Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread

[Specmaster]

Thanks, I've just managed to replace two 0805 resistors that blew, soldered them by hand, first one went a bit skewy but is OK and the second one went perfectly straight 

[mansaxel]

Yea that’s the one. Any idea where I can get a bulgin plug for it?

If the rest of it works ok I’m probably going to build a modern battery module for it. Might end up with a USB-C socket in it 

I bought one from Mouser, the crappy one without strain relief, for my Solartron DVM. Think they've got the slightly better one too.

You put me on track to it

[mnementh]

I'm glad I didn't know about all those before you left. If I had I would have begun to resemble a Martian.

Like this:      this:      or this?   

More like this, I s'pect...   

mnem
"Where's the KABOOM!?! There was supposed to be a Earth-shattering KABOOM!!!"   

[mansaxel]

Curiously my daughter did make one of here friends turn green. The first school day after our first skiing holiday she took sandwiches for lunch. Her friend innocently asked what was in them. Reindeer, and quite nice it was too.

Reindeer is excellent. One of the more accessible variants is "Renskav", literally "Reindeer shavings" which is thinly sliced small pieces of meat, frozen, that typically go in stews and the like; fried, with chopped onion, perhaps some mushrooms, cream added, as is salt, pepper, crushed juniper berries, and then left to simmer.

Serve with mashed potatoes, and lingonberry jam.

Also, smoked reindeer is a treat!

[mnementh]

...Also, smoked reindeer is a treat!

Tried that once; went back to weed. It tastes better and doesn't give you antler-rash. 

mnem
"Rudy the red-hosed shaman... had a very rosy hose..."

[Robert763]

So my DD haul was:

1/ Tektronix P6046 differential probe in the case with amplifier, PSU (115V) attenuator tip condoms £10 
2/ HP3466A £20 needs a couple of switc caps but I have some in stock. Naice that it is 4.5 digit and has "20" ranges
3/ Racal Dana 4009 A.K.A TTI 1905A computing 5.5 digit DMM. £15
4/ A box of "probes" £15. This inculded a Tek P2021 current probe with terminator    a spare P4046 several HP and TEK scope probes, older, but some unused. also some cheap Coline probes. I flipped 4 of those for £10 before I left.
5/ Time 1049 PT100 simulator (part of a deal, say £20)
6/ NI PCI GPIB card NIB £10
7/ NI ISA GPIB card £10 including "free" industrial 19" PC with a couple of mystery I/O cards and a Garmin GPS II
( @Vince , were you looking for one of these ISA GPIB cards)
8/ Weir 0-13V AC 0-17V DC power supply (0.7A variac + mains transformer and rectifier) £2
9/ Two odd AC "amplifiers". Custom made. each with a mains toroid DC supply, ILP 25W power amp module with 10T pot on input. One then has a back to front current transforme on the output with two taps 0-1A and 0-5A output. The other has a custom transformer woth 0-150V, 0-300V and 0-600V taps. Probably used as a calibration source well worth £20 the pair even for bits.
11/ Victoreen (Fluke) 440RF/D part of a trade basically profit.
12/ Box of Fluke temeperature (type K) interfaces and probes and two Fluke 80J10 10A 0.25% shunts. Need to sort through the probes £5
13/ Data Translation DT3000 16 channel 100kHz ADC + DAc PCI card with leads and two nice BNC breakout boxes. £5.
14/ Two L1000 "low delay video encoders". 1u  half rack box with LCD on front, BNCs, 9 D and filtered IEC inlet on back. £0 (free). Picked up for parts but these may have some value. Video ot SDI in MPEG data, ASI and 70MHz baseband out.
Also met some friends and had a chat. Overall a good day.

Wow I am surprised at the stuff you got.... that's not really the kind of stuff I would expect grey beards to sell at a HAM fest ?! 
... maybe it was not a HAM thing then, but a general purpose electronics fair ? Didn't even know these existed in this day and age... I could vaguely understand how HAM fest might still exist, yet they are declining from what I gather so... I don't even know how a general purpose electronics fair can even be put together. I am stunned.... but it's very cool !! I guess there aren't many of these a year... once a year is incredible enough...  So how big was it then ? How many people / stalls where there, selling stuff ?

Would be cool if there were something like this in Frog land ! 


Anyway, yeah I am tempted by a genuine NI ISA GPIB card, just like TerraOperative because the Tek calibration S/W for TDS scopes  only works with ISA not PCI, somehow.
I do already have both an ISA and PCI GPIB cards, bought 4 or 5 years ago when I worked on my TDS 544A to fix it.
ISTR that one of them was a genuine NI card but I can't remember if that was the PCI or ISA.
What I do remember is that I tried the calibration S/W and although it did load, I could not get it do anything whatsoever.....  I am now wondering retrospectively if that might have been because my ISA card is not genuine, in case it isn't. Again I can't remember if it is or not...    I was not aware of this "ISA only" issue back then.

