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Re: 134 current amplifier replacement PSU
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýOn 03/05/2013 04:24 PM, Pa4tim wrote:
?Mine disappeared while on a trouble call many years ago and I just replaced it with a 12v 1A wall wart that had a OCV of nearly 20 volts. It looked fine on the current loop of my 465B so I've used it that way ever since. This is with a 131 and a P6016 so this may be not be the same thing. |
Re: Tektronix 2465 Ch2 dead
EnBePe
I checked the CH2 output on the back panel and found no waveform with a sinewave coupled to the CH2 input on the front-panel.
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However I did note that there were strobes present whenever I toggled CH2 mode or CH2 input coupling switches. Sounds like the problem could be somewhere in front of the U200? Regards Nigel --- In TekScopes@..., David <davidwhess@...> wrote:
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Re: Current rating of P6042
Just a sidestep as permitted. Jim Wiiliams has a desing for an other frontend for the P6042 in place of the Tek ?custom one. Mine drifts like hell, so i plan to do it, but mine is more or less a kit and mix of several things, like the probe from a TM503. But in case someone kills his front end it could be a solution. Fred PA4TIM Op 5 mrt. 2013 om 19:07 heeft "Alex" <alexeisenhut@...> het volgende geschreven:
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Re: 134 current amplifier replacement PSU
I got one too but without the supply, I made two bananaplugs on the wire ( by splitting it so the original connector is still there. I used it a few times on a max 1A bench supply set at 12V. The guy who gave it to me told me it worked on 12V , he had one too with the original adapter, so I did, but I used it only a few times for some home made currentprobes.? Since a few weeks I have a very nice P6016, it was not made for this amplifier but it works wonderfull and accurate. So I was thinking about making a fixed psu for it that gets its power from the rail build in the tekmobile. But now I read 24V Volt ? are there more versions or was he wrong ? Do not like to kill it.? picture sitting at the side of my 547 and in use on the calibrator as a first test before adjusting gain and choosing the right probe) Time to download the manual. Also need to open it because the amplitude changes as I wiggle the connector ( but it was never used and new when I got it) Fred PA4TIM Op 5 mrt. 2013 om 21:50 heeft "Craig Sawyers" <c.sawyers@...> het volgende geschreven:
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Re: 134 current amplifier replacement PSU
I found the power brick on eBay ..
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Regards, David Partridge -----Original Message-----
From: TekScopes@... [mailto:TekScopes@...] On Behalf Of Craig Sawyers Sent: 05 March 2013 20:50 To: TekScopes@... Subject: RE: [TekScopes] 134 current amplifier replacement PSU The polystyrene(?) casing of my 134 power supply is cracking up badly,I fear it won't last a lot longer.(nominal) 14V regulator inside the 134 when fed from a UK mains supply (which isprinter uses a 25V power brick (PS-100 AC1) rated at 1.9A which should be wellmore than adequate.Good hint Dave - the grey plastic case of mine is going the way of all dust too. I just happen to be using it while evaluating noise from a switched mode supply. Craig ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links |
Re: 134 current amplifier replacement PSU
Craig Sawyers
The polystyrene(?) casing of my 134 power supply is cracking up badly, andI fear it won't last a lot longer.(nominal) 14V regulator inside the 134 when fed from a UK mains supply (which isprinter uses a 25V power brick (PS-100 AC1) rated at 1.9A which should be wellmore than adequate.Good hint Dave - the grey plastic case of mine is going the way of all dust too. I just happen to be using it while evaluating noise from a switched mode supply. Craig |
134 current amplifier replacement PSU
The polystyrene(?) casing of my 134 power supply is cracking up badly, and I fear it won't last a lot longer.
The 230V version of the supply delivers 25.4V to the input of the (nominal) 14V regulator inside the 134 when fed from a UK mains supply (which is normally a lot closer to 250V than its nominal 230V would suggest). If you are looking for an alternative PSU, the Olympus PS-100 photo printer uses a 25V power brick (PS-100 AC1) rated at 1.9A which should be well more than adequate. HtH Dave |
Re: Tek 214 running without batteries
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýThanks everyone for the advice.The scope was working fine when I put it away, but didn't power up last night. Both packs showed minor ?leaking and had a date code of 2001. They must have been on the edge the last time I ran the unit. The packs showed ~2.4, and ~4.5 V.? I'm hoping that the new packs will fix this little guy up. It sure is tough to reassemble; it's hard to see if the the pins that mate the three PCBs are meshed properly! Any hits? I also discovered that the little plastic housing for the front panel switches was coming loose from the PCB. I fixed that, while the scope was open. My HP 33 also uses the internal NiCds as a filter, but I've made the same mistake with it, and it's fine.? Cross your fingers, -Scott On Mar 5, 2013, at 12:23 PM, Dennis Tillman <dennis@...> wrote:
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Re: Replacement Cap?
