Re: Anyone out there fix a partially working 334A I need desperately to get it up and running!
The 334 has an Automatic Nulling (A6 board) circuit which uses lamps and a single detector. I see no chopper.
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Michael A. Terrell
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Re: Anyone out there fix a partially working 334A I need desperately to get it up and running!
I haven't used it in a while, I've been using a leader LDM-170 but feel more confident in triusting the 334A. First problem is that you can't "Set" anything unless you have an extremely high voltage
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Steve
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Re: Hints on removing burned tantalum residue
Guys, Just in case it helps, the names Marconi Instruments / IFR / Aeroflex / Cobham / Viavi are all historical parts of the same company from 1998 onwards. With regards to IFR, this operation was/is
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nigel adams
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Re: Hints on removing burned tantalum residue
Hi Roy, /g/Marconi-Test-Instruments I have been getting some good information there. Dave wrote: -- 72 de Dave VE7HR
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Dave Miller
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Re: Hints on removing burned tantalum residue
Hi Dave: If you could post the links you found, that would be great. There appears to be many things associated with the names IFR and Aeorflex Cheers and best wishes. Roy
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Roy Thistle
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Re: 427A volt meter
I didn't mean to sound critical but I think I did, my apologies. The lack of mercury cells is a PITA. Lots of stuff used them and its often hard to find a substitute.
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Richard Knoppow
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Re: Anyone out there fix a partially working 334A I need desperately to get it up and running!
Thanks, all! I forgot about the Auto Null function.
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Jeremy Nichols
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Re: Hints on removing burned tantalum residue
What a mess and unfortunately it happens. In addition to the various cleaning hints at least with nicad batteries I have found they do leave conductive stuff. Even though the boards been cleaned. In
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paulswed
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Re: 427A volt meter
excuse my mistake, I have done restoration 427A and 204B side by side on the table. The 22.5V Battery is correct. Can be swapped by 2 pcs of 9V Blocks lithium for backup light , they deliver 10.2V
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Martin M
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Re: Anyone out there fix a partially working 334A I need desperately to get it up and running!
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Tam Hanna
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Re: Anyone out there fix a partially working 334A I need desperately to get it up and running!
Is it the video on the HP 419 meter? "https://youtu.be/vrmwql2msbU"
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Merchison Burke
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Re: Anyone out there fix a partially working 334A I need desperately to get it up and running!
You are right, there are 3 CdS cells, and two lamps that are used to operate a Wein bridge that performs the auto null function. The last 334 that was in my shop had one bad CdS cell, and the bridge
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Chuck Harris
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Re: Hints on removing burned tantalum residue
Well to be fair, yours was a pretty general question that certainly applies here too. -Dave
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Dave McGuire
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Anyone out there fix a partially working 334A I need desperately to get it up and running!
Jeremy, Auto null. The neons and light sensitive resistors are used in a Wien bridge to automatically balance the null. Page 4.2 onwards describes the circuit in detail. Loss of a neon and its back to
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Goran Finnberg
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Re: 427A volt meter
Original battery is 22.5V. They are available but expensive. I made a battery pack using two 8 cell battery holders for AA cells and left one cell out putting a wire in place of the battery. probably
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Richard Knoppow
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Anyone out there fix a partially working 334A I need desperately to get it up and running!
Jeremy, Auto null. ------ Best regards, Goran Finnberg The Mastering Room AB Goteborg Sweden E-mail: mastering@... Learn from the mistakes of others, you can never live long enough to make them
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Goran Finnberg
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Re: Anyone out there fix a partially working 334A I need desperately to get it up and running!
Unless my memory is failing, it's not strictly a chopper, but it's part of the automatic tuning system. The choppers are digitally-controlled switches, but I believe the LDR-based subsystem in the 33x
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Dave McGuire
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Re: Anyone out there fix a partially working 334A I need desperately to get it up and running!
Purely out of curiosity, what is the purpose of a chopper in a 334 distortion analyzer? HP used choppers in a lot of their DC voltmeters to convert the DC to AC. They¡¯d run the AC through some
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Jeremy Nichols
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Re: 427A volt meter
hello Dave, yes, specials: The Power Line Supply is a Option and not always inside. 427A have a Set of 4 obsolete 6.75V mercury batterys, if they are tired and there is no PSU, build it self. The
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Martin M
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Re: Anyone out there fix a partially working 334A I need desperately to get it up and running!
Hello, a dude named CarlsonLabs has had a 2h video on replacing these neons. Never sat through it all the way to the fartingsound, don?t have a link handy but wanted to mention it. If there is
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Tam Hanna
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