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- Accessory kits - various types
- AC power analyzers - PA2201A and PA2203A
- AC power supplies 6811C, 6812C, 6813C
- Airlines
- Arbitrary waveform generators M8194A
- Amplifiers?493A, 495A?
- Attenuators (optical) 8156A, 8157A, 8158B, 81566A, 81576A,?
- Attenuators (RF) 8494A
- Attenuator set (500 ¦¸) 350C
- Attenuator set (600 ¦¸) 350D
- Attenuator switch driver
- Audio analyzers? 8903A, 8903B, 8903E,? ?
- Base station test sets
- Bit error rate testers (BERTs)
- Cables
- Capacitance meters U1701A, U1701B, 4272A, 4278A, 4279A
- Capacitor Bridge 4270A,
- Capacitor standards 16380A, 16380C,?
- Carrier noise test setsi
- Cesium frequency standards
- Clamp ammeters
- Close field probes
- Crystal Impedance E4915A, E4916A
- Data Acquisition Systems (DAQs)
- DC power analyzers
- DC power supplies 6030A , 6031A , 6032A, 6033A, 6035A, 6131C, 6621A, 6622A, 6623A, 6624A, 6627A, 6255A, 6645A, 6671A, 6672A, 6673A, 6674A, 6675A, 62003A, 62003C, 62003E, 62004A, 62004B, 62004E, 62005A, 62005B, 62005E, 62006A, 62006B, 62006E, 62010A, 62010C, 62010E, 62012A, 62012C, 62012E, 62015A, 62015C, 62015E, 62018A, 62018C, 62018E, 62024A, 62024C, 62024E, 62028A, 62028C, 62028E, 62048A, 62048C, 62048E
- Delay lines
- Detectors
- Device current waveform analyzers
- Digital communications analyzers
- Directional couplers
- Distortion analyzers 330B, 330C, 330D, 331A, 332A, 333A, 334A, 339A, 8903A, 8903B, 8903E,???
- Dynamic measurement DC source
- Electrometers
- Fading simulators
- Femto ammeters
- Filters
- Frequency counters 522B, 5342A 5343A 5352B
- Frequency standards?
- Function Generators ? 3310A,? 8165A,
- GPIB controllers, extenders, cables etc.
- GPS frequency standards
- Harmonic mixers
- High resistance meters 4339B
- High resistance meter fixtures 16008B
- HEV EV Grid Emulators and Test Systems
- In-circuit test systems
- Impedance analyzers 4195A, 4291A, 4291B, 4395A, 4396A, 4396B, 4294A, E4990A, E4991A
- Impedance Analyzer Accessories
- Impedance / Gain Phase analyzer 4194A
- Impedance Meter 4193A,
- Isolators
- LCR meters? U1701A, U1701B, U1731A,? U1731B, U1731C, U1732A, U1732B, U1732C, U1733C, 4191A , 4192A, 4194A, 4195A, E4196A,? 4216A, 4260A, 4261A, 4262A? 4263A, 4263B, 4271B, 4274A, 4275A, 4276A , 4277A, 4284A, 4285A, 4286A, 4287A, 4291A, 4291B, 4294A, 4332A, 4342A, 4395A, 4396A, 4396B, E4980A and E4980AL
- LCR meter calibration devices? 16380A 42030A? 42090A, 42091A and 42100A
- LCR meter accessories
- 2-Terminal BNCs.
- 4-Terminal Pair (BNC connectors)
- Cable extension 16048A, 16048D, 16048E, 16048G, 16048H
- DC current bias accessories 42841A, 42842A, 42842B, 42842C, 42843A
- DC voltage bias accessories 16065A, 16065C,
- Kelvin clips 16089A, 16089B, 16089C,16089E
- Lead Components 16047A,16047B, 16047D, 16047E
- Material 16451B, 16452A
- Probes 42941A
- SMD 16034E, 16034G, 16034H
- 2-port 16096A
- 7 mm (APC7)
- 2-Terminal BNCs.