Richard Solomon
Where are you located ? I have some .001 mfd @ 6 KV discs.
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73, Dick, W1KSZ On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 12:44 PM, anson_williams@... <tractormananson@...> wrote:
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Re: Thermal distortion...
The 7A29 and the 7104 use feedbeside circuitry.
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John Addis and Bruce Hofer, both at Tektronix, received US patent #4132958 for the feedbeside correction circuit that corrects for the thermal distortion. Val Garuts of Tektronix received European patent #EP0324273 for his Wideband linearized emitter feedback amplifier design utilizing feedbeside correction. Dennis -----Original Message-----
From: cleyson@..., Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2013 10:07 AM --- In TekScopes@..., David DiGiacomo <daviddigiacomo@...> wrote: the effect of thermal distortion. For example see Q32 and R37 in the 465 pre-amplifier. have a steady state condition. If you now connect an input signal the operating condition for Q32 will change, its power consumption will change, its chip temperature will change and so will the base emitter voltage drop do. This will create a collector current which is normal signal current plus some temperature induced distortion current. such that the R37 power consumption equals the Q32 power consumption in steady state with no input signal. It is reasonable. I buy this. to any length possible to reach the absolute perfect sound. I have never seen an audio amplifier design where compensation for thermal distortion has been an issue. Has it to do with gain, feedback or bandwidth? Why so, does anyone know? Vertical channel switches in some 7000 series scopes need LF frequency compensation due to internal heating. Quote from the 7854 manual, page 2-37... "The function of the feedbeside stage is to compensate for low frequency imperfections in the frequency response of the channel switch stage, U75. Self heating of the transistor base emitter junctions in some transistors within U75 causes the low frequency gain to appear larger than the midband gain" In total there are about six adjustments for each vertical channel to cover the frequency range up to 100kHz. The channel swith LF gain certainly won't change on a cycle by cycle basis. Chris |
Re: Tek 214 running without batteries
Hi Scott,
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The manual for the 212 (similar as far as the battery power supply goes) says "The batteries act as a large filter capacitor for the input rectifier in the AC line mode of operation." If the batteries are dead they don't have the ability to act as a filter capacitor - their internal resistance will have gone way up, and they won't be absorbing (and smoothing) the current from the rectifier when the voltage rises above the battery voltage. I have run my 214 with dead batteries, no problem. Presumably the dead batteries were not doing anything for the reasons stated above. On the other hand I am going to wait to hear from anyone else before I try running mine without batteries. I'm not entirely convinced by my own arguments that trying this will not harm my precious little gem of a scope. Dennis -----Original Message-----
From: Scott Harris, Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2013 1:55 AM I tried to run my Tek 214 with the batteries removed. Is it likely that I damaged anything? I searched the archives _after_ I removed the batteries and turned the scope on and found that the batteries are required to be in the circuit for the scope to work. Both packs are shot, so I've ordered replacement cells to rebuild them. The scope worked fine the last time I tried to use it, but after being stored for a while, the cells won't take a charge. Once I get the new cells, I'll rebuild the packs, cross my fingers, and see if I can get it to working again. Thanks, -Scott |
Re: Current rating of P6042
Stefan Trethan
The P6042 manual says insertion impedance is 0.1R at 5MHz.
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The current in the one wire enclosed by the probe will be much lower than the current in the other wires, depending on frequency. You will also see significant waveform distortion since high frequency components will be diverted more than the low frequency ones. Try it if you do not believe me. Insertion impedance is often a problem for me, for example if I have parallel capacitors in a SMPS I always measure the total current instead of the current going through individual capacitors, since that would be diminished by the probe impedance. Heisenberg at work, you'll influence the circuit you measure.... The solution is obvious of course, just get enough current probes to put one on each of the parallel wires! ;-) Please do try to crop old text that is not relevant to your post, especially "daily digest" text. ST On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 7:06 PM, HankC <hankc918@...> wrote:
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Re: Current rating of P6042
Alex
Thanks to all!
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--- In TekScopes@..., Stefan Trethan <stefan_trethan@...> wrote:
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Re: Thermal distortion...
