Re: New here with a 2465 to clean up
I can verify that from my search today. I can also verify these EAROMs can "forget" after ten years without rewrite. So they need to be refreshed. But that is done in the calibration sequence and I
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machineguy59
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Re: New here with a 2465 to clean up
Patrick, Thank you for your help. Sorry I wasnt on to answer earlier. but here is what I have found. The 2465 does not have battery backed CMOS memory. Instead, it has EAROM. An ER1400 to be specific.
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machineguy59
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Re: OT: WD40 depressing experience
From a Rohde and Schwarz manual, gotta love it. Note the distinction in probability between DANGER and WARNING. (And no, I did not find the upper bandwidth limit I was looking for) Tags and their
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Stefan Trethan <stefan_trethan@...>
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Re: OT: WD40 depressing experience
I do occasionally use power tools that are broken, or missing parts... but that's because I know what's missing/broken and compensate for the flaw. (like the time all 3 t-nuts for my unimat failed
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d.seiter@...
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#88182
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Re: OT: WD40 depressing experience
Your story brings up an important point ¨C the excessive number of warnings about obvious hazards makes it more likely someone will miss important information that might *not* be obvious. It¡¯s not
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Albert LaFrance
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Re: OT: WD40 depressing experience
I had a similar experience some years ago. I bought a new water heater, and didn't even bother to try reading the manual because it was like a phone book. Three languages and nothing but warnings
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d.seiter@...
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Re: OT: WD40 depressing experience
Yes, it's probably better to use two wires and not rely on an untrustworthy ground. If you look around that's just what's happening - grounded systems are replaced by class 2 double insulated
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Stefan Trethan <stefan_trethan@...>
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Re: OT: WD40 depressing experience
This is sad but understandable. People with bad arthritis will do anything if there's a chance it will stop the pain. I'm sure even if there's no pharmacological reason for helping, the placebo effect
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Don Black <donald_black@...>
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Re: OT: WD40 depressing experience
Trucked rather than flown has to do with aerosol shipping regulations. One can spend hours googleing this subject and all the regulations. But, maybe we wouldn't need so many pages if people just
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Frank DuVal
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Re: OT: WD40 depressing experience
Getting pretty far OT, but what hope is there for engineering if our schools/parents/culture/students can't produce people who don't have what you call common sense but which is more like a basic
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Peter Gottlieb <hpnpilot@...>
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Re: OT: WD40 depressing experience
Yes, Jim, agreed. But, who wants an army of "federales" breathing down their necks (and other parts), like so much "hopeless in-security"... Look at FAA, which is chartered to, both promote AND
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tubesnthings@...
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Re: OT: WD40 depressing experience
Bernd, It looks like you left a sentence off of that well-deserved and well-intended diatribe: ? ? "Obey and enforce all existing laws, rules, and regulations FIRST." Without that, there's less than
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Jim <n6otq@...>
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Re: OT: WD40 depressing experience
The abuses of the industrial revolution had to be stopped by law! Many rules are good, but none have ever been written that some genius won't circumvent with some duct tape and bailing wire. It comes
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tubesnthings@...
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Re: OT: WD40 depressing experience
Dennis and All - Common sense and what I will term legitimate safety warnings are in fact wise and useful. Where we go off the deep end is with such "Required" warnings as not to use your hair dryer
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Steve King <steve.king.2272@...>
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Re: OT: WD40 depressing experience
Some very intelligent engineers have died as a result of an unexpected encounter with HV due to no fault of their own. They aren¡¯t here to speak in favor of the 8 pages of warnings that accompanied
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Dennis Tillman W7pF
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Re: New here with a 2465 to clean up
Patrick, I think the A5 boards without the battery have a flash memory. U2008, a ER1400 EAROM holds the cal constants. Regards, Tom
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Tom Miller
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Re: New here with a 2465 to clean up
Hi Mac, Again, qservice.tv is our friend. See: <http://qservice.tv/VPASP/shopexd.asp?id=3351&bc=no> In case the link doesn't work, I found the listing for the 2465A A5 board which includes a few
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honolulusnowwhite
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#88169
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Re: Cleaning nickel-plated adapters and input connectors? Magic formula?
hi, Place a sheet of aluminum foil in bottom of glass dish or pie plate, etc. fill with white vinegar and add a tsp of table salt. stir it up and place the connectors on top of the foil and keep them
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james27613 KE4DRN
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Re: OT: WD40 depressing experience
Yeah. It is all to do with energy. A .44 magnum packs 1.4kJ. That is easily packed into a capacitor at a healthy voltage, and will kill you just as easily. Craig From: TekScopes@...
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Craig Sawyers <c.sawyers@...>
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#88167
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Re: PYRAMID CALIBRATOR AND TESTER FOR TEKTRONIX OSCILLOSCOPES
Took the plunge in the end and bought one. Very pleased with it!
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ukchastuck
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