- LCZ meters? 4276A, 4277A,
- Lightwave clock / data receivers
- Lightwave converter
- Lightwave component analyzer
- Lightwave measurement system mainframes
- Lightwave polarization analyzers 8509B
- Logic analyzers
- Nemo wireless network solutions.
- Noise and interference test set
- Noise figure analyzers
- Noise sources 346A, 346B. 346C ,
- Matching pads (50 ohm to 75 ohm or similar)
- Materials test equipment
- Microwave repeaters
- Microwave downconverters 70427A
- Microwave / THz sources
- Milliammeter 428B
- Milliohm meter
- Mobile communications DC source
- Modular instruments
- AXIe
- Data acquisition (DAQ)
- USB
- PXIe
- Modulation analyzers
- Multimeters 427A, 970A
- Optical attenuators
- Optical heads
- Optical sources
- Optical spectrum analyzers
- Oscilloscopes 120A, 120AR, 120B, 122A, 130A, 130B, 130BR, 130C, 140A, 140B, 141A, 150A, 150AR, 160B, 180A, 180AR, 180CD, 181A, 181AR, 181T, 181TR, 182C, 182T, 183A, 183B, 184A, 184B, 185A, 185B, 1200A, 1200B, 1220A, 1221A, 1703A, 1707A, 1707B, 1710A, 1710B, 1715A, 1722A, 1725A, 1726A, 1740A, 1741A, 1742A, 1743A, 1744A, 1746A, 1980A, 1980B, 5403A, 6000A, 6000L, 16533A, 16534A, 54100A, 5410B, 54100C, 5100D, 54111D, 54120A, 54120B, 54200A, 54501A, 54502A, 54503A, 54504A, 54520A, 54520C, 54540A, 54540C, 54542A, 54542C, 54600B, 54601A, 54601B, 54602B, 54603B,? 54645A, 54654N, 54710A, 54720A, 54750A, 54825N, E1428,?
- Oven controlled crystal oscillators (OCXOs)
- Pattern generators
- PCM terminal test set
- Phase noise measurement
- Pico ammeters
- Printers 2225
- Plotters 7470A, 7475A?
- Probes
- Protocol analyzers and exercisers.
- Power booster test sets
- Power meters 431A, 431B, 431C, 432A, 435A, 435B, 437B, 438A
- Power splitters
- Power supplies
- Pulse generators
- Q-meters 4342A?
- Q-meter calibration inductors 16470A
- Reflection transmission test set
- Return loss module (optical)
- Relays / switches / switch matrices (optical)
- Relays / switches / switch matrices (RF)
- Resistor standards 42030A?and 42100A
- S-parameter test sets
- Scalar network analyzers
- SCSI bus preprocessor interface E2324A
- Selective level meters 3746A
- Semiconductors
- Semiconductor parameter analyzers 4145A, 4155B, 4156B,
- Signal analyzers
- Signal generators / sweep generators / signal sources / oscillators 200CD, 201B, 209A, 204D,? 608A,? 8165A
- Software
- Source measure units
- Spectrum analyzers 4195A,???
- Switch control units
- SWR meter 415E?
- Time interval? counters
- Time mark generator 226A
- Timing and data state modules
- Torque wrenches
- Transmitter testers
- Trigger modules
- Ultrasound transducers
- Universal bridge? 4260A, 4265A, 4265B?
- Vacuum tube voltmeter 410C
- Vector Impedance Meter 4193A, 4800A, 4815A
- Vector Network Analyzers (VNAs) 4195A,? 8510A, 8510B, 8510C, 8753A, 8753B, 8753C, 8753D, 8753E, 8753ES, 8752ET, 8719A, 8719B, 8719C, 8719D, 8720A, 8720B, 8720C, 8720D, 8720ES, 8722A, 8722B, 8722C, 8722D, 8722ES,
- Vector Network Analyzers (VNA) calibration kits 85032B, 85032E, 85033C, 85033D, 85033E, 85050B, 85050C, 85050D, 85052B, 85052C, 85052D, 85054A, 85054B, 85054D, 85056A
- Vector Network Analyzer (VNA) verification kits
- Vector Signal Analyzer 89650S, 89600S
- Vector voltmeters 8405A, 8508A,
- VXI mainframes 70000B, 70000C
- Waveform and function generators
- Waveguide to waveguide and waveguide to coaxial transitions.