--- In TekScopes@..., David DiGiacomo <daviddigiacomo@...> wrote:
Vertical channel switches in some 7000 series scopes need LF frequency compensation due to internal heating. Quote from the 7854 manual, page 2-37... "The function of the feedbeside stage is to compensate for low frequency imperfections in the frequency response of the channel switch stage, U75. Self heating of the transistor base emitter junctions in some transistors within U75 causes the low frequency gain to appear larger than the midband gain" In total there are about six adjustments for each vertical channel to cover the frequency range up to 100kHz. The channel swith LF gain certainly won't change on a cycle by cycle basis. Chris |
Re: Current rating of P6042
John,
Correct, make each wire 5-6 inches long, or longer. ST, Yes, the probe reflects an impedance back into the circuit, but that will always happen, so I don't think my suggestion is invalid. My solution also works for cases where the wire under test is too big for the probe jaws. Playing with the bucking current won't solve that problem. HankC, Boston WA1HOS ________________________________ From: "TekScopes@..." <TekScopes@...> To: TekScopes@... Sent: Tuesday, March 5, 2013 7:30 AM Subject: [TekScopes] Digest Number 7397 All about classic Tektronix CRT o'scopes All about classic Tektronix CRT o'scopes Group 15 New Messages Digest #7397 1a Re: Measure -2450? by "Bob Albert" bob91343 1b Re: Measure -2450? by "David DiGiacomo" david_digiacomo 1c Re: Measure -2450? by "Ed Breya" edbreya 1d Re: Measure -2450? by "Richard Solomon" w1ksz 2a Re: My new 310A by "maelli01" maelli01 3a Re: Current rating of P6042 by "HankC" hankc918 3b Re: Current rating of P6042 by "John Griessen" jgriessen 3c Re: Current rating of P6042 by "Stefan Trethan" stefan_trethan 4a Re: 466 Trigger on <1Hz Square Wave? by "Cliff White" kf5iyl 5a Re: 549 with compresssed trace on right third of screen by "mattko87" mattko87 6a Re: Tektronix 2465 Ch2 dead by "EnBePe" EnBePe 6b Tek 214 running without batteries by "Scott Harris" scottrharris 6c Re: Tektronix 2465 Ch2 dead by "David" david_william_hess 6d Re: Tek 214 running without batteries by "KeepIt SimpleStupid" KeepItSimpleStupid 7 Does the the PSU of the R7103 without a CRT? by "g_kupka" g_kupka Messages 1a Re: Measure -2450? Mon Mar?4,?2013 11:37?am (PST) . Posted by: "Bob Albert" bob91343 Take another look.? The Simpson goes to 5000 V and the Triplett to 6000 V. Bob --- On Mon, 3/4/13, David DiGiacomo daviddigiacomo@ gmail.com> wrote: From: David DiGiacomo daviddigiacomo@ gmail.com> Subject: Re: [TekScopes] Measure -2450? To: TekScopes@yahoogrou ps.com Date: Monday, March 4, 2013, 10:27 AM ? On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 9:55 PM, Bob Albert bob91343@yahoo. com> wrote: Can you be more specific? Are you measuring voltage? If so, an ordinary Simpson 260 or Triplett 630 will do, as long as it doesn't need to be very accurate. If you need precision you can cobble up a voltage divider and measure the values to calculate the result. Most meters go to 1000 V so you need to divide by maybe 3 or 5.Bob, what are you saying here? As far as I know, the Simpson 260 is rated to 1000VDC and the Triplett 630 to 1200VDC. How would you use them to measure 2450V without an external divider? Are you just counting on the VOM loading to drag the voltage down to something in range? Reply to sender . Reply to group . Reply via Web Post . All Messages (16) . Top ^ 1b Re: Measure -2450? Mon Mar?4,?2013 12:38?pm (PST) . Posted by: "David DiGiacomo" david_digiacomo Aha, I have a Simpson 260 Series 6, which only goes to 1000V. Series 1 through 5 had the 5000V ranges. On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 12:37 PM, Bob Albert bob91343@yahoo. com> wrote:
Reply to sender . Reply to group . Reply via Web Post . All Messages (16) . Top ^ 1c Re: Measure -2450? Mon Mar?4,?2013 1:28?pm (PST) . Posted by: "Ed Breya" edbreya I think that some of the old-line classic equipment has evolved into whimpier versions due to cost pressure, fewer HV applications, and mainly product safety requirements and standards. Ed --- In TekScopes@yahoogrou ps.com, David DiGiacomo wrote:
