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Products => Test Equipment => Topic started by: Fungus on September 18, 2014, 10:15:30 am
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I was just looking at pictures of the Rigol DS1074Z and wondering....
Can this thing be placed right up against a wall or does the power cable prevent it? Looks to me like they put the power socket right at the back of the device, not recessed or on the side (unlike all the other connectors).
Surely not. What kind of numbskull would do that?
PS: In the pictures of "box contents" I've seen it looks like they don't even give you a right-angle power cable.
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ciao! yes the cable will not let you place the unit straight agaisnt the wall |O
from the ventilation point of view no problem since it is on the side.
if you like some more product images just ask and I will made them for you
ciao
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I noticed this flaw when I went to sort out a shelf for it above my workbench. A right angle cable would definitely help.
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Gah! Some people really need a good slapping. >:(
The reason I'm asking this is because I've got a 12cm wide shelf along the back of my workbench where I put my small stuff. The Rigol would sit brilliantly on it if it didn't have a stupid plug design.
Let's see: The Rigol specs say it's 16cm high and 12.2cm deep. Looking at this image (http://images.batronix.com/products/oscilloscopes/Rigol/DS1000Z/DS1054Z/DS1054Z-side-l.jpg) and doing the math it looks like the 12.2cm depth includes the knobs. If so, the front foot is about 10cm from the back of the unit. The plug socket also looks like it has about 1cm of clearance.
That means I'll have 3cm of space to play with. Should be possible with a right angle plug... :)