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[Terry01]

These came as well this week but I can't mind what came on what day.....

[medical-nerd]

Hiya

My collected my LCR meter from the post office yesterday. £20.50 customs charge! Robbing gits!! 

Anyways....

Thanks for this - I've been looking at getting one of these for a while but didn't know if it would bypass customs/VAT etc as much from China does. I'll have a rethink as that is a significant charge. Did you get it from Japan?

Cheers

[bob225]

I collected my LCR meter from the post office yesterday. £20.50 customs charge! Robbing gits!! 

Anyways....

I did some electrical work on a car and the women said she would pay me in two weeks or ive got this new thingy in a box my ex left.........

Only turned out to be a brand new Megger LCR with its sales invoice (invoice was folded up and tucked in the back of the manual)

[Terry01]

Hiya

My collected my LCR meter from the post office yesterday. £20.50 customs charge! Robbing gits!! 

Anyways....

Thanks for this - I've been looking at getting one of these for a while but didn't know if it would bypass customs/VAT etc as much from China does. I'll have a rethink as that is a significant charge. Did you get it from Japan?

Cheers

Yes Japan buddy.

I remember when I was looking at getting 1 and researching them I read/or heard(can't remember) that the ones sold from China weren't as good as the ones from Japan. I can't remember the reason but I for sure was swayed to the Japanese sellers. I'll try and find where i heard that and let you know.
I also did the kelvin clips upgrade and would recommend that too if for no other reason than the longer leads are so much more usable. The guy on YouTube who first did the video of the upgrade did it for more accuracy too but i don't need that kind of precision myself.
I would recommend getting 1!

Good luck however you decide to go...

[GreyWoolfe]

I also did the Kelvin clip upgrade and it is well worth it for the longer cables alone.

[URI]

I did not buy an HP 54616B. Nearly $350 it was going for on *bay was too high in my opinion. 

[DC1MC]

I did not buy an HP 54616B. Nearly $350 it was going for on *bay was too high in my opinion. 

We're talking about the 500MHz scope that runs in EU for 700-1000EUR+ and the mainboard only is 350$+ in US ?
You should have told about it to us I think.

 DC1MC

There one for 100USD in Israel, but it had an encounter with a Merkava tank 

[Terry01]

I also did the Kelvin clip upgrade and it is well worth it for the longer cables alone.

The croc clips that come with the meter are decent quality too so I will probably join them up with some decent leads so they won't go to waste. I have just not long made a set of croc clips up that I would have used them for but i'll just need to make another set now 
The tip broke of one of said probes so I just cut both the probes off and used the leads with a pair of croc clips I had and it ended up being a decent set of clips. Very handy 

[GreyWoolfe]

I also did the Kelvin clip upgrade and it is well worth it for the longer cables alone.

The croc clips that come with the meter are decent quality too so I will probably join them up with some decent leads so they won't go to waste. I have just not long made a set of croc clips up that I would have used them for but i'll just need to make another set now 
The tip broke of one of said probes so I just cut both the probes off and used the leads with a pair of croc clips I had and it ended up being a decent set of clips. Very handy 

They are decent.  I have them floating around here somewhere.  Someday I might even find them.

[URI]

I did not buy an HP 54616B. Nearly $350 it was going for on *bay was too high in my opinion. 

We're talking about the 500MHz scope that runs in EU for 700-1000EUR+ and the mainboard only is 350$+ in US ?

C'mon!
It's from HP.      
And it's a 500MHz Scope with 2GSa/s -so it's actually a 200MHz to 300MHz Scope compared to today's standard. Ok, with an 500MHz analog front end.
I remember 4-Channel Philips 200MHz scopes with 200MSa/s that where (and occasionally are) offered for weird prices of modern 200MHz scopes.. 

BTW, offered was a model without any option!

Reality check:
The last one sold on *ebay went for EUR 430,00 in Germany.
But prices of sold ones in the US start at  US $232,50 for a unit with extra storage, FFT and HPIB option and end at US $675,75.

You should have told about it to us I think.

I will only tell you about after acquiring one for a nice low price. Everything else would be counterproductive, I think. 

There one for 100USD in Israel, but it had an encounter with a Merkava tank 

It's offered for parts. The question is: In how many parts does the mainboard come? 

[MosherIV]

Just arrived........an isolatiin transformer

[FrankE]

Not today, a couple of years ago.

Dupont ribbon 2.54mm connector pitch

Utter garbage. Although kept in a sealed box of bits with a silica gel bag, I needed a flexible conductor for a repair,  went through three assemblies trying to find one conductor that wasn't heavily oxidised.

[Specmaster]

Just arrived........an isolatiin transformer

Strange but I would have thought it should come with a normal 13A socket on it, mine did?

[Terry01]

I also did the Kelvin clip upgrade and it is well worth it for the longer cables alone.

The croc clips that come with the meter are decent quality too so I will probably join them up with some decent leads so they won't go to waste. I have just not long made a set of croc clips up that I would have used them for but i'll just need to make another set now 
The tip broke of one of said probes so I just cut both the probes off and used the leads with a pair of croc clips I had and it ended up being a decent set of clips. Very handy 

They are decent.  I have them floating around here somewhere.  Someday I might even find them.

