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Re: Tek 465B woes
Well, the good news is that it seems you won't have to replace one or more of the large el. caps.
If you're now certain about the voltages you reported, I'd say the power supply voltages are good enough to allow the 'scope to operate correctly. With your limited set of instruments (yes, you do need a 'scope to repair a 'scope), you may now try some easy things i.e. check and possibly swap some transistors and see what happens. However, I'd first check if the left and right deflection plate connections are ok. Check the wires and clips that connect the CRT. Be careful and only use low force on the CRT pins and *don't* bend them, even if they're crooked. By swapping transistors, there is a slight risk that you'll damage a good transistor but replacements are available and not expensive. Depending on your DMM, you may do a diode test on the B-E and B-C junctions on each transistor (they're all in sockets) and swap like transistors in the horizontal amp (schematic 10). The physical location of the horizontal amp. is on the same board as the large caps but near the front of the 'scope. Looking at the schematic diagram, you'll see a lot of symmetry. You may swap Q4146 with Q4341, Q4150 with Q4342 and Q4273 with Q4274 but *not* Q4161 with Q4361 nor Q4169 with Q4362. Please check this before actually trying (check on the schematics and check for identical type numbers printed on transistors to be swapped. Where swapping changes nothing, put the original transistors back to avoid any possible loss of calibratio, though the difference should be minimal. Switch power off before any swapping. U4269 is a DIL package containing five transistors. It has a Tek number but is just a CA3086. You may check the transistors in U4269, making sure that the substrate (pin 13) is at the most negative level. A replacement would cost less yhan a dollar. BTW, did you wiggle all transistors in the horizontal amplifier in their sockets? Many "repairs" are performed by doing this... Raymond |
Re: Tek 465B woes
Kevin Crossett
OK, so this is kind of embarrassing. Turns out the 15 v I said I saw last
night on the 110 v rail, was actually 15 mV. Sucks getting old. I hooked up a 470 uF 250 v cap that I pulled out of an old power supply per Tom's suggestion and it went down to about 14.5 mV AC. Is that still too high? The other numbers on the remaining rails go down to <.4 mV AC. On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 1:11 PM, Kevin Crossett <kcrossett@...> wrote: Thanks for the insight Paul. I am familiar with parts removal, and would [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
Re: Batteries in 7S14 plug-in
Cavid:
Thanks; that worked great! Mike N4MWP On 12/04/2014 05:47 PM, David DiGiacomo telists@... [TekScopes] wrote:
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Re: Batteries in 7S14 plug-in
On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 2:28 PM, Mike <mdinolfo@...> wrote:
2. Another poster (edbreya) suggested "you need to read... message |
Tek 11801 NVRAM
Dear all!
I replaced the batteries BT150 (A18 Memory Board) and BT130 (A14 I/O Board) on my 11801C. Because the fact, that the NVRAM is completely cleared, the scope lost also its ID#. Is there a way to set the ID#? Are there any other things to be reset or values to be restored after battery change? Thanks for your help, Simon |
Re: Light bulbs for A8 scale illumination pcb of 2445A?
One more. This is what I order finally. Available at no extra shipping cost in Europe also.
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Re: Batteries in 7S14 plug-in
In connection with the concept of using the LH1262 (or similar) device,
I have two questions for the group members: 1. To implement the "regulation" suggested by raymonddf, applied to the use of an LH1262 as proposed by mlitwack, would it be possible to feed the output of the LH1262 (about 12 or 13 volts unloaded) to a resistor in series with a string of 1n914 diodes (a shunt regulator) to obtain the "target" 1.35V voltage (or close to it)? The Fairchild 1n914 datasheet indicates approximately 250 mV forward drop (at 25 deg C) in a 1n914 with 1.0 microamp forward bias; perhaps six 1n914 diodes in series with a 10 megohm resistor would work? 2. Another poster (edbreya) suggested "you need to read... message 112514...then look at 96664..." If I log into the tekscopes yahoo group site and do a "conversations" search on "112514" I can access the 112514 message, but if I attempt a similar search on "96664" I get nothing. Can someone explain to me how I might get access to message 96664? Mike N4MWP On 12/04/2014 01:42 PM, raymonddf@... [TekScopes] wrote:
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Re: Tek 465B woes
Kevin Crossett
Thanks for the insight Paul. I am familiar with parts removal, and would
probably have determined the best course of action would be destroying the cap and removing the individual legs one at ta time. I will need to study up a bit on the ground connections. i'm sure it will be very clear if and when I get to that part of the board. On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 3:11 PM, Paul Amaranth paul@... [TekScopes] <TekScopes@...> wrote:
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Re: Tek 465B woes
If you can't get to that file, I think I have a copy around that I could
