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bd139:
I think that’s what my sister would do but it’d be using a special vetinary cigarette, you’d have to wait until next Wednesday to do it and it’s cost you at least £300 and have a 50% chance of having to take the dog home in a bin bag  :-DD

mnementh:

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--- Quote from: Specmaster on June 19, 2018, 11:39:28 am ---To be honest, I never quite understand why the big guns HV probes always seem to have such massive, uninsulated tips on them, especially when so often the test points or accessible points on HV are so often in such close proximity to other items or even grounded metal work, seems to be inviting flash overs if you ask me?

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These HV probes are not made for general diag work; they are made for a specific purpose: to measure the HV at the anode on a CRT while it is still in-circuit. That extra-long probe tip is made to be able to work under the big rubber cap without damaging it; some of these are 3" across and will tear easily, so the probe is made long & thin. I have a stand-alone B&K model HV-44 I leave hanging from a pin on the wall which I call "The Probulator"; it's mostly there for my own perverse amusement rather than any useful purpose.

Later versions, like the 44A on the right, have a shorter probe tip and a shrouded neck like you're suggesting; these are more meant for work with projection TV focus blocks and HV dividers.


mnem
*tzzzzzt*

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Arh now that does make sense but really limits its usage because if you tried to to use it on any other HV point there would be a serious threat of a flash over if the exposed tip came close to anything else.

From mobile device so predictive text might have struck again [emoji83]



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Well, yeah, in modern test scenarios this is true. But these were made back in the day of 25" color console TVs where there was enough room to crawl inside and work on it (and sometimes you had to); their only concern there was keeping YOU from becoming the path to ground while you were setting the HV limit.

Everything evolves; even the Probulator.  ;)


mnem
*Toddles off to ded*

Specmaster:

--- Quote from: bd139 on June 20, 2018, 07:09:09 am ---I think that’s what my sister would do but it’d be using a special vetinary cigarette, you’d have to wait until next Wednesday to do it and it’s cost you at least £300 and have a 50% chance of having to take the dog home in a bin bag  :-DD

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My dad would do it for free, and we never had any harm to our dog, so 0% chance of a bin bag jobbie [emoji4]

From mobile device so predictive text might have struck again [emoji83]

orin:

--- Quote from: mnementh on June 19, 2018, 02:12:26 am ---
Nonetheless... if your state hasn't already implemented these minimum emissions tests, they ARE coming soon. Get ready.


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Hmmm.... here in WA, the test is $15 and you get a free retest if you fail.  Also, once you've spent $150 on diagnosis/repair at an approved specialist, you can get a waiver!  So $165 worst case.  Once you get the certificate, it's valid for two years and by renewing your registration early (they allow up to six months), you can milk it for three.

My 2001 Audi likes to throw "warmup catalytic converter efficiency" codes.  The test is too sensitive some say.  Early this year, the check engine light went off voluntarily, so I hied down to the testing station and got my three years worth for $15.  Must have been running really good gas that week ;)  I'd actually fix it, but the offending downpipes are $400 each and the official procedure is to remove the engine to replace them.

There was talk about abandoning the testing program here since so few cars fail these days.  They don't test new cars nor really old ones anymore.

Specmaster:
Thats so much better than our crappy system, a test is £54.85 and lasts only 1 year. If it fails and you can repair it and return to the same test centre within 24 hours, the retest is free. 24 hours to 10 days you pay a partial test fee (note that they don't state what that fee is, I expect that to allow the test centre to set their own charges and make more money  :palm: After 10 days your back to the full fee again.

There is no way you can work it to your favour either, you can have it tested a month before it is due and if it passes, the new certificate is back dated to end of the current one. If you make a mistake as I did once and have it tested to earlier, than the old certificate is cancelled and the new one started from the date of the test, so you loose out on the time actually remaining on the old certificate  :wtf: How in fucks sake is that fair  :rant: :rant:

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