Re: Help required finding a Tek 466 power rail short
If you have a high-resolution DMM, you can play a game of warmer/colder by
measuring the voltage across components or traces. If you pump 1A in,
you'll have a voltage delta of 1V per Ohm. The traces
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Sigur?ur ?sgeirsson
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Re: Tektronix 1900 NTSC test signal generator - basically dead
The LV rails are within reasonable limits excepting about 1V ac ripple on +15v and about 0.3V ac ripple on the +5. Will look at replacing some of the huge pre-regulator filter caps before giving
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toby@...
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Re: 1502 TDR RECORD functions
I have to ask how you handle the transition from coax to the Xmas lights? And how you interpret the results.
A picture of two may be worth a 1000 words.
D.
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David C. Partridge
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Re: 1502 TDR RECORD functions
Hmmmm.... I? wonder if the wife will let me buy an 11800 series scope and an SD-24 for finding bum bulbs?? I suppose it would only work for strings and not net lights.? ? Jim Ford?Sent from my
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Jim Ford
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Re: 1502 TDR RECORD functions
Tom,
you definitely made my day with this very convincing excuse for having one of those instruments!! =D
Chris
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ChrisBeee
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Re: 1502 TDR RECORD functions
Good question. I don¡¯t think it matters. An interruption in the transmission line does not care if it¡¯s a LED or a bulb. I¡¯m so trying this on some recalcitrant light strings.
Glydeck KD6NEW
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Glydeck
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Re: Help required finding a Tek 466 power rail short
Hi Siggi and thanks for the reply.
Did try with a PSU on that rail but couldn't feel any heat, although the voltage did immediately drop to zero.
I must have motivated myself after making the
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James55
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Tektronix 1900 NTSC test signal generator - basically dead
Hi,
In the project of repairing something else (634 monitor) I rolled the ebay die on a local* 1900 test signal generator but definitely did not win, found it basically non-working (LEDs light
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toby@...
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Re: 1502 TDR RECORD functions
Was that incandescant or LED lights?
I have an entire bin full of LED strings that are dead and that might
be worth a try.
Paul
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Paul Amaranth, GCIH | Manchester MI, USA
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Paul Amaranth
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Re: Help required finding a Tek 466 power rail short
Hey James,
I feel for you, I've suffered the slip of death too.
For finding shorted components, you might consider powering the afflicted
rail from a current limited PSU. Be sure and set the voltage
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Sigur?ur ?sgeirsson
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Re: Help required finding a Tek 466 power rail short
Just to add that so far have found three shorted caps.
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James55
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Help required finding a Tek 466 power rail short
Hi all.
Looking for some help to repair an old Tek 466 which I accidentally damaged.
The story is, that I bought it non-working and upon inspection found that the scope had been stored on it's face
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James55
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Re: 1502 TDR RECORD functions
Now that hadn't occurred to me!
That's a really excellent example of using whatever is available to solve the problem at hand :)
Thanks!
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Tom Gardner
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Re: 1502 TDR RECORD functions
Tom, the 1502 is one of the most useful instruments around!
I just finished finding the fault in a long string of Christmas lights with mine! :-) Definitely something essential to have around...
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fiftythreebuick
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Re: [OT} Peak DCA55 & Germanium
Hi Tim , I had that with a Chinese component analyzer with some 2N1516 and it was Tin wiskers . Once removed with a 15v psu it tested ok .
Brian (UK)
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Brian
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[OT} Peak DCA55 & Germanium
My Peak DCA55 often misidentifies some Germanium transistors as BiColor
LEDs.
In particular those such as 2N2209 with TO7 bases. (e-b-Case-c; the Case
lead has been clipped). Is this possibly
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Tim Phillips
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Re: 1502 TDR RECORD functions
ISTR that the paper has holes down one side, and that a photodetector detects the holes.
ISTR that someone has synthesised the signal from the photodetector so that the chart recorder works without
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Tom Gardner
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Re: 1502 TDR RECORD functions
The XY module is trivial to make; the mechanics are more difficult than the electrics. The schematics are in the manual.
Do have a look at the PSU caps. On mine C6246 and C6341 had spewed acid across
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Tom Gardner
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Re: USB interface for the DPO / P7001
Very impressive work, Holger - well done!
And I am now aware that the abbreviation DPO once stood for "Digital Processing Oscilloscope" in Tektronix speech - but my TDS5054 D igital P hosphor O
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magnustoelle
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Re: hp fails selftest
#photo-notice
I doubt it, the HP self tests are pretty accurate in my experience. It
sounds like you got someone's parts mule. Their in an HP group on groups.io,
you might check with them.
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