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Very well said, MikeO. Your comments are more a study of PRC manufacturing issues using our electronic loads as a case study, I hope others take the time to read it.  I agree 100% with your comments.

I'm not sure if you still have manufacturing ties in PRC, but sadly, all issues you lament are still ongoing as of 2012.  Not to take this thread off topic,  there are discussions on other threads here about it.



--- Quote from: MikeO on September 06, 2012, 05:13:40 pm ---All interesting points.

Certainly, I won't pretend buying old gear, of unknown provenance, from unknown sellers, is anything but high risk.  It's a bit like buying a used car.  ..
My experience with PRC manufacturing is out of date.  But, I'll share some lessons...  It is getting almost impossible to compete, over some volume, if you aren't doing some manufacturing in the PRC.  In order to succeed with manufacturing in the PRC, you've got to maintain very high quality assurance, ....

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Nice! Ed, I'm sure Gossen did their homework of this unit before putting their name on it.  They haven't remove all traces of Array's name on it.  I downloaded the manuals and they are clearly Array's manuals.  The software is identical.  Lastly, they didn't remove Array's name from the software's splash screen.

http://www.gossenmetrawatt.com/gmc/english/produkte/eloadms.htm#



--- Quote from: EdoNork on September 06, 2012, 06:39:07 pm ---Ah!

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Nice, that speaks well for Vantek, assuming the setup holds up to repeated use.  Since the original article was published 7/12, time will tell if the units are as reliable as the Array.  What they did looks surprisingly similar to what techpowerup's crmaris did in Greece back 2011 using Array loads instead.  The only reviews VRZone has using this setup began in July 2012, so usage has not much history yet.

There are many budget basic e-loads from China not available in the US: Beich as briefly reviewed below, Vantek, MH, ... here's a one stop list of several models:

http://www.goodluckbuy.com/index.php?target=products&mode=search&subcats=Y&type=extended&avail=Y&pshort=Y&pfull=Y&pname=Y&pkeywords=Y&cid=0&q=electronic+load&x=0&y=0

Am not sure what to make of it as a bang for buck.  On the low end the price/performance is very similar to the 3710.  Add S&H cost, they come out ~ $350 delivered, same price as direct from a US vendor.

Itech/Maynuo/BK Precision versions [ not sure who the original is] however, are a class above the others.




--- Quote from: T4P on September 06, 2012, 05:18:24 pm ---Well so i saw some Vantek CA5030 loads going for 285USD w/o shipping on precisegauge and i googled it ...
I didn't expect a local's (arguably most biased reviewers on earth) tech website to get a little serious but they actually use USB meters to monitor voltage WTF
But still they bet some money on the CA5030 http://www.istorya.net/forums/computer-hardware/521871-behind-scenes-vr-zones-psu-testing-station-mark-ii.html#post12959202

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T4P:
It's not only them
There's tonghui, atten, Crown (Well ... Atten rebadge), ITECH ( the most expensive one out of all but you can only find them in china well of course ... BK's not going to let ITECH sell outside ) And REK
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Thanks.  I briefly looked at them, but couldn't find Crown.  Tonghui appears to be a Beich, Atten does both rebadges, and REK is an Itech, all for about the same price.  It would be best to buy it from the OEM, if possible, since they would know their product best. 

Sample links:

http://en.ebuy17.com/product/4065/
http://trade.e-to-china.com/company-cCB3BA/Changzhou_Tonghui_Electronic-pBAB1G1/CH8711_Program_DC_Electroic_Load.html
http://www.attenelectronics.com/Products/Power_Supply/DC_Electronic_Load/





--- Quote from: T4P on September 07, 2012, 04:52:00 am ---It's not only them
There's tonghui, atten, Crown (Well ... Atten rebadge), ITECH ( the most expensive one out of all but you can only find them in china well of course ... BK's not going to let ITECH sell outside ) And REK

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