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Yokogawa Bench Meters, Slim Pickings.

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deadlylover:

--- Quote from: enut11 on November 16, 2015, 10:03:44 am ---Had a good look around. Lots of nice gear but nothing with a fixed price is cheap. Unsure how to bid for auction items...

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You have to look for a proxy buying service in Japan, there are heaps out there on Google with different fees and what not. Look for one that can ship via UPS if you plan on importing lots of items in a combined package, they seem to be the most reasonable (EMS to Aus limit is ~20kg, and costs ~$300 for 20kg). Stuff seems cheap at first glance, but then there's the commission, domestic tax, domestic shipping, payment fees, paypal fees, packaging fees and finally international shipping....

Just as a rule of thumb for bench gear, expect to pay an extra of about ~$25 per kilo on top of the actual item cost itself. Most test equipment is sold as-is too, so it's a gamble just like on eBay.

It all adds up reaaaal fast.

Muttley Snickers:
That web site is a bit of a tease for some of us and when I first started looking around for info on the Yokogawa gear I came across these sites but had virtually no luck in properly translating them.

I couldn't find out what the Yokogawa equipment was worth when new but I would imagine that it was rather expensive and the reason I started the thread was to hopefully get an indication on how this gear is holding up and whether it was worth consideration, it appears that enut11 got a very nice unit but so far thats about all we have to go on.

One appealing feature for me on these meters is that the LED displays on them still look in very good order and I've been over dozens of pictures, I personally find the dim VFDs on some other brands a slightly dissuading factor when looking to purchase older equipment.

Muttley

tinhead:
as i got asked for, here my collection of user manuals, service manuals and other things for some Yokogawa gears (755x, 756x, TC1xx, FG1x0, FG2/3xx)

http://1drv.ms/mylink if not working, send me PM 

Afaik, the firmware 2.02 is the latest revision for 7551 and 7552 models, in case someone have newer version i would be happy to get a copy.

I'm looking as well for firmware (eprom dump) from 7561 and/or 7562 models.


enut11:
I agree. VFDs are nice when new but some fade quite badly with age. Old LCDs can also be bad news, especially if used under bright lights or sunlight. Replacements can be impossible to get or very expensive. Good old LEDs may not be as sexy but they seem to last and last.
enut11

radhaz:
I have an Advantech 6551T, with green LED 5.5 digit. I like it much better than my HP 3468B LCD display. It has some nice functions, and is built a lot like the Yokogawas pictured here. Sadly, there is very little in the way of service information like schematics.

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