Reply to sender . Reply to group . Reply via Web Post . All Messages (16) . Top ^ 1d Re: Measure -2450? Mon Mar?4,?2013 1:29?pm (PST) . Posted by: "Richard Solomon" w1ksz And the lawyers .... 73, Dick, W1KSZ On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Ed Breya edbreya@yahoo. com> wrote: **Reply to sender . Reply to group . Reply via Web Post . All Messages (16) . Top ^ 2a Re: My new 310A Mon Mar?4,?2013 12:19?pm (PST) . Posted by: "maelli01" maelli01 --- In TekScopes@yahoogrou ps.com, "Steve" wrote: Thanks for the hints! Unmodified, the +300V (found out this is the most critical one) starts showing line frequency dents below 200V on the AC line. When the line voltage in Switzerland drops to 200V, this will be in the newspaper tomorrow... So I modified it to 240V line. Now it needs at least 212V on the line for proper regulation. And I have a cooler running, energy conscious 310A ;-) 0.75A before, 0.69A after, @230V line b.t.w -150V supply is at -149.6V, +300V at 297.9V, +100V at 101V, the last owner must have done the calibration right. Peak to peak ripple on the 300V supply is 35mV. The large aluminum-housing cap (Sprague) 150uF 250V has 6021 printed on it, could this be 1960, week 21? A 53 years old electrolytic cap... Roland Reply to sender . Reply to group . Reply via Web Post . All Messages (3) . Top ^ 3a Re: Current rating of P6042 Mon Mar?4,?2013 2:38?pm (PST) . Posted by: "HankC" hankc918 Ed, If you exceed the current rating, the worst that will happen is that the probe may saturate. The probe will not be damaged; you'll probably have to degauss it though. You can avoid this by dividing the current that is fed through the probe jaws. Take a piece of insulated wire (4-6 inches long) & cut it into 5 pieces. Solder them together at both ends. Feed one length through the probe jaws. The other 4 wires bypass the jaws. You now have a 5:1 divider. IIRC, the P6046 must be terminated in 50 ohms at the scope end. HankC, Boston WA1HOS ____________ _________ _________ __ From: "TekScopes@yahoogrou ps.com" TekScopes@yahoogrou ps.com> To: TekScopes@yahoogrou ps.com Sent: Monday, March 4, 2013 2:00 PM Subject: [TekScopes] Digest Number 7396 All about classic Tektronix CRT o'scopes All about classic Tektronix CRT o'scopes Group 15 New Messages Digest #7396 1a 152-0177-01 tunnel diode for 485. by "Phil Barton" p.barton99 1b Re: 152-0177-01 tunnel diode for 485. by "Gala Dragos" gala_dragos 1c Re: 152-0177-01 tunnel diode for 485. by "jerry massengale" hojo3008 2a Polish 7000 clone on eBleed by widgethunter 2b Re: Polish 7000 clone on eBleed by "David DiGiacomo" david_digiacomo 3a Re: Measure -2450? by "anson_williams@ rocketmail. comanson_williams@ rocketmail. com 3b Re: Measure -2450? by "Rob" doswoodman@ymail. com 3c Re: Measure -2450? by "Bob Albert" bob91343 3d Re: Measure -2450? by "David DiGiacomo" david_digiacomo 3e Re: Measure -2450? by "johncharlesgo rd" johncharlesgord 4a Re: My new 310A by "Steve" ditter2 5a Current rating of P6042 by "Alex" snapdiode 5b Re: Current rating of P6042 by "Brad Thompson" booktronics 5c Re: Current rating of P6042 by "Ed Breya" edbreya 5d Re: Current rating of P6042 by "David DiGiacomo" david_digiacomo Messages 1a 152-0177-01 tunnel diode for 485. Mon Mar?4,?2013 7:03?am (PST) . Posted by: "Phil Barton" p.barton99 Looking for Tek 152-0177-01 tunnel diode (10mA and 4pf) for my 485. Also used in Tek products S53, 067-0587-01, 067-0580-00, 3T5, 3T6, 5S14N, 7D14, 7T11, 7T11A. Gold DO-17 top hat style. Including postage to the UK. Phil. Reply to sender . Reply to group . Reply via Web Post . All Messages (3) . Top ^ 1b Re: 152-0177-01 tunnel diode for 485. Mon Mar?4,?2013 9:31?am (PST) . Posted by: "Gala Dragos" gala_dragos Try the 152-0386-0x diode as well, it has 10mA. --- On Mon, 3/4/13, Phil Barton phil.barton1@ virgin.net> wrote: From: Phil Barton phil.barton1@ virgin.net> Subject: [TekScopes] 152-0177-01 tunnel diode for 485. To: TekScopes@yahoogrou ps.com Date: Monday, March 4, 2013, 5:02 PM ? Looking for Tek 152-0177-01 tunnel diode (10mA and 4pf) for my 485.Also used in Tek products S53, 067-0587-01, 067-0580-00, 3T5, 3T6, 5S14N, 7D14, 7T11, 7T11A.Gold DO-17 top hat style. Including postage to the UK.Phil. Reply to sender . Reply to group . Reply via Web Post . All Messages (3) . Top ^ 1c Re: 152-0177-01 tunnel diode for 485. Mon Mar?4,?2013 9:52?am (PST) . Posted by: "jerry massengale" hojo3008 Phil, I have a diode I believe to be a 152-0177-02 which has a bit tighter tolerance. The marking reads 140? It is used but unsoldered. They are precious. $10 plus postage from Texas. Jerry Massengale -----Original Message----- From: Phil Barton phil.barton1@ virgin.net> To: TekScopes TekScopes@yahoogrou ps.com> Sent: Mon, Mar 4, 2013 9:03 am Subject: [TekScopes] 152-0177-01 tunnel diode for 485. Looking for Tek 152-0177-01 tunnel diode (10mA and 4pf) for my 