- Wireless 58 OTA chambers
- Wireless channel emulators
- Wireless network emulators
- Wireless communication test sets
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Re: Placing Shelf on Casters for HP Equipment
I use a straight line layout, with two rows of benches. so I can just turn around to work on the other set of benches. I currently have seven workbenches, in several different outbuildings. My other shop is 18' by 28' wher I do metalworking, or scrap old equipment. About 300 banana boxes. two rows deep along the outside walls and tree deep down the center gives a? lot of cheap storage. Junk equipment is stored there, along with salvaged parts and used circuit boards. Things that I don't need to get to, very often. On Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at 5:16 PM Paul Bicknell <admin@...> wrote:
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That large detached garage was why I bought this house. I installed a 100A breaker box in it, and installed switches by each door to divide the 10' by 20' bays in half, so you can light any 10' by 10' square that you want. Double, duplex outlets every ten feet along the walls, and the rear 10; by 40' is for office and storage., if I don't get around to building a 40 foot long bench against the rear wall. I also installed dual duplex outlets under each pair of light switches on the door posts. Everything in EMT, except for cords where the overhead lights plug in. On Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at 6:18 PM Jim Ford <james.ford@...> wrote:
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I was just trying to point out that racks aren't always obvious at first glance. Back in the late '80s I worked a few doors from a Diebold office. They frequently tossed entire, obsolete racks of equipment in their dumpster. Short, enclosed but usually only a bit dusty. Another place where I worked scrapped tractor trailer loads of electronics. At times I had to send 20+ nice racks to the scrapyard, because no one wanted them, even for free. Some high speed drum printers were built on four foot tall racks, and like the full sized ones, no one wanted them. I did take a nice pair of Aluminum racks with clear doors that had housed some DEC VAX systems. They are so deep that a lot of equipment can be mounted using both ends. Racks are out there, if you keep your eyes open. On Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at 4:53 PM Jim Ford <james.ford@...> wrote:
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We seem to have gone backwords did you receive my privet Email with the picture of the side rails Theas being a lot cheaper than slides even if you have the correct both halves of a slide installing them can take 5 times the time compared to a side rail, mainly if the rack is built and you are modifying it PS Dave is correct on all pointes Regards Paul -----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dave McGuire Sent: 09 November 2021 01:55 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Placing Shelf on Casters for HP Equipment On 11/8/21 8:24 PM, Matt Huszagh wrote: I'm still trying to understand how heavy pieces of equipment areMore or less. First, there's nothing more or less "official" here; these are all perfectly valid and common approaches. And there's also cantilevered mount, which is when the rack mount ears of the mounted device support the entire weight of the device. I like option 1 (well option 2 as well, but that seems a bit moreThis is a very common approach for stationary applications, not fastening the ears if the unit is otherwise supported. Rack slides are less common for test equipment than for computer equipment. Rack slides typically cost hundreds of dollars, and must be specifically supported by (i.e., designed for use with) a given piece of equipment. Rack slides usually come in two pieces: the part that is screwed to the unit, an the part that's screwed into the rack. Sometimes there's a third "floating" piece in the middle, but that's not as common as it used to be. There are many variations, some of which work well, and some, not so much. Modern server-class computer equipment manufacturers, in particular, seem to take great delight in making their rack slides incompatible with those of their competitors, and even with their own, from model to model and from generation to generation. It is a racket. (heh, get it? ;)) The terminology is very flexible, mainly because these things are so damn common, and have been for so many years, across so many different industries. People come up with their own unofficial terms ("ears") and they stick, and some eventually become a part of the vernacular. Slides, rails, shelves, and ears are the terms that you will likely hear the most often in this context. Sometimes people use "rails" and "slides" interchangeably. There are also variations, like shelves that mount on slides. There are also other neat accessories, like drawers (actual drawers, like for tools, cables, or...well, underwear) that are rack-mounted. In the context of test equipment, I suggest that you not get your heart set on slides. They're less common in that world than in some others, they're difficult to find, and they're very expensive. One reason they're difficult to find is that warehouse grunts pull instruments (or computers) out of racks and leave the rack-side parts of the slides in the racks, and auction off the unit with half of the slides still screwed to the unit. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA |
