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From: Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org>
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Subject: Re: Favourite Test Equipment
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On 12/04/2024 8:36 am, Dan Green wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Apr 2024 06:04:45 +1000, Trevor Wilson
> <trevor@rageaudio.com.au> wrote:
> 
>> On 11/04/2024 11:55 pm, Phil Hobbs wrote:
>>> On 2024-04-10 16:30, Trevor Wilson wrote:
>>>> On 11/04/2024 3:42 am, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, 10 Apr 2024 11:40:02 +1000, Trevor Wilson
>>>>> <trevor@rageaudio.com.au> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 1/04/2024 4:41 am, Cursitor Doom wrote:

<snip>

>> I have no idea why the OP has so many problems with decent test
>> equipment, as test equipment tends to use superior quality components
>> when compared to domestic equipment. With the exception of RIFA caps.
>>
>> And the only product that ever failed when I switched on was a second
>> hand Tektronix 2267B, I acquired from the Japan a few years back. It
>> seems that the RIFA caps in the power supply had become accustomed to
>> the Japanese 100VAC mains and 'chucked a wobbly' when connected to our
>> Aussie mains supply. Much smoke and more than a little panic from me.
>> Hence, I now replace ALL RIFA caps on sight.
> 
> Ah - you're Australian. That explains a lot.

Australian's don't suffer from not-invented here, mainly because a lot 
of stuff does get invented in Australia.

Americans have a bigger problem - going back to Thomas Edison whose 
famous incandescent lamp was actually invented by Sir Joseph Swan. The 
Edison and Swan United Electric Light Company owned both Swan's and 
Edison's patents, so nobody was fussed about which patent had come first.

-- 
Bill Sloman, Sydney