485. Also used in Tek products S53, 067-0587-01, 067-0580-00, 3T5, 3T6, 5S14N, 7D14, 7T11, 7T11A. Gold DO-17 top hat style. Including postage to the UK. Phil. Reply to sender . Reply to group . Reply via Web Post . All Messages (3) . Top ^ 2a Polish 7000 clone on eBleed Mon Mar?4,?2013 7:11?am (PST) . Posted by: widgethunter ugly and wayyy overpriced - but interesting! english lettering... . Bernd _. com/itm/OFFER- WIN-OSCILLOSCOPE -EMG-TYPE- TR-4658-works- like- TEKTRONIX-7000- 250MHz-/32108389 2891?pt=BI_ Oscilloscopes&ha sh=item4ac217649 b_ (. com/itm/OFFER- WIN-OSCILLOSCOPE -EMG-TYPE- TR-4658-works- like-TEKTRONIX- 7000-250MHz- /321083892891? pt=BI_Oscillosco pes&hash= item4ac217649b ) Reply to sender . Reply to group . Reply via Web Post . All Messages (2) . Top ^ 2b Re: Polish 7000 clone on eBleed Mon Mar?4,?2013 9:56?am (PST) . Posted by: "David DiGiacomo" david_digiacomo On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 8:11 AM, tubesnthings@ aol.com> wrote: ugly and wayyy overpriced - but interesting!I think we have discussed these before... they were not Polish... they were made by EMG in Hungary: eum.org/r/ elektronik_ oszcilloscope_ tr_4658_155. html Reply to sender . Reply to group . Reply via Web Post . All Messages (2) . Top ^ 3a Re: Measure -2450? Mon Mar?4,?2013 7:51?am (PST) . Posted by: "anson_williams@ rocketmail. com" anson_williams@ rocketmail. com Sorry yes its voltage. Its for testing the high voltage regulator in a 475. I cannot afford another meter or a $100 probe. The voltage divider idea may work. --- In TekScopes@yahoogrou ps.com, Bob Albert wrote: Reply to sender . Reply to group . Reply via Web Post . All Messages (12) . Top ^ 3b Re: Measure -2450? Mon Mar?4,?2013 10:09?am (PST) . Posted by: "Rob" doswoodman@ymail. com applicationI don't really see why an 80K-40 wouldn't be useful in the same that the 80K-15 was made for<<< << Obviously it's because the yellow one came in the box with the air cleaner.. hence the name *smile *. The red ones are called "High Voltage Probe for anything but Air Cleaner Prober Probes." .. Hopefully taken in the spirit intended. Rob From: TekScopes@yahoogrou ps.com [mailto:TekScopes@ yahoogrou ps.com] On Behalf Of J. L. Trantham Sent: Monday, March 04, 2013 7:20 AM To: TekScopes@yahoogrou ps.com Subject: RE: [TekScopes] Measure -2450? It's the same size as the 80K-40, yellow instead of red, has the same 1 GOhm input impedance when used with a 10 MOhm input meter, but rated only for 15 KV instead of 40 KV. I don't really see why an 80K-40 wouldn't be useful in the same application that the 80K-15 was made for. Or perhaps the 80K-40 came later with higher rated insulation to 40 KV? Joe -----Original Message----- From: TekScopes@yahoogrou ps.com [mailto:TekScopes@ yahoogrou ps.com ] On Behalf Of Mark Wendt Sent: Monday, March 04, 2013 4:25 AM To: TekScopes@yahoogrou ps.com Subject: Re: [TekScopes] Measure -2450? On 03/04/2013 01:13 AM, David wrote: Fluke 80K-6 high voltage probes are inexpensive used and good to 6I knew probes could be used for a lot of things, but this is a new one on me: . com/itm/FLUKE- 80K-15-Electroni c-Air-Cleaner- Probe-/31041859 5539> Mark ------------ --------- --------- ------ Yahoo! Groups Links Reply to sender . Reply to group . Reply via Web Post . All Messages (12) . Top ^ 3c Re: Measure -2450? Mon Mar?4,?2013 10:22?am (PST) . Posted by: "Bob Albert" bob91343 Maybe you can't afford another meter, but the old Simpson or Triplett units go for low prices at swap meets.? Occasionally an old timer will give you one.? They are very useful and even in this modern day there will be situations where they do a better job. The main limitation is accuracy, and on low voltage ranges, the burden.? Excellent for continuity, diode test, etc. which will be much faster with one of those.? I can check a row of 20 diodes with a VOM in maybe 8 or 10 seconds; try that on your DVM. Bob Reply to sender . Reply to group . Reply via Web Post . All Messages (12) . Top ^ 3d Re: Measure -2450? Mon Mar?4,?2013 10:27?am (PST) . Posted by: "David DiGiacomo" david_digiacomo On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 9:55 PM, Bob Albert bob91343@yahoo. com> wrote: Can you be more specific? Are you measuring voltage?Bob, what are you saying here? As far as I know, the Simpson 260 is rated to 1000VDC and the Triplett 630 to 1200VDC. How would you use them to measure 2450V without an external divider? Are you just counting on the VOM loading to drag the voltage down to something in range? Reply