I don't even know where I have stored these cards, they are still buried in some box somewhere... I just thought that just in case my ISA was not the genuine NI kind, might be a good idea to get one if I come across a reasonably priced one, because they don't exactly grow on trees do they... 

There is one for sale here locally, which I have already posted about.... but the  guy wants 60 Euros for it so no thank you...good luck finding someone gullible enough to buy it at that price...


https://www.leboncoin.fr/informatique/1863474769.htm

He listed it 6 months and 3 days ago now... he won't even lower the price, sticks to 60 Euros... 

Gimme your price with shipping included and I will see ! 

You got it for 10 Quid with a rack and lots of other cool stuff... I will give you your 10 Pounds back and you can keep all the other stuff to flip on Ebay ! 
OK... 25 Quid shipped, what about that ?!   

Yeah you can probably make more money on Ebay, too bad for me ! 

I was half thinking of you when I got it. £10 plus postage cost and it's yours. I'll pull it and take a photo when I get time.

[mnementh]

      Got these comin' yet...?   

https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/test-equipment-anonymous-(tea)-group-therapy-thread/msg4069663/#msg4069663

Ok added to shopping list. Definitely need them 

Yep. One of my most positive tool-time surprises in recent memory.

Are they available at similar prices on your side of the pond? Approx $44 for both from our version of Bezos' Online Crack Shop...

mnem
 

[bd139]

      Got these comin' yet...?   

https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/test-equipment-anonymous-(tea)-group-therapy-thread/msg4069663/#msg4069663

Ok added to shopping list. Definitely need them 

Yep. One of my most positive tool-time surprises in recent memory.

Are they available at similar prices on your side of the pond? Approx $44 for both from our version of Bezos' Online Crack Shop...

mnem
 

Haven’t looked yet to be honest. Still suffering from the pain of buying shit I accidentally threw away 

[tggzzz]

Curiously my daughter did make one of here friends turn green. The first school day after our first skiing holiday she took sandwiches for lunch. Her friend innocently asked what was in them. Reindeer, and quite nice it was too.

Reindeer is excellent. One of the more accessible variants is "Renskav", literally "Reindeer shavings" which is thinly sliced small pieces of meat, frozen, that typically go in stews and the like; fried, with chopped onion, perhaps some mushrooms, cream added, as is salt, pepper, crushed juniper berries, and then left to simmer.

Serve with mashed potatoes, and lingonberry jam.

Also, smoked reindeer is a treat!

Sounds like the Swedish cultural equivalent of roastneef and yorkshire pudding with all the trimmings.

Can't get lingonberry jam here. I do,, however make make my own Rowan and crabapple jelly.

Oh well, back to my dried ham that has been stored under the stairs and is 6 months out of date

[tggzzz]

...Also, smoked reindeer is a treat!

Tried that once; went back to weed. It tastes better and doesn't give you antler-rash. 

mnem
"Rudy the red-hosed shaman... had a very rosy hose..."

Reindeer/moose is like beef, only better. Not as good as a well-hung pheasant, though.

[tautech]

...Also, smoked reindeer is a treat!

Tried that once; went back to weed. It tastes better and doesn't give you antler-rash. 

mnem
"Rudy the red-hosed shaman... had a very rosy hose..."

Reindeer/moose is like beef, only better. Not as good as a well-hung pheasant, though.

Not sure I agree about the pheasant with decades of shooting them to be qualified to make comment when the best venison I've sampled is from either Fallow or Sika, both kicking beef, pheasant or duck for that matter outta the park but closely followed by fat wild pork.

Only morning teatime in NZ and started dribbling already.... 

[Cerebus]

Can't get lingonberry jam here.

You can, but it involves making a journey like Dante with Virgil by his side - you have to go to Ikea.

[tggzzz]

Can't get lingonberry jam here.

You can, but it involves making a journey like Dante with Virgil by his side - you have to go to Ikea.

That is annoyingly accurate

[tggzzz]

...Also, smoked reindeer is a treat!

Tried that once; went back to weed. It tastes better and doesn't give you antler-rash. 

mnem
"Rudy the red-hosed shaman... had a very rosy hose..."

Reindeer/moose is like beef, only better. Not as good as a well-hung pheasant, though.

