Re: Schaffner explosions (Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] HP8657B Mains Filter Disaster)
Would a properly sized fuse prevent a fire from happening if you fired up a hotplate, and placed it in contact with a curtain? This is a common misconception about fuses and fire protection. They are
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Chuck Harris
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#95696
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Re: Schaffner explosions (Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] HP8657B Mains Filter Disaster)
So don¡¯t rush out replacing all your 250 V nominal equipment (which will be almost all of your equipment), but do rush out to get rid of the crazing 1980s' RIFA capacitors (inside a golden clear
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Dave_G0WBX
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#95695
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Re: HP8657B Mains Filter Disaster
There is a worse smell fortunately rarely encountered any more and that is of a failed Selenium Bridge Rectifier. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Oh good grief
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Dave_G0WBX
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#95694
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Re: Schaffner explosions (Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] HP8657B Mains Filter Disaster)
Hi Should add, that in the USA if on 115VAC mains the main reservoir electrolytic could well be the reason for the smell. With switch mode supplies, which the 8920B will be, on 230VAC it is normally
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george edmonds
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#95693
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Re: Schaffner explosions (Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] HP8657B Mains Filter Disaster)
Hi I have never worked on a HP8920B power supply, but I have worked on a HP8920A one. The A power supply did have mains input filtering and deteriorating capacitors could well be the reason for the
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george edmonds
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#95692
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Re: Schaffner explosions (Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] HP8657B Mains Filter Disaster)
Is this same part used in the HP8920B? I ask because my otherwise fine unit outgasses a mild chemical smell when turned on. I am in the US.
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RFI-EMI-GUY
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#95691
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Re: HP8657B Mains Filter Disaster
Is this same part used in the HP8920B? I ask because my otherwise fine unit outgasses a mild chemical smell when turned on
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RFI-EMI-GUY
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#95690
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Re: S-parameter test sets: risks of hidden damage
It is pot luck but you can be careful. Look at the vendor and see if they sell other stuff with guarantees as tested. Then if this item says untested you can be suspicious. If the vendor sells
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peter bunge
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#95689
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S-parameter test sets: risks of hidden damage
When looking to purchase something like a 85046a at auction, how concerned should I be about a unit's cosmetic condition, assuming it's being sold as-is?? How easy is it to damage the RF connectors,
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markhaun2000
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#95688
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Schaffner explosions (Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] HP8657B Mains Filter Disaster)
Care to identify where? Sure, 230 V ¡À 10 % = 207 V..253 V. The UK tends to be at the upper end (historically ¡°240 V¡±). But when items such as line filters are qualified for a working voltage,
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Carsten Bormann
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#95687
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Re: E7495A/B software
Yes, please! Gr¨¹?e, Carsten
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Carsten Bormann
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#95686
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Re: E7495A/B software
I modified the file in the e7495 Full 625 Upgrade I now have a PCMCIA Card that both upgrades the e7495 and patches the time/freq problem I have a zipped file that includes everything you need to make
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Wallace Gasiewicz
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#95685
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Re: HP8657B Mains Filter Disaster
Thank goodness it has been almost 60 years since I smelled that aroma. Sent from K5JLR
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Leon Robinson <leon-robinson@...>
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#95684
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Re: HP8657B Mains Filter Disaster
Hi This last email contradicts itself, also it is not unusual in the UK for the mains voltage to be or exceed 250VAC.? George G6HIG
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george edmonds
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#95683
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Re: HP8657B Mains Filter Disaster
That has nothing to do with the problem here, which is not that the rating was marginal (it wasn¡¯t), but that the capacitors in the filter were failing over a long time of use. The outer plastic
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Carsten Bormann
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#95682
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Re: HP8657B Mains Filter Disaster
Hi Nigel As you are in the UK and have access to Toolstation a very useful solvent for many purposes is their PVCu Solvent Cleaner. ?Its great for removing all sorts of unwanted residues and is does
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george edmonds
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#95681
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Re: HP8657B Mains Filter Disaster
Thanks for all the comments. I've actually ordered a new one from Digikey UK; bizarrely it's coming from the USA even though it's made in Switzerland and ordered from a UK company!!!! They had the
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NigelP
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#95680
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Re: HP 70590A Information wanted part of HP 70000 / MMS
Hi Dave Thank you for your E mail from other E mails it appears this item is not supported by the normal 70900 local oscillators So only fit to stripe down for parts Could you post the clip on a site
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Paul Bicknell
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#95679
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Re: HP 70590A Information wanted part of HP 70000 / MMS
I have the service manual and the CLIP for this module. Let me know if you have any specific questions. Thanks, David Slik VE7FIM wrote:
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David & Laura
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#95678
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Re: E4401B No 50MHZ Cal signal
Hi Or treat yourself to a thermal imaging device i have found it to br very useful.
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Mainline
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#95677
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