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| Siglent SDS1104X-E vs. Rigol DS1054Z Advice? |
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| tautech:
--- Quote from: KungFuJosh on August 21, 2018, 09:32:27 pm ---Uh oh. I might have found something useful in the SDS1104X-E's favor. It looks like that can handle 400VDC input according to the datasheet, and the Rigol only 300VDC. Am I reading that right? Assuming I'm reading that right, that might be useful. Or should I be more interested in a differential scope for that voltage level? A few spots on my amps go above 300, usually not above 350 for most circuits I build. I dunno if I'd ever connect there, but, ya know...or never know. --- End quote --- The risk is if you should mistakenly use the probe on a 1:1 setting. Hence my mention earlier that some prefer fixed attenuation probes. However when we go probing HV we should always double, er no...... triple check our setup. |
| KungFuJosh:
--- Quote from: tautech on August 21, 2018, 09:39:45 pm ---The risk is if you should mistakenly use the probe on a 1:1 setting. Hence my mention earlier that some prefer fixed attenuation probes. However when we go probing HV we should always double, er no...... triple check our setup. --- End quote --- A piece of tape can make a probe fixed attenuation. ;) |
| Fungus:
--- Quote from: KungFuJosh on August 21, 2018, 09:32:27 pm ---Uh oh. I might have found something useful in the SDS1104X-E's favor. It looks like that can handle 400VDC input according to the datasheet, and the Rigol only 300VDC. Am I reading that right? --- End quote --- Yes, but... that's the raw input. You'll normally be using a 10x probe so the input can be up to 3000V. (and you should be using special probes long before you get that high - the Rigol supplied probes aren't rated for that sort of voltage). --- Quote from: tautech on August 21, 2018, 09:39:45 pm ---The risk is if you should mistakenly use the probe on a 1:1 setting. Hence my mention earlier that some prefer fixed attenuation probes. --- End quote --- Yep. If you work on anything over 100V it's definitely a good idea to get a couple of fixed 10x probes for daily use to avoid accidents - you hardly ever need the 1x setting anyway (in fact I don't think I've ever used it). |
| Fungus:
--- Quote from: KungFuJosh on August 21, 2018, 10:05:37 pm --- --- Quote from: tautech on August 21, 2018, 09:39:45 pm ---when we go probing HV we should always double, er no...... triple check our setup. --- End quote --- A piece of tape can make a probe fixed attenuation. ;) --- End quote --- Or some hot glue. |
| tautech:
--- Quote from: KungFuJosh on August 21, 2018, 10:05:37 pm --- --- Quote from: tautech on August 21, 2018, 09:39:45 pm ---The risk is if you should mistakenly use the probe on a 1:1 setting. Hence my mention earlier that some prefer fixed attenuation probes. However when we go probing HV we should always double, er no...... triple check our setup. --- End quote --- A piece of tape can make a probe fixed attenuation. ;) --- End quote --- Rather, for the instrument and my safety I use a 100:1 probe on anything over ~150V. Remember most switchable probes in 1:1 mode are only rated to 300V and normally to 600V in 10:1 mode. I prefer a higher safety margin especially when probing high energy sources like something that controls mains power. |
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