Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.karotte.org!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Trevor Wilson Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design,sci.electronics.repair Subject: Re: Favourite Test Equipment Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2024 11:40:02 +1000 Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: <9k7j0jlnbhs8qfg5m17pium0835meean83@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net y9QCJO43mpXvGw23gtIpDgtFt03g8yIbD4h+JaOEchvOXD4xT1 Cancel-Lock: sha1:yYXcgovyUni2DSr20bTJV0r/j58= sha256:aJumgG/sa8l3W42c7NQWe7IWgxO5XOY/nUraSZfMb4A= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <9k7j0jlnbhs8qfg5m17pium0835meean83@4ax.com> X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 240409-4, 4/9/2024), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Bytes: 2507 On 1/04/2024 4:41 am, 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. **In my 55 years of servicing, I've only blown up one thing: A Micronta DMM, which I connected to a laser power supply. I should not have done it. Clear operator failure. Everything else works just fine. Even my first multimeter. A Sanwa U-50D my dad gave me on my 14th birthday. Still works fine. My first DMM. A cheap 'n cheerful SOAR. Works just fine. My first Fluke meter. A 40 year old Fluke 85. Works fine. I've had to clean the switch a few times. Otherwise, no problems. Ditto my other 15 or so meters. Same deal with my 'scopes. I don't know what your problem is. Test equipment, when treated properly lasts a long time. -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com