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On 11/8/21 8:24 PM, Matt Huszagh wrote:
I'm still trying to understand how heavy pieces of equipment areMore or less. First, there's nothing more or less "official" here; these are all perfectly valid and common approaches. And there's also cantilevered mount, which is when the rack mount ears of the mounted device support the entire weight of the device. I like option 1 (well option 2 as well, but that seems a bit moreThis is a very common approach for stationary applications, not fastening the ears if the unit is otherwise supported. Rack slides are less common for test equipment than for computer equipment. Rack slides typically cost hundreds of dollars, and must be specifically supported by (i.e., designed for use with) a given piece of equipment. Rack slides usually come in two pieces: the part that is screwed to the unit, an the part that's screwed into the rack. Sometimes there's a third "floating" piece in the middle, but that's not as common as it used to be. There are many variations, some of which work well, and some, not so much. Modern server-class computer equipment manufacturers, in particular, seem to take great delight in making their rack slides incompatible with those of their competitors, and even with their own, from model to model and from generation to generation. It is a racket. (heh, get it? ;)) The terminology is very flexible, mainly because these things are so damn common, and have been for so many years, across so many different industries. People come up with their own unofficial terms ("ears") and they stick, and some eventually become a part of the vernacular. Slides, rails, shelves, and ears are the terms that you will likely hear the most often in this context. Sometimes people use "rails" and "slides" interchangeably. There are also variations, like shelves that mount on slides. There are also other neat accessories, like drawers (actual drawers, like for tools, cables, or...well, underwear) that are rack-mounted. In the context of test equipment, I suggest that you not get your heart set on slides. They're less common in that world than in some others, they're difficult to find, and they're very expensive. One reason they're difficult to find is that warehouse grunts pull instruments (or computers) out of racks and leave the rack-side parts of the slides in the racks, and auction off the unit with half of the slides still screwed to the unit. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA |
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I'm still trying to understand how heavy pieces of equipment are
supposed to be supported within a 19" rack. Here's what I understand so far. There seem to be basically three options, the first two being more "official" than the third. The first option is that support rails are fastened to the rack in holes oriented 90 degrees relative to the normal front and back mounting holes. I've attached a photo that shows this, stolen from . I'm not endorsing the non-metal screws here, but this is the best picture I could find that illustrates the concept. These are called "rails". The module is placed on these rails. Then, flanges attached to the front of the instrument are fastened to the holes on the front of the rack. The rails support most of the weight instead of the front flanges. From the front it only looks like the instrument is attached to the rack from the flanges; the rails are not visible. These rails additionally do not take up any "rack unit" space, so that one instrument can be placed immediately below or above another. The second option is that the instrument is somehow fastened to "slides" that are capable of supporting the instrument weight. These seem nice but are more expensive. I won't discuss this further since I don't know much about it yet. The third option is to use a shelf that attaches to all 4 posts of the rack on the front and back facing fastening holes. Then, the equipment simply sits on this shelf (these shelves sometimes support being pulled out). When using sufficiently heavy-duty shelves (e.g., the black box RM399 that Dave mentioned), multiple instruments can be stacked on top of each other, all supported by the same shelf. This seems like the somewhat less "official" solution but nonetheless works. One difficulty with it is that you can only remove the top-most instrument of a shelf. Is this a correct assessment? I like option 1 (well option 2 as well, but that seems a bit more complicated and probably quite a bit more expensive). My difficulty with this is that I'm having trouble finding suitable rails (to use the above terminology). NavePoint sells these server rack rails: But, the problem with them seems to be that they mount to the front and back of the rack. The instrument flange (or "ears") would then need to mount over these. So, when you unfasten the flanges to remove the instrument you lose the rail support. One way around this would be to simply rest the instrument on the rails and not fasten the flanges. That's probably ok. Any advice (and especially pictures!) illustrating proper use etc. would be greatly appreciated. As always, thanks so much. Matt |
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One other thing that I should mention here is side panels. One big difference between most test equipment and most server-class computer equipment is where the actual air intakes are. On most (most!) server-class computer equipment, the air intakes are on the front. On most (again, most!) test equipment, the air intakes are along the sides. Both typically exhaust to the rear.