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mail you. It's a good writeup. The big fun comes in replacing the cap. The PCB is easy to damage. It's probably easiest to disassemble things a bit so you can cut the offending cap off at the board level, then desolder the terminals. The can is a big heat sink and if you desolder it intact, there's a tendency to use too much heat which lifts a PCB pad or two (although it can be done). I'm probably getting ahead of things here, but as Tom mentioned, if you replace the cap, you'll have to jumper the 3 negative terminals on the PCB; Tek used the can as a jumper. When I do this, I use a little adapter PCB that lets me plug in a snap cap and matches the pinout of the old cap. Totally unnecessary, but it makes for a nice repair. You can tell that lots of people have dealt with this problem, so don't be shy about asking questions. Paul On Thu, Dec 04, 2014 at 02:41:42PM -0500, 'Tom Miller' tmiller11147@... [TekScopes] wrote:
There is a file in the files section called Tek 465 Power Supply Capacitor Replacement Guide.pdf that might help you find what you need. Since the yahoo boobs went to neo, I am unable to open the file, so good luck. --
Paul Amaranth, GCIH | Rochester MI, USA Aurora Group, Inc. | Security, Systems & Software paul@... | Unix & Windows |
Re: Batteries in 7S14 plug-in
Raymond:
Thanx for all the info. When it's working properly, the 7S14 is a sweet plug-in. I also wish there were more retired Tektronix engineers who would do repair and calibration of old Tek equipment. Most of the repair shops in the S.F. Bay area wanted an arm and a leg to do a few hours work. Gary On Dec 4, 2014 9:26 AM, "raymonddf@... [TekScopes]" < TekScopes@...> wrote:
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Re: 7B80 not quite right
So now it seems to be just fine. Last night I fired it up and it still had the problem. Then I took it out and poked around in the circuitry looking for anything suspicious, jiggling stuff around some more, and pondering how to measure some of the resistors.
Then I put it back in to make some measurements, and the trace was nearly the right width. I also learned that the "SWP CAL" pot has nothing to do with setting the width, only the actual sweep ramp velocity. I initially assumed it was a gain control, but no. The specs just say that the width should be at least 10.2 divisions, so that must be the minimum that it gets to considering tolerances and drift - there's no 1X gain adjustment or comparator setting. So the trace was just about 10 divs wide, and stayed good for quite some time. I could adjust the sweep cal and set it right on to match the calibrator signal, so close enough to call it done. This morning I fired it up again, and the width was about 10.5 divs when cold, then warmed up to where it is now 10.2 divs and holding. So, it's a mystery exactly what caused it, but I think the combination of poking around in there, working the controls more, and running time has restored it to normal. So, I'll have to call this one a done deal - I'm sure it will be just fine until I need to use it. Ed |
Re: Tek 465B woes
There is a file in the files section called Tek 465 Power Supply Capacitor Replacement Guide.pdf that might help you find what you need. Since the yahoo boobs went to neo, I am unable to open the file, so good luck.
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In any event, the capacitor has three negative terminals in a circle. the positive terminal is within the circle. - - + - Watch your fingers when making measurements in this area or it can bite you. Also, when and if you go to change this cap, the capacitor can and the three contacts are a part of the circuit. Also, you dont want to pull the track and the plated through holes out when removing the bad cap. Come back for some more advice when you get to that point. Regards, tom ----- Original Message -----
From: Kevin Crossett kcrossett@... [TekScopes] To: TekScopes@... Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2014 2:20 PM Subject: [TekScopes] Re: Tek 465B woes Makes sense. I'll report back my findings as soon as I locate a cap and solder it on. |
Re: Tek 465B woes
Kevin Crossett
Thanks Mike. I think I'm thinking too hard about this. That makes obvious
sense. Cheers Kevin KN4M On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 2:35 PM, n2lym n2lym@... [TekScopes] < TekScopes@...> wrote:
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Re: Tek 465B woes
Use you dmm on the existing capacitor to verify the correct polarity
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BEFORE attaching added capacitor. Mike N2LYM On Thu, Dec 04, 2014 at 01:42 PM, Kevin Crossett kcrossett@...
[TekScopes] wrote: ? That's what I figured. I will look in my junk box for an old power supply or some other electronics gizmo for the 100 v cap. Assuming I find one in the next day or so, I am now trying to determine the positive side of the cap... I found this image on the internet of someone with a similar problem as me. He laid out what he thought were the solder points for the 4439 cap. Is he right, and if so, how can I determne which one is positive? On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 1:29 PM, raymonddf@... [TekScopes] < TekScopes@...> wrote: Kevin, Don't try a 470 uF 35V cap. unless you're looking forward to an early firecracker party a few seconds or minutes after switching on... Raymond [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
Re: Tek 465B woes
You may find the positive side for your temp. C. by switching the 'scope on and measuring DC voltage across C4439. The plus side of the cap. goes where the more positive voltage on C4439 is seen (100V)
Raymond I found this image on the internet of someone with a similar problem as me. He laid out what he thought were the solder points for the 4439 cap. Is he right, and if so, how can I determne which one is positive? |
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