to sender . Reply to group . Reply via Web Post . All Messages (12) . Top ^ 3e Re: Measure -2450? Mon Mar?4,?2013 10:59?am (PST) . Posted by: "johncharlesgo rd" johncharlesgord Some of the earlier Triplett 630 models went to 5kV or 6kV. The more recent 630NA and 630NS are only to 1200V. --John Gord --- In TekScopes@yahoogrou ps.com, David DiGiacomo wrote: Reply to sender . Reply to group . Reply via Web Post . All Messages (12) . Top ^ 4a Re: My new 310A Mon Mar?4,?2013 8:23?am (PST) . Posted by: "Steve" ditter2 --- In TekScopes@yahoogrou ps.com, Roland Manser wrote: This scope model was in production for well over a decade. As mentioned several times in this forum, there is no direct way to determine production date from serial number. These records were never centralized or maintained within Tek. The best way to determine when yours might have been built is to look at the date codes on the electrolytic caps. It is safe to assume that Tek did not carry the inventory long for a higher runner like this, so the scope was probably made within four months or so of the date code. I have found the filter caps in the 310A to be well over the size needed for maintaining regulation on low line conditions. That probably explains that why the four that I have owned all functioned perfectly with the original caps, being nearly 50 years old. If your nominal line voltage is in the high range, I would try switching to the higher tap. If you have a variac, you could test this first before you make the mod by setting it to the low end of the current range, then measuring the ripple valley of the filter caps to see home much headroom the regulators have. This measurement is easier if you have a differential comparator plug in such as a type W or 7A13. Steve Reply to sender . Reply to group . Reply via Web Post . All Messages (2) . Top ^ 5a Current rating of P6042 Mon Mar?4,?2013 8:48?am (PST) . Posted by: "Alex" snapdiode I think we all know intuitively what happens if a voltage rating is exceeded on a probe or just in general: Bzzt and maybe poof! But what happens if you exceed the current rating of a P6042? It's rated at 20A up to 1MHz, I'm working on a project with a 40A rectifier. Will there be permanent damage to the probe? (If I can even get 40A through a wire small enough to fit the probe). I'll probably end up using a shunt but it might still be possible to get a malfunction current way higher than 40A at the start of this project. Reply to sender . Reply to group . Reply via Web Post . All Messages (4) . Top ^ 5b Re: Current rating of P6042 Mon Mar?4,?2013 9:09?am (PST) . Posted by: "Brad Thompson" booktronics On 3/4/2013 11:48 AM, Alex wrote: I think we all know intuitively what happens if a voltage rating isHello-- It's possible that running a current probe over its rating would result in semipermanent magnetism of the core. You'd then need to demagnetize the core by running gradually-decreasin g AC through it (thinking of a filament transformer w/a resistive load fed from a Variac). I've never encountered the problem, so I'm hoping that someone else will comment. You can fake a current shunt by connecting several wires of equal length in parallel. Clamp onto one wire and measure the current. Then multiply the measurement by the number of wires in the bundle. 73-- Brad AA1IP Reply to sender . Reply to group . Reply via Web Post . All Messages (4) . Top ^ 5c Re: Current rating of P6042 Mon Mar?4,?2013 9:28?am (PST) . Posted by: "Ed Breya" edbreya If your 40A is at line frequency or SMPS frequencies like 20-100 kHz, it should be no problem - the linearity and accuracy will suffer, but there shouldn' t be much power dissipation when occasionally exceeding the specs. Of course, there must be some current/frequency level that will cause damage due to overheating the secondary windings or the core, making things melt. The frequency will be most important since it causes the power induction. Picture the situation at DC - no matter how much current you shove through the link, the core will saturate, so no more signal will be induced into the secondary windings. Only the power dissipation in the link itself can generate enough heat to melt things around it. The Hall elements on DC probes are also protected by core saturation. As frequency goes up, the problem becomes heat from the power dissipation in the windings and from core loss. When the frequency gets high enough, the core doesn't matter any more - everything will heat up from the RF current. Also, single pulses that