UK company "Willow Technologies"...
But - all the boxes bear a little golden sticker inscribed "MADE IN TAIWAN - REPUBLIC OF CHINA"...
So, not UK made then. Also, how old does it make these? I don't think Taiwan does these stickers anymore? So 90's - or earlier?
Willow mostly sell into aerospace and military markets so chances are they are quality components.Thanks for the heads up, I was a bit worried about how much to trust the "TC50" on these after seeing the taiwan sticker.
(I figured Willow was into that sort of business after seeing on the datasheet how much of the test are to "MIL-STD-202")
Today, my big 'ol pack of resistors arrived:
As you can see, these claim to be 0.25W, 1%, 50ppm tempco, metal film resistors. 1000pcs open boxes, almost all of them nearly full.
23€ for the lot with shipping should be a pretty nice catch? Resistors of the name "MF-25T" are sold by UK company "Willow Technologies"...
But - all the boxes bear a little golden sticker inscribed "MADE IN TAIWAN - REPUBLIC OF CHINA"...
So, not UK made then. Also, how old does it make these? I don't think Taiwan does these stickers anymore? So 90's - or earlier?
Willow mostly sell into aerospace and military markets so chances are they are quality components.Thanks for the heads up, I was a bit worried about how much to trust the "TC50" on these after seeing the taiwan sticker.
(I figured Willow was into that sort of business after seeing on the datasheet how much of the test are to "MIL-STD-202")
Well worst case scenario you could just make it a little project and actually try to measure that TC on a sample of 20 or so, make some statistics, sounds like fun...
There's a guy on another forum I'm on who gets apostrophes wrong more often than he gets them right.
Well since a number of you are always singing the praises and swooning over an 8060ANice! Congratulations. A recap is in order. Mrmodemhead has written the crucial blog post that should be your guidance in this.Oh no, even freaking DMMs need recapping now.... I have one of these in my collection, guess I ought to pay this web page a visit then....Yes, the 8060 is notorious for having its small electrolyte caps leak and wreak havoc with the PCB. It is such a sensitive instrument that any contamination on the PCB will interfere -- sometimes just as an annoyance, sometimes affecting measurement -- with the operation of the instrument. Gloves, handling by PCB edges and thorough cleaning is much recommended. I'm very fond of the pair I've got, and I plan to give them a long life.
Time to go somewhat recursive and somewhat to the topic of TEA.
I have decided that I need atoquetorque screwdriver. (EDIT: was toque a Freudian slip with winter coming?)
The main use would be for electrical work as part of house renovations and for working on TEA.
The tool may also be used in the repair of personal transportation vehicle by whatever terminology we decide to use here (yep, still an agitatingly good day).
Back in July, right around this message (https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/test-equipment-anonymous-(tea)-group-therapy-thread/msg3615444/?topicseen#msg3615444)
the clear choice was to get something from Wiha.
I took a look at Wiha, found a kit that I liked, then looked at the price in the GWN
That is more than a mortgage payment on the house!
Also, I am not sure what Wiha mean by Slimline and whether these tools might be used with bits that have 1/4" hex shanks?
Any suggestions for something that has a better price per use ratio?
(price per use, especially price per km for sports equipment, is generally accepted by SWMBO, but I suspect there is an algorithm to convert to peace & quiet time while the boys are out of the house)
Something that accepts 1/4" hex shanks would be great, since all sorts of bits in NA are made with these shanks.
My lowest torque wrench starts at scales of 25 in-lbs or 3.61 Nm. I would like something for a lower range, with some overlap.
I looked at Greenlee (aka Brymen) and those are almost as expensive as Wiha.
Snap-On would need two tools to cover a similar range, so would end up close to the same expense as Wiha.
Are Wera tools any good; I am not familiar with them?
Crappy Tire had nothing .... that is, well ... crappy.
DigiKey also has Gedore, Weidmüller and PhoenixConact; none of which I am familiar with.
-- If it's not TEA, at least it can be found to fix TEA
...After countless washes, I was on the verge of giving up but decided to give one last bath overnight in IPA and then popped it into the airing cupboard for a couple of days and bingo, it came back to useful life.
Ran through its calibration procedure, and it was fine after that, it remains today as one of my favourite meters.
Well since a number of you are always singing the praises and swooning over an 8060A I figured I'd join the club and see what all the fuss is about. Should be here early next week. It looks a little dirty but should clean up. Seller claims 100% functional.
Cheap playthings near Sydney
eBay auction: #324848393872
..... and I don't have a TDR!
Nearly an hour each way by untolled roads or about half that time with an extra $27 in tolls. I'm sorta tempted, but not sure if I'm that motivated.
Not to mention the reception upon return to the household.
I've got one of those in the queue down stairs; it came with a lot of gear I bought years ago. Go for it! Might prompt me to dig mine out and look into it as well. Surprisingly, it's mostly air inside that big honkin' plug-in.
-Pat
And here is what I collected this afternoon, a little Tek scope, the journey down wasn't much fun, very slow on the M6 in Birmingham and completely stationary for about 15 minutes, while a stranded vehicle was removed (apparently).
I thought I would give it a quick test this evening, amazingly it seems to work, needs the two broken controls fixing and the trigger isn't working as good as I think it should be.
Anyone know why these curves show on the CRT, could it be related to the brightness?? Can't turn it down as the control is broken off.
Teardown will have to wait for another day.
David