Not sure I agree about the pheasant with decades of shooting them to be qualified to make comment when the best venison I've sampled is from either Fallow or Sika, both kicking beef, pheasant or duck for that matter outta the park but closely followed by fat wild pork.

Only morning teatime in NZ and started dribbling already.... 

Venison is good too:) must go back to the nearby venison farm to grope through their fridges and freezers.

Unfortunately roadkill venison with the local wild venison deer would be expensive in terms of car damage.

[Neper]

Reindeer is excellent.

I suppose it would be somewhat like venison which is also delicious.

Also, smoked reindeer is a treat!

The butchers store in our supermarket over in Belgium had smoked horse tenderloin for a while. Like Filet d'Anvers but horse instead of beef. Melted on your tongue. 

The fun lasted until the butcher's two little girls got wind of it. They raised hell until he stopped ordering more.

Made me wonder what smoked unicorn might taste like... 

[mnementh]

Thigh-licking good, provided you get it while it's still dancing... 

mnem
"You're still the one..."

[vk6zgo]

...Also, smoked reindeer is a treat!

Tried that once; went back to weed. It tastes better and doesn't give you antler-rash. 

mnem
"Rudy the red-hosed shaman... had a very rosy hose..."

Reindeer/moose is like beef, only better. Not as good as a well-hung pheasant, though.

Not sure I agree about the pheasant with decades of shooting them to be qualified to make comment when the best venison I've sampled is from either Fallow or Sika, both kicking beef, pheasant or duck for that matter outta the park but closely followed by fat wild pork.

Only morning teatime in NZ and started dribbling already.... 

Kangaroo is good, but people regard it as like someone from the USA munching on a bald eagle!
We kill them for pet food, though----go figure! 

[tautech]

...Also, smoked reindeer is a treat!

Tried that once; went back to weed. It tastes better and doesn't give you antler-rash. 

mnem
"Rudy the red-hosed shaman... had a very rosy hose..."

Reindeer/moose is like beef, only better. Not as good as a well-hung pheasant, though.

Not sure I agree about the pheasant with decades of shooting them to be qualified to make comment when the best venison I've sampled is from either Fallow or Sika, both kicking beef, pheasant or duck for that matter outta the park but closely followed by fat wild pork.

Only morning teatime in NZ and started dribbling already.... 

Kangaroo is good, but people regard it as like someone from the USA munching on a bald eagle!
We kill them for pet food, though----go figure! 

Roo at a Perth restaurant was OK but our friends a bit NW at Calingiri say the Greys are good however around there numbers are low and they're giving them a spell so they can have them for a treat occasionally.

Hope we can get back over to catch up with them in the next year or so. 

[BU508A]

Made me wonder what smoked unicorn might taste like... 

Get one of those and smoke it. 

[Neomys Sapiens]

So my DD haul was:

1/ Tektronix P4046 differential probe in the case with amplifier, PSU (115V) attenuator tip condoms £10 
2/ HP3466A £20 needs a couple of switc caps but I have some in stock. Naice that it is 4.5 digit and has "20" ranges
3/ Racal Dana 4009 A.K.A TTI 1905A computing 5.5 digit DMM. £15
4/ A box of "probes" £15. This inculded a Tek P2021 current probe with terminator    a spare P4046 several HP and TEK scope probes, older, but some unused. also some cheap Coline probes. I flipped 4 of those for £10 before I left.
5/ Time 1049 PT100 simulator (part of a deal, say £20)
6/ NI PCI GPIB card NIB £10
7/ NI ISA GPIB card £10 including "free" industrial 19" PC with a couple of mystery I/O cards and a Garmin GPS II
( @Vince , were you looking for one of these ISA GPIB cards)
8/ Weir 0-13V AC 0-17V DC power supply (0.7A variac + mains transformer and rectifier) £2
9/ Two odd AC "amplifiers". Custom made. each with a mains toroid DC supply, ILP 25W power amp module with 10T pot on input. One then has a back to front current transforme on the output with two taps 0-1A and 0-5A output. The other has a custom transformer woth 0-150V, 0-300V and 0-600V taps. Probably used as a calibration source well worth £20 the pair even for bits.
11/ Victoreen (Fluke) 440RF/D part of a trade basically profit.
12/ Box of Fluke temeperature (type K) interfaces and probes and two Fluke 80J10 10A 0.25% shunts. Need to sort through the probes £5
13/ Data Translation DT3000 16 channel 100kHz ADC + DAc PCI card with leads and two nice BNC breakout boxes. £5.
14/ Two L1000 "low delay video encoders". 1u  half rack box with LCD on front, BNCs, 9 D and filtered IEC inlet on back. £0 (free). Picked up for parts but these may have some value. Video ot SDI in MPEG data, ASI and 70MHz baseband out.
Also met some friends and had a chat. Overall a good day.

