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Budget ($150-$400) scope recommendations?
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Martin72:

--- Quote ---You're poking around something that has live mains AC inside it..
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--- Quote ---You need a x1 probe for that.
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Hmmm... ;)

Fungus:

--- Quote from: Martin72 on July 11, 2022, 06:06:04 pm ---
--- Quote ---You're poking around something that has live mains AC inside it..
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--- Quote ---You need a x1 probe for that.
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Hmmm... ;)

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Just pointing out that there's plenty of deathtrap power supplies out there, don't assume everything is ideal.

(Go watch Big Clive for a while if you don't believe me)

Bottom line: Learn to be careful, don't poke around at random. There's no substitute for knowing what you're doing.

Martin72:
Hi,
I´m testing ac/dc power supplies up to 140kW for nearly 20yrs. ;)

Fungus:
Anyway: The advice stands. Leave your probes in 10x mode and you should be OK.

Some people actually glue three of the four probes in the 10x position. That's good sense.

Micsig only supplies 10x probes with their 'scopes,  they say the eliminating the switch allows them provide higher quality probes. I'm OK with that.

Fixed 10x probes are really hard to buy for some reason. Micsig sell theirs but there's no others that I can find from Aliexpress or other cheap places.

Fixed 100x probes, OTOH, are quite easy to find (example). If you're really going to probe mains AC then it seems like a good idea to get some.
tautech:

--- Quote from: Fungus on July 11, 2022, 09:42:01 pm ---Fixed 10x probes are really hard to buy for some reason.

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Yes they are when you don't know where to source them from.  :-X

This is your project for today.  :-DD
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