I bought a used GW GOS-3310 oscilloscope.
I did get a trace. but it seemed like some of the controls were not working as supposed. Also, when testing with a signal generator, the trace looked a bit strange. Not sure what was wrong.
I decided to follow the calibration procedure from the manual, but some of the steps were impossible, as the oscilloscope did not react as supposed when using the controls. I did record the following videos at the time:
Astigmatism adjust:
https://youtu.be/YhGh6IKJcSgDC balance adjustment:
https://youtu.be/-EKhYkW1KEQSquare wave testing:
https://youtu.be/eaTZdW-NnyEAfter that, I decided to check the capacitors. I replaced most of the small electrolytics, as well as a few of the high voltage capacitors that looked like electrolytics with no polarity. One of the high voltage ones was leaking (fluid). I have measured all capacitors with a capacitor leakage tester, but did not find any bad ones.
After this procedure, I tried the oscilloscope again, but now it has another problem.
I only get a dot on the trace. The only controls that work as supposed are the focus and astigmatism adjustments.
The front controls make no difference, except for the X/Y-mode, which makes the dot disappear.
I found the Techtronics oscilloscope troubleshooting manual online, and it points towards the problem being in the horizontal section. Maybe the horizontal amplifier.
I have no way to check the voltages on the board, as I don't have a voltage meter for over 1000V. The lower voltage measurements seem ok though.
I'll have a look at the replaced capacitors. Maybe I'll try using the original, high voltage, capacitors to see if the old behavior returns. But as it didn't work properly before replacing them, I have no high hopes.
Any thoughts about this?