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Used test equipment pricing increase over the last few years

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beanflying:
Good price and hopefully you get lucky and something has just come loose and looking at the rear shots it has taken a knock at some time.

The shots that show the display lit with reading show the digits fine but are missing the text bits so unplugging and replugging the display from the PCB might even 'fix it' if you get lucky :-/O

deepfryed:

--- Quote from: beanflying on September 05, 2023, 01:15:42 am ---Good price and hopefully you get lucky and something has just come loose and looking at the rear shots it has taken a knock at some time.

--- End quote ---

Perhaps a loose display connector ? Worked fine when I turned it on, self tests pass. The display is a bit dim but usable, I might recap and replace the vfd at some point but overall functional and some quick checks indicate it's in-spec compared to my existing 34401a.

Lucked out I think  ;D

coppercone2:
maybe it means its still useful? when people sat down to actually do something during covid they figured out the quality is there for a reason, especially if you fix it up

also the term obsolete is very nebulous. Plenty of labs consider 5.5 digits advanced. how much work do you do that actually uses 6.5 digits?

the applications for ultra precision are just not common. its specialized.

Right now the biggest things are motors and power storage. Robots, portable power, etc. The development problems with these kinds of technologies do not requires the highest precision.

I would say there is a power electronics revolution in the last 10 years. Its kind of like 'what amazing tool can you make with a battery' and 'how can advanced motors make our life easier'.

Motorized crimp tools? power tools that rival or surpass the corded version? batteries that allow for actual quality of life while traveling?

I would say that pure 'smart' devices turned out to be a damp squid. IOT was supposed to knock our socks off but it turns out its rather annoying, privacy concerns, reliabiltiy concerns. However.. power electronics equipment is changing things. EV cars too, their actually good.. .and solar. The implementation of micro processors in everything turned out to feel like a troll. But high quality batteries, power convertors, etc.. their changing life

If you develop such things, the old equipment is actually super.. professional and handy. And the sub revolution of 3d printers that require motors and medium accuracy electronics is also blossoming.

For instance like if you are trouble shooting a motor drive, or a welding machine, that are becoming prevalent and.. intrinsically useful.. having real equipment makes you feel alot better about your work.

i.e. lawn mower repair in the last 5 years may even require a professional oscilloscope now (and IMO not a bad thing, compared to dealing with blasted small engines)

deepfryed:
Very usable.

I agree that even 5.5 digit may be overkill for the usual day to day work. I work on a few things that do benefit from having an accurate 6.5 digit DMM, especially when I have to double check some ADC measurements or trim the designs. The big use case for me is having meters that I can trust and also have a scpi interface, so I can do automated measurements and validation.

vk6zgo:

--- Quote from: EggertEnjoyer123 on September 04, 2023, 06:30:43 am ---Hamfests are generally a much better deal than fleabay.

For one, there's no shipping or ebay fees. Also, people there are generally nicer.

--- End quote ---

That's what I have found, too.

Certainly, in the Australian version of eBay, pickings are thin, & overpriced.

Many in Oz who have reasonable prices are "pickup only" or quote highish shipping costs.

There are relatively well priced units in the USA, but the shipping costs quoted, at best, double your outlay, & at worst, are figures in the thousands of dollars (obviously sellers who don't want to sell outside their home country).

Sellers in some other countries, like Japan, often quote free shipping, but double their prices to make up for it.
China is a mixture------small, "El Cheapo" stuff is cheap, but new Rigols & Siglents are often similarly priced to those from the local representatives. (Or sometimes, more expensive)

Walk into a Hamfest, & "it is what it is"------if there is any attractive test equipment there, you can buy it & take it home then & there.

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