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Vince:

--- Quote from: Robert763 on June 30, 2022, 09:35:08 pm ---

Got some TE last week but no time to play.
First was the Fluke 8060A. As expected dim segments but otherwise OK. I'll do the zebra strip later. It appears that I have SIX 8060As Four working (inc. new one) one for repair and one parts unit.
The one for repair has a round green sticker on it. It was my first 8060A I've had it well over 25 years. Like a lot of the early ones it suffered from display "bleed". I bought a new LCD with upgrade kit from Fluke years ago. It was one of the last, if not the last, one they had in the UK. This was of course long before the 8060A became popular. The spares unit was missing the LCD when I got it.
I've stuck a few sets of electrolytics for 8060A in my Farnell basket and will order them tomorrow.


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Looks like your passion for this 8060A is only equaled by your passion for current clamps....

I have only one 8060A, luckily in tip top shape including the LCD, so it doesn't need anything but.... should it in the future, it's nice to know where I can get spare parts for it !  >:D

I ought to replace the caps though, I guess...

tautech:

--- Quote from: mnementh on June 30, 2022, 10:14:56 pm ---Thanks for the resources... yeah, it's a bit daunting.
mnem
*toddles off to forage in the kitchen*

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Might be wise to grab as much as you can while it's still available to download:
https://siglentna.com/digital-oscilloscopes/sds2000x/
Hit the Resources tab and go fill ya boots !  :)
Specmaster:

--- Quote from: bd139 on June 30, 2022, 09:17:54 pm ---Random weird night out, in Brentford of all places! One for the London locals…

Firstly down at the dock



This was followed by a nice pizza with some local friends.  Oh and way too much to drink.



And the money shot. There’s a motor museum down there and they had the yellow Range Rover from Layer Cake and Kickass.



And on that note, while I’m still slightly intoxicated, spendy spendy time  :-DD :scared:




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Had some good evenings out at restaurants in Brentford, have you ever eaten in the Fire Station in the High Street, on the corner of Ferry Lane? There is also very nice Indian restaurant in Ferry Quays, right at the riverside, spent many an evening in there.
Specmaster:

--- Quote from: Vince on June 30, 2022, 10:25:04 pm ---
--- Quote from: Robert763 on June 30, 2022, 09:35:08 pm ---

Got some TE last week but no time to play.
First was the Fluke 8060A. As expected dim segments but otherwise OK. I'll do the zebra strip later. It appears that I have SIX 8060As Four working (inc. new one) one for repair and one parts unit.
The one for repair has a round green sticker on it. It was my first 8060A I've had it well over 25 years. Like a lot of the early ones it suffered from display "bleed". I bought a new LCD with upgrade kit from Fluke years ago. It was one of the last, if not the last, one they had in the UK. This was of course long before the 8060A became popular. The spares unit was missing the LCD when I got it.
I've stuck a few sets of electrolytics for 8060A in my Farnell basket and will order them tomorrow.


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Looks like your passion for this 8060A is only equaled by your passion for current clamps....

I have only one 8060A, luckily in tip top shape including the LCD, so it doesn't need anything but.... should it in the future, it's nice to know where I can get spare parts for it !  >:D

I ought to replace the caps though, I guess...



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Still got to go some to catch up with your Metrix collection though  ;)
mansaxel:
Repair #1 today:



The tumble dryer saga continues. This time, it was the condensate pump, that would not pump if it was too much in the tank. Which is strange; it's a centrifugal pump and if they're normally picky about something, it's being not enough primed...  Took the combined debugging force of me and Wife to find and jury-rig it.

And, we're due to go on vacation tomorrow evening, so every garment is needed. Thus, we're running it in a cabbed-down mode to be able to bodge it quickly. Permanent fix likely is new pump. 

Repair # 2:

The jury-rigging and debugging of The Little Pump That Sometimes Could requires the use of one of my favourite Ultra-Bodgerstm, the Safe-Bloc. (Or in this case, the RS-branded "Quicktest".) Lid on mine has unfortunately developed a crack from the unfused link contact fingers; they were badly adjusted so did not go cleanly down in the receptacles, creating undue strain on the almost-Bakelite. Cyanoacrylate fortunately works very well on these plastics, so a few droplets of CA later it's functionally as good as new, and I was able to adjust the contacts to give a much smoother action, while also preventing a repeat accident.

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