Are you referring to the P6046 or is there a Tek differential probe I have not heard of? Normally I would have assumed a typo, but it appears in twoplaces in your post.

[bd139]

Can't get lingonberry jam here.

You can, but it involves making a journey like Dante with Virgil by his side - you have to go to Ikea.

Ah yes supplier of “meat” balls and hot “dogs”. Not a good reference. The only good food I found in IKEA was the diabetes sized bags of Daim bars for a fiver.

[Robert763]

So my DD haul was:

1/ Tektronix P6046 differential probe in the case with amplifier, PSU (115V) attenuator tip condoms £10 
2/ HP3466A £20 needs a couple of switc caps but I have some in stock. Naice that it is 4.5 digit and has "20" ranges
3/ Racal Dana 4009 A.K.A TTI 1905A computing 5.5 digit DMM. £15
4/ A box of "probes" £15. This inculded a Tek P2021 current probe with terminator    a spare P4046 several HP and TEK scope probes, older, but some unused. also some cheap Coline probes. I flipped 4 of those for £10 before I left.
5/ Time 1049 PT100 simulator (part of a deal, say £20)
6/ NI PCI GPIB card NIB £10
7/ NI ISA GPIB card £10 including "free" industrial 19" PC with a couple of mystery I/O cards and a Garmin GPS II
( @Vince , were you looking for one of these ISA GPIB cards)
8/ Weir 0-13V AC 0-17V DC power supply (0.7A variac + mains transformer and rectifier) £2
9/ Two odd AC "amplifiers". Custom made. each with a mains toroid DC supply, ILP 25W power amp module with 10T pot on input. One then has a back to front current transforme on the output with two taps 0-1A and 0-5A output. The other has a custom transformer woth 0-150V, 0-300V and 0-600V taps. Probably used as a calibration source well worth £20 the pair even for bits.
11/ Victoreen (Fluke) 440RF/D part of a trade basically profit.
12/ Box of Fluke temeperature (type K) interfaces and probes and two Fluke 80J10 10A 0.25% shunts. Need to sort through the probes £5
13/ Data Translation DT3000 16 channel 100kHz ADC + DAc PCI card with leads and two nice BNC breakout boxes. £5.
14/ Two L1000 "low delay video encoders". 1u  half rack box with LCD on front, BNCs, 9 D and filtered IEC inlet on back. £0 (free). Picked up for parts but these may have some value. Video ot SDI in MPEG data, ASI and 70MHz baseband out.
Also met some friends and had a chat. Overall a good day.

Are you referring to the P6046 or is there a Tek differential probe I have not heard of? Normally I would have assumed a typo, but it appears in twoplaces in your post.

DOH  yes P6046 one kit and one bare probe  Hope to test some stuff later.

[tggzzz]

Reindeer is excellent.

I suppose it would be somewhat like venison which is also delicious.

Also, smoked reindeer is a treat!

The butchers store in our supermarket over in Belgium had smoked horse tenderloin for a while. Like Filet d'Anvers but horse instead of beef. Melted on your tongue. 

The fun lasted until the butcher's two little girls got wind of it. They raised hell until he stopped ordering more.

Made me wonder what smoked unicorn might taste like... 

Eating horse is a cultural no-no in the UK.

Having said that, I remember a butcher that sold horse meat for human consumption in Kingston-upon-Thames market place. Can't find any reference to it, though

[tggzzz]

...Also, smoked reindeer is a treat!

Tried that once; went back to weed. It tastes better and doesn't give you antler-rash. 

mnem
"Rudy the red-hosed shaman... had a very rosy hose..."

Reindeer/moose is like beef, only better. Not as good as a well-hung pheasant, though.

Not sure I agree about the pheasant with decades of shooting them to be qualified to make comment when the best venison I've sampled is from either Fallow or Sika, both kicking beef, pheasant or duck for that matter outta the park but closely followed by fat wild pork.

Only morning teatime in NZ and started dribbling already.... 

Kangaroo is good, but people regard it as like someone from the USA munching on a bald eagle!
We kill them for pet food, though----go figure! 

Over here it is a high-end meat for human consumption, like alligator and ostrich! Go figure.

[tggzzz]

Ok, have just got around to rebuilding the computer monitor power supply, to reassemble and power it up to see if it goes flash bang wallop again  Now, do I bring it up slowly on a variac or do I use the dim bulb method 

Am I right in thinking that a SMPS won't power up on a variac or not 

SMPSs are constant power output devices. Low input voltage => high input current, which the diodes/transistors might not like.