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Some racks from the computer world have fairly tight-fitting side panels. You can almost always leave them on, but it pays to take a look in there to ensure that there's enough "breathing room" for the vented sides of (usually HP) test equipment to ingest air. -Dave On 11/8/21 5:54 PM, Paul Bicknell wrote:
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Regarding the air vents on top I stand corrected and was thinking of Audio equipment and power supplies Regarding 100% rack capacity OK for a rack with 1 KW consumption but a rack with 2 Kw consumption we require a bit of space And above 2 KW we require a bit of management such as Fans I think the key line hear is as you say Be consistent about front-to-back vs. back-to-front cooling, so that one instrument doesn't ingest another instrument's exhaust, and it's perfectly fine. (and very common) Best Regards Paul -----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dave McGuire Sent: 08 November 2021 22:24 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Placing Shelf on Casters for HP Equipment On 11/8/21 4:57 PM, Paul Bicknell wrote: Plus you cannot pack a 19 inch rack 100 % ?and that is a differentVertical cooling goes against every accepted standard for rack-mount system design. In practice, almost nothing actually does it. Now watch people will come out of the woodwork quoting one make/model of thing that does, but my point stands. For decades I have packed racks 100% full with 24/7-running equipment. Be consistent about front-to-back vs. back-to-front cooling, so that one instrument doesn't ingest another instrument's exhaust, and it's perfectly fine. (and very common) -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA |
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On 11/8/21 5:12 PM, Matt Huszagh wrote:
But yeah, good point about the vertical spacing for cooling above and...except that 99.992% of stuff that's designed for rack mounting uses front-to-back cooling, so it's pointless. Don't waste the space, you'll want to put more equipment in there later! There ARE, though, some instruments in this world which are known to have deficient cooling, and I suppose that there may be some convective heat transfer through the solid top of the chassis, but I've yet to see any real evidence (or even a convincing argument) of this. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA |
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On 11/8/21 5:06 PM, Matt Huszagh wrote:
My confusion was that if modules mounted within a rack are designed to"Stuff fits." I can send you pictures if you want. ;) These problems were solved decades before either of us was born. (and I've got twenty years on you) Did you make your own supports from angle irons, Dave? It sounds likeNo, I'm too much of a perfectionist (read: snob) (and have too little free time) to do that. I get proper rack rails, usually Navepoint these days. At the museum, though, we occasionally receive equipment with angle iron stock, and sometimes even [puke] WOOD, used as rack shelves. Use the right tool for the job. Or, maybe slotted angles are good enough and customizing an angle ironIt's possible to overthink these things. Just sayin'. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA |
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On 11/8/21 4:57 PM, Paul Bicknell wrote:
Plus you cannot pack a 19 inch rack 100 % ?and that is a different subject if a unit has vent holes on the top you require 1 U space above or sometimes a fan trayVertical cooling goes against every accepted standard for rack-mount system design. In practice, almost nothing actually does it. Now watch people will come out of the woodwork quoting one make/model of thing that does, but my point stands. For decades I have packed racks 100% full with 24/7-running equipment. Be consistent about front-to-back vs. back-to-front cooling, so that one instrument doesn't ingest another instrument's exhaust, and it's perfectly fine. (and very common) -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA |
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Re: Placing Shelf on Casters for HP Equipment
Hi Michael? Regarding your line Why would you put a rack behind a four foot deep workbench? and i would agree as 24 inch would be about wright I think there might be a typo in the original as i would take ( arranged in a "L" with a 45" splice ) as arranged in a "L" with a 45 degree splice Regards Paul? |
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