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Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread
mnementh:
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--- Quote from: Cerebus on July 01, 2022, 03:05:54 am ---Talking of ginger and white cats. About 30 minutes ago the living room curtains twitched and about five feet off the ground a furry ginger and white face poked through them. We're not on the ground floor, and we don't have a ginger and white cat. Window now shut to keep the furry burglar out.
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See, now that was a missed opportunity - you could have had a ginger and white cat, but you blew it! :palm:
They make excellent lab assistants.
:-DD
-Pat
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and you coulda named it... 5e. And we all know you would, given half an excuse. >:D
mnem
BTW, very proud of you not making the painfully obvious pun and calling it a catburglar.... :clap:
bd139:
Quick lunch time tek check out... 465B. Got the replacement capacitors finally.
In went the new cap. Power supplies checked for ripple and voltage - both good.
Case back on and still good. Burn in 30 mins looking perfect.
To do:
1. Replace the channel switch ROM. Ordered. £23.19 but what can you do?
2. Check channel 1 function.
3. Clean up and clean a couple of the pots which are a bit noisy.
4. Burn in
5. Calibrate.
6. Replace the stumps with feet :-DD
AVGresponding:
--- Quote from: bd139 on June 30, 2022, 09:05:17 pm ---
--- Quote from: AVGresponding on June 30, 2022, 06:16:48 pm ---
--- Quote from: bd139 on June 29, 2022, 07:25:48 pm ---Bought some junk. Thanks to AVGresponding for pointing this out and apologies if I outbid you :-DD
£17.49 including delivery gets me ... one HP 3776A PCM test set.
Why? Well I went through the service manual and it is absolutely packed to the brim with rather expensive analogue and TTL bits and a metric ton of standard HP parts. Absolutely no use whatsoever in this day and age as it's all for testing Bell/CCITT 4KHz channel telecoms crap which is completely obsolete so it'll be used as an organ supply for other projects. Only problem is it's a full 4U rack unit and weighs 15Kg :-DD :-DD
On a positive note it was cheap enough that I don't care if the courier leaves it on the doorstep and it gets nicked. And if anyone nicks it, LOL enjoy the hernia :-DD
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:-+ as previously mentioned, there's a better than fair chance it'll arrived pre-disassembled, due to lack of packing ability/attention to care with this seller. Still promises to be a good source of parts, glad you bagged it, I was getting nervous that there were no bids with a day to go and was about to weaken!
Hope no-one on here was looking at that joblot of pots, I have blinked and put the first bid in... :-DD
Another Agilent meter interface arrived today, report this weekend. Early news: it works, with caveats.
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I’ve bought stuff from that seller and had crap packaging before. Got a 475 for £50 which was in a single wall box with no padding. It survived which was a testament to the scope.
Will take lots of photos.
Not touching the pits. Unless they are the Bourns ones :-DD
Congrats on the interface.
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Nope, a job lot of 98, Sfernice NOS. Got them on the maiden bid too! £30.97 inc. shipping.
bd139:
Fuck forgot to bid on the Bourns ones :palm: :palm: :palm:
Ah well - congratulations anyway :-+
mnementh:
--- Quote from: tautech on July 01, 2022, 03:37:50 am ---
--- Quote from: mnementh on July 01, 2022, 01:30:22 am ---A few dollars more gets you these hydraulic crimpers:
mnem
:-/O
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Ya don't need hydraulic tools for piss ant copper lugs ! :horse:
Narva make some good HD ones but they might be outta budget for many:
https://www.narva.com.au/products/56516/heavy-duty-cable-lug-crimping-tool
These I'd rather ^ than Hex crimpers but some of the smaller ratcheting ones with an anvil type punch are fine too.
https://www.narva.com.au/products/56541/heavy-duty-connector-ratchet-crimping-tool
Or you could just go old school:
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Those hammer crimpers are the worst for copper lugs; you can't get a tight crimp without almost splitting the lug. IMO, the weakening of the material they cause makes them a detriment rather than a tool.
You can argue that's because the lugs they make nowadays have half the copper in them... But the hex crimpers work properly on what is made now and you shouldn't have to buy special just because your tool is prehistoric.
As for not needing hydraulic... The benefit there is that they work on more than just copper lugs. These crimpers can also be used on aluminum and steel crimps for other work.
mnem
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