Path: Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.supernews.com!news.supernews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2024 19:39:44 +0000 From: John Larkin Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design,sci.electronics.repair Subject: Re: Favourite Test Equipment Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2024 12:38:09 -0700 Organization: Highland Tech Reply-To: xx@yy.com Message-ID: <7lej0jlh62bjvs372f73iqjj0nn34sl5qg@4ax.com> References: <9k7j0jlnbhs8qfg5m17pium0835meean83@4ax.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 3.1/32.783 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 28 X-Trace: sv3-x9uWAUJY85sv5AQAlnX/cBN04AUVkiFCUMDV5QjQHy/A9D/g0QMLQuzgR4kCoDaz4wSW24jqxlbSbZc!cF6q+MEb4QtdPsM0wXEKQitXuulBIZl6ZdIoGdIrbfg5wkdIlqrakJnzwqrbs/y6KDn8ZFuQ5tCB!fBl8kg== X-Complaints-To: www.supernews.com/docs/abuse.html X-DMCA-Complaints-To: www.supernews.com/docs/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 2121 On Sun, 31 Mar 2024 18:41:18 +0100, Cursitor Doom wrote: >Hi all, > >I'm starting to get a bit fed up with having my test equipment blow up >just when it's needed. This is the drawback with vintage gear; if it's >not used frequently then it can go *bang* the next time you switch it >on. It makes for good practice in repairing stuff, but wastes a lot of >time which could be better spent doing other things. >I think it's time I modernised my test gear. I was just wondering if >anyone has any recommendations they can share. Is there a particular >piece of test equipment you couldn't live without? Something you're >particularly impressed with? I'd be interested to know so I can >perhaps acquire said item and thereby reduce the number of explosions >I experience. > >Thanks, > >CD. The Rigol scopes are excellent. And you can run a fan or charge your phone from the front-panel USB connector. The Siglent power stuff seems good too. Extech DVMs seem good too.