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Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread
med6753:
--- Quote from: Specmaster on June 10, 2018, 01:20:03 am ---So just how the hell did they value this meter at £150 when they don't even know if it works, what the display is like, and didn't even know that it couldn't measure AC volts :palm: :scared:
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Sometimes the dumb assery works in your favor, and sometimes it doesn't. In your favor: the 2465 I recently picked up. In this case it appears to be dumb ass with some scam thrown in.
Kosmic:
--- Quote from: Specmaster on June 10, 2018, 01:20:03 am ---So just how the hell did they value this meter at £150 when they don't even know if it works, what the display is like, and didn't even know that it couldn't measure AC volts :palm: :scared:
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Normally I just low ball those sellers. Most of the time they decline or just don't answer. But when they accept, it's mega win :)
bitseeker:
--- Quote from: Specmaster on June 10, 2018, 01:20:03 am ---So just how the hell did they value this meter at £150 when they don't even know if it works, what the display is like, and didn't even know that it couldn't measure AC volts :palm: :scared:
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Unfortunately, used test gear is sold by many who don't know what they're selling. Hence, the pricing could be anything. Many don't even bother looking at what similar devices previously sold for.
Anyway, £150 seems a bit much for an 8840A, but I don't know the going rates in your area. I'd hold out for an 8842A with AC and GPIB options (which also give you trigger input and sample complete output BNCs).
mnementh:
--- Quote from: GerryBags on June 09, 2018, 06:52:41 pm ---
--- Quote from: Cerebus on June 09, 2018, 05:45:08 pm ---
--- Quote from: mnementh on June 09, 2018, 04:44:26 pm ---
https://www.ebay.com/itm/142282995078
Just stumbled across this while looking for other stuff... Not sure if $6 ea plus $6 shipping is overall a good price for fleaBay as I'm rarely searching for resistors of such low tolerance (I know reel end lots can occasionally be had for a steal), but DigiKey's 1/ea pricing is $US15-50 for similar from Vishay Precision. Also they're coming from the UK, so may be a boon for you of the tea & biscuits crowd.
mnem
*Back to the hoeing out the Dwagon-Cave*
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No, not the UK, from Poland. I've used these people a few times and indeed used a few of the low values of exactly those Sfernice resistors to repair the bottom two resistors on my Vishay precision decade box. Fast, reliable and definitely selling genuine stock. I'm close enough to volt-nuttery to be able to confirm the values of high precision resistors and the ones from them were all well within specification (including tempco).
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I had a few 2K resistors from this line, from this seller, turn up today. i've used them a few times and, while not as close to volt-nuttery as most here, everything bought from them that has been checked has been well within spec so far, and the service has been consistently good. I tested the 4-wire Ohms ranges on my 3455A with resistors from them, against a GDM-8341 with a 6-month old factory cal, spot on. I have a plan to collect enough low-tolerance/low tempco resistors to eventually improve an old decade box with really nice switches that I have, so it's good to hear of you already doing that.
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Wellp... aside from my brain-fart on the origin (I've gone back and corrected my post |O) location, I'm guessing from the fact you guys have bought from this vendor that their prices are halfway decent. Hopefully that means someone else will benefit from my original heads-up post. :D
mnem
*Toddling off to ded*
tggzzz:
--- Quote from: bd139 on June 09, 2018, 09:24:05 pm ---I’m not really. But they solve a class of problems I admittedly have and can’t solve with the analogue only kit without eye gouging pain. Didn’t make much of a loss on it so :-//
I can’t justify a £3000 outlay for equivalent Keysight branded stuff for example.
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Economical use of appropriate tools is an indicator of engineering :) See the aphorism in my .sig for an alternative statement of that.
--- Quote ---One big improvement recently is a workspace I can use them effectively on which makes them considerably less frustrating to use.
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Now that I don't understand.
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