are extremely large can damage things - but that's true with anything. Ed --- In TekScopes@yahoogrou ps.com, "Alex" wrote: Reply to sender . Reply to group . Reply via Web Post . All Messages (4) . Top ^ 5d Re: Current rating of P6042 Mon Mar?4,?2013 10:23?am (PST) . Posted by: "David DiGiacomo" david_digiacomo I'm not sure if this affects the OP, but it's worth considering that Tek AC/DC current probes like the P6042 don't do the DC measurement in the obvious open-loop way. Instead, the sense winding is driven with DC current to hold the net DC flux at zero. If you peg the DC amp with a large startup current, the core will get magnetized and then you won't get accurate measurements until you degauss it. Reply to sender . Reply to group . Reply via Web Post . All Messages (4) . Top ^ Visit Your Group View All Topics Create New Topic 20 New Members 14 New Photos We are making changes based on your feedback, Thank you ! Submit Feedback The Yahoo! Groups Product Blog Check it out! CHANGE SETTINGS TERMS OF USE UNSUBSCRIBE Reply to sender . Reply to group . Reply via Web Post . All Messages (7) . Top ^ 3b Re: Current rating of P6042 Mon Mar?4,?2013 4:26?pm (PST) . Posted by: "John Griessen" jgriessen On 03/04/2013 04:31 PM, HankC wrote: Take a piece of insulated wire (4-6 inches long) & cut it into 5 pieces. Solder them together at both ends.I imagine you meant 5 pcs 6 inches long. The longer the better really, so the slightly random solder blobs at the ends don't affect the length of any one wire much in relation to the total length of the path through that one wire. Reply to sender . Reply to group . Reply via Web Post . All Messages (7) . Top ^ 3c Re: Current rating of P6042 Tue Mar?5,?2013 2:00?am (PST) . Posted by: "Stefan Trethan" stefan_trethan Actually, I don't think this idea will work at all well! The current probes insert quite some impedance into the wire they are clipped on, so current distribution will no longer be equal. What you can do is extend the DC bucking range by threading a second wire through the core and biasing it with a DC current. There is a Tek appnote somewhere. ST On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 1:26 AM, John Griessen john@ecosensory. com> wrote: On 03/04/2013 04:31 PM, HankC wrote:Take a piece of insulated wire (4-6 inches long) & cut it into 5 pieces. Solder them together at both ends. Reply to sender . Reply to group . 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Reply to sender . Reply to group . Reply via Web Post . All Messages (8) . Top ^ 5a Re: 549 with compresssed trace on right third of screen Mon Mar?4,?2013 9:44?pm (PST) . Posted by: "mattko87" mattko87 Hi Max Interessing, because i living in germany and have many nederslands- Tektronix and few Guernsey in collection. Guernsey is very similar with Portland. Sprangue 160P, and Goodwill capicator, while nederslands- tek has only EROmet and EROfol II. I havn?t seeing american capicator (but ceramic, yes) in NL-Tektronix. Best regards --- In TekScopes@yahoogrou ps.com, "Max Mazza" wrote:
Reply to sender . Reply to group . Reply via Web Post . All Messages (10) . Top ^ 6a Re: Tektronix 2465 Ch2 dead Tue Mar?5,?2013 1:26?am (PST) . Posted by: "EnBePe" EnBePe This is interesting. I've got a 2445 which has CH2 missing; in this case the horizontal CH2 trace is completely missing, not just the waveform display..... is this the same issue or something different? Nigel --- In TekScopes@yahoogrou ps.com, David wrote:
Reply to sender . Reply to group . Reply via Web Post . All Messages (6) . Top ^ 6b Tek 214 running without batteries Tue Mar?5,?2013 1:54?am (PST) . Posted by: "Scott Harris" scottrharris I tried to run my Tek 214 with the batteries removed. Is it likely that I damaged anything? I searched the archives _after_ I removed the batteries and turned the scope on and found that the batteries are required to be in the circuit for the scope to work. Both packs are shot, so I've ordered replacement cells to rebuild them. The scope worked fine the last time I tried to use it, but after being stored for a while, the cells won't take a charge. Once I get the new cells, I'll rebuild the packs, cross my fingers, and see if I can get it to working again. Thanks, -Scott Reply to sender . Reply to group . Reply via Web Post . All Messages (6) . Top ^ 6c Re: Tektronix 2465 Ch2 dead Tue Mar?5,?2013 4:21?am (PST) . Posted by: "David" david_william_hess The trace might be positioned off of the CRT because of a severe vertical offset. I would check the inputs at