Good day to all.
My trusty P6042 current probe died several years ago and I've not yet taken the time to repair (replace) the probe cable. This cable has died on me several times in the past and it's now too short to be useable.
Searching past messages suggested that I might be able to use a HDMI cable as a suitable replacement. I had originally thought of using a standard VGA cable - I will cut open as many samples of these and HDMI cables as I can lay my hands on and see if one is more suitable than the others. Guidance appreciated.
However, the reason for this post is to ask about replacing the electrolytic caps. I see that I did replace the original power supply reservoir caps quite some time ago - I haven't used Rubycon capacitors in more than a decade or two. I'll replace them again.
But I haven't looked closely at the other large capacitors on the board yet. If they are wet-slug tantalum, I'm tempted to leave them alone. If they are indeed simple electrolytic caps, I had better plan on replacing them as well.
My question to the group is this: what else should I be looking at when working on this instrument? It has worked fabulously for me for many years and I keep needing to use it - but just haven't made the time to repair it. That time is now, I guess.
Again - guidance is greatly appreciated.
Many thanks!
dwayne
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Dwayne Reid <dwayner@...>
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