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HP E36xx- whats' up with color coding?!

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Bored@Work:

--- Quote from: nukie on March 08, 2013, 03:52:00 am ---What's wrong with good old Black Sharpie? I don't care as long as they make the most robust power supplies I ever had. There are more important issues such as "why not include an output switch ?" That would be so much more useful.

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It is called attention to detail. If Agilent puts random colors on the binding posts someone is not paying attention. The ones putting them on and the QC. And from that people extrapolate "if they don't even manage to get the colors right, what else don't they get right?"

rdl:
I just got a HP E3610A from eBay and it has the red-red-black colors on the binding posts. The + post has a crack, but still works okay. I'm pretty sure it was damaged in shipment since packaging was almost non-existent. I checked at the Agilent web site and replacement parts appear to still be available in all three colors. Unfortunately they want around $12 (US) for each binding post. I only paid $130 for the item, so I'm reluctant to spend $36 just to update the binding posts. I have not found an alternate source for the grey with colored rings style of binding posts that HP/Agilent use.

JuiceKing:

--- Quote from: rdl on March 08, 2013, 01:01:05 pm ---I just got a HP E3610A from eBay and it has the red-red-black colors on the binding posts. The + post has a crack, but still works okay. I'm pretty sure it was damaged in shipment since packaging was almost non-existent. I checked at the Agilent web site and replacement parts appear to still be available in all three colors. Unfortunately they want around $12 (US) for each binding post. I only paid $130 for the item, so I'm reluctant to spend $36 just to update the binding posts. I have not found an alternate source for the grey with colored rings style of binding posts that HP/Agilent use.

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Yep, my experience exactly. I bit the bullet, fixed the posts, and thank myself every time I use the power supply. Which is a lot. It's a really useful one.

- Ken

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