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Re: HP 3335A Repair
Great news, folks. After finding out both A15CR1 and CR2 were shorted, I replaced them with 1N4003s, and all rails are now coming online in spec (while having the board out, I also replaced all 10uF
By Radu Bogdan Dicher · #129601 ·
Re: Pozidrive screws on HP covers
I'm also appreciating learning on this! I had no idea. Many thanks to the OP. I also found out I actually have a couple of these tips for my "fine work" bench driver. A #1 and a #2. I used the #2
By Radu Bogdan Dicher · #129600 ·
Re: New STUFF added
Hello Walter, I¡¯m still searching for HP parts: ¡¤ The hybrid for the HP 3476A, 1813-0091 ¡¤ The winged knob for the HP 8640B Range switch. Can you help, please? Cheers, Brian, VK2GCE Sent: Sunday,
By Brian · #129599 ·
Re: Pozidrive screws on HP covers
Here is a link to some pictures comparing Phillips and Pozidriv screwdrivers and screw heads. Photos were taken of the two types next to one another to permit easy observation of the differences
By Cubdriver · #129598 ·
Re: Pozidriv screws on HP covers
Question: Is Torx and "star drive" the same thing? Perhaps the only difference is that Torx is trademarked?? Pete
By saipan59 (Pete) · #129597 ·
Re: HP 3335A Repair
Well, after finally taking this apart (I'd post pictures, but I am a bit ptsd'ed...) I have two shorted diodes on A15 - CR1 and CR2. I am thinking vanilla 1N4148 would be OK in this position -
By Radu Bogdan Dicher · #129596 ·
Re: Pozidriv screws on HP covers
FYI -square drive also known as Robertson Drive ( named after the inventor early last century)...great drive method! Ren¨¦e
By Ren¨¦e · #129595 ·
Re: HP 3335A Repair
Raymond, Clay, You both sort of got beat by a hair with the 4 youtube videos Clay is talking about. Must be this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDAzsNKGAMY. And yes, I take back my statement on the
By Radu Bogdan Dicher · #129594 ·
Re: HP 400E sticky needle
I would think that other glues might be more easily used. For instance, a famous very old glue is milk. A drop of milk will hold very well, but is also water soluble. Milk is the original ingredient
By Chuck Harris · #129593 ·
Re: Pozidriv screws on HP covers
Since nobody seems to have mentioned it, Pozidriv screws can be identified by a cross type screw slot, with a set of fine lines stamped in the head in between the crossed slots (a cross and a
By Chuck Harris · #129592 ·
HP 1661A Logic Analyzer Schematics
Does anyone have the schematics for the HP 1661A Logic Analyzer?? I found the service manual, but no schematics. Best regards, Alex
By ajkurras@... · #129591 ·
Re: HP 3335A Repair
So my memory served me right! Raymond
By Raymond Domp Frank · #129590 ·
HP 432A drift
Before I dive deeply into troubleshooting maybe someone can give me a direction to look into first. I have a HP 432A with a downward drift. Same problem on all three mounts that I have, a HP 478A, a
By Steve J. Noll, WA6EJO · #129589 ·
Re: Pozidrive screws on HP covers
People: I keep learning useful stuff on these threads even when looking at posts about equipment I don¡¯t own. Pozidrive screws: Great tip! Steve
By Steve Holland · #129588 ·
Re: HP 3335A Repair
I used to work as a line tech on these back in 1980.? The things I most remember about them was the .01dB level accuracy and the millihertz frequency resolution were just amazing.? I also remember
By freshndaire · #129587 ·
Re: Pozidrive screws on HP covers
On Sat, 17 Sep 2022, vk2bea via groups.io wrote: All HP gear used Pozidriv screws, not Philips. May be there are some exclusions but as far as I can tell I have never seen that. > I failed to realize,
By Sergey Kubushyn · #129586 ·
Re: HP 3335A Repair
Larry, You're right and my apologies again to the members and moderators. I will approach this differently next time (which is how I typically do it). Radu.
By Radu Bogdan Dicher · #129585 ·
Re: HP 400E sticky needle
You will probably find some of the flakes stuck in the meter movement. Worst case, you will find some steel filings stuck in the meter movement. Cheers ???? Bruce Quoting bd139 <me@...>:
By Bruce · #129584 ·
Re: HP 400E sticky needle
Well the Pritt stick melted in hot water did a really good job of the peeling. Looks excellent! However it's still sticking. I will disassemble it again tomorrow and investigate further.
By bd139 · #129583 ·
Re: Pozidrive screws on HP covers
Is pozidriv better than hex, though? I've had dramatically lower frustration using hex on most things I design (though torx conceptually seems better and now its patent has expired, so I might move in
By Bryce Schroeder · #129582 ·