the channel switch. On Tue, 05 Mar 2013 09:26:27 -0000, "EnBePe" nigel-pritchard@ o2.co.uk> wrote: This is interesting. I've got a 2445 which has CH2 missing; in this case the horizontal CH2 trace is completely missing, not just the waveform display..... is this the same issue or something different? Reply to sender . Reply to group . Reply via Web Post . All Messages (6) . Top ^ 6d Re: Tek 214 running without batteries Tue Mar?5,?2013 4:30?am (PST) . Posted by: "KeepIt SimpleStupid" KeepItSimpleStupid Scott: The 212 isn't damaged when you run w/o batteries, so I doubt the 214 is.? It looks like it takes the same battery set.? I got the packs already made up (no connectors) from www.bulbtronics. com for $14.02/pack USD back in 2010. --- On Tue, 3/5/13, Scott Harris scottrharris@ gmail.com> wrote: From: Scott Harris scottrharris@ gmail.com> Subject: [TekScopes] Tek 214 running without batteries To: TekScopes@yahoogrou ps.com Date: Tuesday, March 5, 2013, 4:55 AM ? I tried to run my Tek 214 with the batteries removed. Is it likely that I damaged anything? Reply to sender . Reply to group . Reply via Web Post . All Messages (6) . Top ^ 7 Does the the PSU of the R7103 without a CRT? Tue Mar?5,?2013 4:14?am (PST) . Posted by: "g_kupka" g_kupka I have a R7103 mainframe without CRT. Now I can get a CRT for the R7103. But before I buy the CRT I will check whether mainframe is ok. And there my question: Will the PSU run without a CRT? Gerhard Reply to sender . Reply to group . Reply via Web Post . All Messages (1) . Top ^ Visit Your Group View All Topics Create New Topic 14 New Members 14 New Photos We are making changes based on your feedback, Thank you ! Submit Feedback The Yahoo! Groups Product Blog Check it out! CHANGE SETTINGS TERMS OF USE UNSUBSCRIBE |
Re: Thermal distortion...
On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 7:05 AM, Goran <goran.krusell@...> wrote:
Hi,Douglas Self addresses this in his excellent book, "Audio Power Design Handbook": Nonexistent or Negligible Distortions Having set down what might be called the Eleven Great Distortions, we must pause to put to flight a few paper tigers ¡ ... A third mechanism of very doubtful validity is thermal distortion, allegedly induced by parameter changes in semiconductor devices whose instantaneous power dissipation varies over a cycle. This would surely manifest itself as a distortion rise at very low frequencies, but it simply does not happen. There are several distortion mechanisms that can give a THD rise at LF, but when these are eliminated the typical distortion trace remains flat down to at least 10 Hz. The worst thermal effects would be expected in Class-B output stages where dissipation varies wildly over a cycle; however, drivers and output devices have relatively large junctions with high thermal inertia. Low frequencies are of course also where the NFB factor is at its maximum. This contentious issue is dealt with at greater length in Chapter 6. |
Re: Does the the PSU of the R7103 without a CRT?
Don Black
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýI think you would need to insulate the high voltage lead that normally plugs into the ultor on the tube side. I think it has about 24 kV on it, that will jump across a considerable gap. It will need something more than just a bit of insulation tape wrapped around it. Perhaps some plastic tubing over the end, then put the end in a glass jar and keep it away from the chassis, circuitry, etc. This is close to the final voltage in a CRT color TV set. There is also a couple of kV at the tube socket so keep that clear of anything too.Don Black. On 06-Mar-13 1:57 AM, jerry massengale wrote: ? |
Re: Does the the PSU of the R7103 without a CRT?
Gerhard,
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I have not tried it but I would assume it would run fine. It may need to have plugins installed. Jerry Massengale
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Sorry, the title was wrong. The right title is: Does the PSU of the R7103 run without a CRT? Gerhard --- In TekScopes@..., "g_kupka" wrote: > > I have a R7103 mainframe without CRT. > Now I can get a CRT for the R7103. But before I buy the CRT I will check whether mainframe is ok. And there my question: > Will the PSU run without a CRT? > Gerhard > |
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The right title is: Does the PSU of the R7103 run without a CRT? Gerhard --- In TekScopes@..., "g_kupka" <ghm1@...> wrote:
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