Re: OT: Mains Safety PSA
Make sure the wire hasn't overheated, first. If it has, the lug needs to be replaced, and the damaged end of the wire trimmed off.
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Michael A. Terrell
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Re: OT: Mains Safety PSA
Just tighten the screw a bit if its loose.
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paulswed
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Re: HP 6433 Power Supply
Was it working before and only now started to exhibit a problem? Have checked the current limit settings/controls? Have you downloaded the manual? Sent from my iThing; please forgive the typos and
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Tom Lee
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Re: OT: Mains Safety PSA
Rene¨¦, thank you for the input from someone who has ¡°been there.¡± -- Jeremy Nichols Sent from my iPad 6.
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Jeremy Nichols
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Re: OT: Mains Safety PSA
a lot of times the spec is listed on the label of breaker, sometimes in the panel for the lugs like for mains entrance. I have used standard torque wrenchs w/ proper driver. Here in the USA one more
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Ren¨¦e
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Re: HP active probe power connector availability?
Just to add a misc piece of info on these connectors. Keysight parts search has a nice photo of the receptacle:
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Chris B
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HP 6433 Power Supply
Anyone have experience with one of these I cant seem to get any amperage out of mine. Get volts fine, but not enough amps to light an LED
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John Scoles
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Re: OT: Mains Safety PSA
I do not know if there are published torque specifications for electrical outlet terminals. One would think they would exist somewhere but I¡¯ve always used ¡°tight enough¡± as my guide. wrote:
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Jeremy Nichols
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Re: OT: Mains Safety PSA
I had no idea about checking the torque on terminals. How do you check that? Just a VDE torque screwdriver? Any clue what the torque specifications are in Europe or Germany on breaker panels, wall
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cheater cheater
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Re: Placing Shelf on Casters for HP Equipment
Hello, Posting my final setup in case anyone else comes across this thread with similar questions to the ones I had. Hopefully this is useful to someone. As previously discussed, I wanted a 19-inch
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Matt Huszagh
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Re: HP 8510 C with HP 8511B
I am not sure what you are asking. As you know, the 8510 system uses a separate HPIB bus to control the interfaces on the bus including the test sets. If you want to do the automatic forward and
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Mark Kahrs
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Re: OT: Mains Safety PSA
Should not a load of this size, in ¡°continuous¡± [?] use, be hard wired? wrote:
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Jeremy Nichols
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Re: OT: Mains Safety PSA
Tightening connections: Especially in the case of aluminum wiring, which was popular for a few years, and no doubt still exists here and there. Jeremy N6WFO Jeremy Nichols Sent from my iPad 6.
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Jeremy Nichols
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Re: OT: Mains Safety PSA
230/240 VAC countries exist, with approximately equal power ratings. Go figure. Horses for courses -;) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schuko Raymond
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Raymond Domp Frank
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Re: OT: Mains Safety PSA
I was walking by a 100A, three phase breaker box at work one day, and I could feel heat from about 18 inches away. It was at a cable TV headend, so we had to bring in a team of electricians to replace
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Michael A. Terrell
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Re: OT: Mains Safety PSA
One thing that is not often thought about (or known) is the need to verify the breaker screws and main lugs are torqued to the correct specification. Copper and aluminum will both deform over time and
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Harold Foster
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Re: OT: Mains Safety PSA
Its good to understand outlet ratings along with circuits and breakers. Massively loaded test benches tend to suck lots of power. I am careful with power loads and always have been. But also
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paulswed
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Re: OT: Mains Safety PSA
I turned on my air conditioning one day, and heard what sounded like rain, in a bedroom. The 100A breaker was on fire. If I had gone out to turn it off at the meter, the house would have been on fire
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Michael A. Terrell
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OT: Mains Safety PSA
So as recent experience shows, 18 - 26 amps max continuous load for months was a tad optimistic for this unknown brand Schuko wall socket, which subsequently proceeded to smolder, melt, and deform,
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cheater cheater
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Agilent 33250A Display Section - I need one
Hi Folks, I got hands on a? Agilent 33250A recently. It works fine in Remote, but no Display. I looking for a Display Section. Anyone on List got one for Sale ? I am in Toronto, Canada. Please
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bill.lauchlan171@...
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