As long as you don't find them by accident 1 day! 

 

[Terry01]

This came today 

[McBryce]

Just arrived........an isolatiin transformer

Strange but I would have thought it should come with a normal 13A socket on it, mine did?

That's a "building site isolation transformer" where most equipment has to have that type of plug and not a standard 13A socket.

McBryce.

[beanflying]

For no real reason at all other than I needed cheering up. 160V death string of Fast Blinky RGB led's and a few high voltage drivers arrived today along with a bunch of other stuff 

https://youtu.be/VTqHWEWhpfc

[Specmaster]

Just arrived........an isolatiin transformer

Strange but I would have thought it should come with a normal 13A socket on it, mine did?

That's a "building site isolation transformer" where most equipment has to have that type of plug and not a standard 13A socket.

McBryce.

Thought building sites had to be 110V and have a yellow socket?

From mobile device so predictive text might have struck again [emoji83]

[Terry01]

Just arrived........an isolatiin transformer

Strange but I would have thought it should come with a normal 13A socket on it, mine did?

That's a "building site isolation transformer" where most equipment has to have that type of plug and not a standard 13A socket.

McBryce.

Thought building sites had to be 110V and have a yellow socket?

From mobile device so predictive text might have struck again [emoji83]

That is for sure a "240V-110V building site transformer" for plumbers and electricians and folks like that to work from. In the UK all powered hand tools and things like that have to be 110V on the sites.

[gamalot]

2 x 1GB DIMMs for my R&S SFU. 

[DC1MC]

A CRT "rejuvenator" LEADER LCT-910A for HP8560 SA for a ridiculous small price, before I'll invest in the LCD kit, I want to make sure that all is OK and try to clean this guy cathode. If it works it will be a plast
The I'm gonna be rich or at least famous, offering the service to people around Mannheim or whoever pays for the travel and some tasty stuff
In the meantime the obligatory tear-down and calibration will follow soon.

 Cheers,
 DC1MC

[Addicted2AnalogTek]

A CRT "rejuvenator" LEADER LCT-910A for HP8560 SA for a ridiculous small price, before I'll invest in the LCD kit, I want to make sure that all is OK and try to clean this guy cathode. If it works it will be a plast

I've been interested in CRT rejuvenation for a while now, just haven't been brave enough to venture into that land! Do you plan to make a thread to share your adventures??

The I'm gonna be rich or at least famous, offering the service to people around Mannheim or whoever pays for the travel and some tasty stuff

Sounds like me.... "Will work for tasty exotic foods!!"        Actually, I was paid in Korean food last night for helping move tools!!
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[DC1MC]

A CRT "rejuvenator" LEADER LCT-910A for HP8560 SA for a ridiculous small price, before I'll invest in the LCD kit, I want to make sure that all is OK and try to clean this guy cathode. If it works it will be a plast

I've been interested in CRT rejuvenation for a while now, just haven't been brave enough to venture into that land! Do you plan to make a thread to share your adventures??

The I'm gonna be rich or at least famous, offering the service to people around Mannheim or whoever pays for the travel and some tasty stuff

Sounds like me.... "Will work for tasty exotic foods!!"        Actually, I was paid in Korean food last night for helping move tools!!

[/quote]

Sure, the traditional tear-down before power-up and the "before" and "after" pictures of the treated tubes will be in this thread. Stay tuned for the news.
Actually I've read that some guy used some improvised method and "only" got 1000 hrs !!! of good brightness from his almost fully dead SA tube (he let the SA run continuously for like a month an a half) ,  I would say that if one gets another 1000 hours of operation of his device, it should be good.
Let's see how this professional thingie, that was ridiculously expensive some while ago, will behave, the arcade games people are quite happy with it.

 Cheers,
 DC1MC
 

[Tedro]

Just arrived........an isolatiin transformer

Strange but I would have thought it should come with a normal 13A socket on it, mine did?

That's a "building site isolation transformer" where most equipment has to have that type of plug and not a standard 13A socket.

McBryce.

Thought building sites had to be 110V and have a yellow socket?

From mobile device so predictive text might have struck again [emoji83]

That is for sure a "240V-110V building site transformer" for plumbers and electricians and folks like that to work from. In the UK all powered hand tools and things like that have to be 110V on the sites.

Quote just to post the picture again because everybody else is doing it.

fake edit: that is all

[MosherIV]

That is for sure a "240V-110V building site transformer" for plumbers and electricians and folks like that to work from. In the UK all powered hand tools and things like that have to be 110V on the sites. 

It is definitely 240V to 240V (ie one to one)

It is in the style of a building site isolation transformer.
Yes, they are normally 110V outputbut this one is not.
110V normally has a Yellow socket. I think blue and red sockets mean 240V or 3phase 440V

Not sure why this one has the 16A 2P+E socket on it. Yes, I was after one with a UK 3 pin mains socket but I got this one for £40

I had been watching ebay for ages for one