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Re: HP8640B output 10db low on all settings
I have figured out what is going on. The output attenuator vernier knob, when reduced towards minimum, cause the 0-3 level to light, and the 1-10 light to go off, this drops the output by 10db even
By Mikek · #129244 ·
Re: HP8640B output 10db low on all settings
If the 10 db pad were stuck, the output would read +10, +10, -10, -10, -30 etc rather than +20, +10, 0, -10, etc What's the -140 db position? My unit and photos on the web I see only have +20 to -130
By John Kolb · #129243 ·
Re: 3458A Schaffner Mains Filter
I don¡¯t know off-hand how similar the 3457A ones are, but these do fail, and need to be replaced on sight. (And I do hate those rivets ¡ª drilling them out is not what I want to do, given the
By Carsten Bormann · #129242 ·
Re: 3458A Schaffner Mains Filter
I haven't replaced the schaffner filter on my two 3458A's. Keysight don't change them automatically if they repair a unit, so I guess they? are not expecting them to fail suddenly. If you do replace
By Keith · #129241 ·
Re: HP8640B output 10db low on all settings
OK, maybe I'm getting it, internally the the 10db attenuator section maybe stuck in circuit. I have no idea of the construction, so didn't know that was possible. Thanks, Mikek
By Mikek · #129240 ·
Re: HP8640B output 10db low on all settings
Not exactly sure what you mean, but I have verified that every attenuator setting is 10db low. Using my scope and using another generator.
By Mikek · #129239 ·
Re: 3458A Schaffner Mains Filter
Yeah, I've had them go bang on other instruments and it makes a mess. You might want to do it at the same time as the electrolytics and also socket and renew the battery-backed sram if it's not
By alan.ambrose@... · #129238 ·
Re: HP8640B output 10db low on all settings
Perhaps the attenuator pad has stuck with 10dB always engaged. Worth some basic investigation with a meter/scope as a first pass. HIH Nigel Sent: 06 September 2022 15:00 To:
By nigel adams · #129237 ·
Re: HP8640B output 10db low on all settings
I did find a note in the files section that there could be a pin the has slide out of it's hole enough that it can stop the knob from turning to that last -140db position. I'm still 10db low! Thanks,
By Mikek · #129236 ·
HP8640B output 10db low on all settings
I've been checking a meter and thought something was wrong with the meter as it read 10db low. I was stepping 10db each time and it was accurate but 10db low. Then I switched generators and then the
By Mikek · #129235 ·
Re: 3458A Schaffner Mains Filter
I definitely live in 240V land (even more when the PV plant is active). Many schaffner filters died or were found dead when I acquired various test gears. However, I've not replaced them "on sight", I
By Francesco Messineo · #129234 ·
Re: 3458A Schaffner Mains Filter
If you are in the USA, you will probably never witness a Schaffner filter fail. If you are in 220-240V land, you may not be so lucky. When the filters fail, the worst that happens is they release a
By Chuck Harris · #129233 ·
Re: HP8560E SA Display oddness
Hi Dan, Assuming you download the User Guide from https://www.testunlimited.com/pdf/an/08560-90157.pdf Then we have the same page numbers. On page 149 you can see how to place the analyzer on its side
By Jaap Rusticus · #129232 ·
Re: 3458A Schaffner Mains Filter
Yes. The point about Schaffner filters is that X caps of this type (reportedly from WIMA, not RIFA) were use in their line filters up to some point, which (together with the fact that they make a
By Carsten Bormann · #129231 ·
Re: 3458A Schaffner Mains Filter
As far as I know there is not a problem. We've fitted hundreds of assorted types of Schaffner IEC input filters to equipment since the mid 1990s and as far as I know without any failure. I suppose
By Adrian Nicol · #129230 ·
3458A Schaffner Mains Filter
I have recently acquired a 3458A which incorporates a Schaffner FN9223-3-06 mains filter. The 3458A has a build date of approx 2005 and the Schaffner filter has a date code of 0432. I am wondering if
By Stephen Bell · #129229 ·
Re: HP 3335A PSU woes PMD12K60.
I am still trying to find the time to get back to it but it may end up becomming more of a winter project looking at the bench at the moment. I understand that there may be many more hidden issues to
By Karl Fell · #129228 ·
Re: HP8560E SA Display oddness
Jaap - thank you that's a great find! Now ....? how did you get to that control? I have the cover off and can't see how to get to that board! Thanks Dan
By [email protected] · #129227 ·
Re: Hp 8590a spectrum analyzer
I checked the shotky diodes in first mixer and they beep in both directions with the meter in diode check. .262 volts. Not a continuous beep but a short one. Also it spears both ends of the diode are
By Richard Cook <richardcook331@...> · #129226 ·
Re: E4418A/4419A vs N1913A/1914A
Perhaps someone dialed in an offset? Press the green preset button to put the instrument back to its normal state and see if that fixes the issue.
By Dave Smith · #129225 ·