A time-nuts wiki page would be pretty cool. Topics on all sorts of nuttery with links to manuals and such.
-Bob On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 6:20 PM, Steve Rooke <[email protected]> wrote: > 2009/8/30 Chuck Harris <[email protected]>: > > Hi Stan, > > > > It gets like a broken record, but the first place I always go when a > > formerly working piece of test equipment stops working is the power > > supply. > > > > Check the power supply voltages for both value, and ripple. > > > > Then check all of the electrolytic capacitors for ESR. It only takes > > one, in a loop somewhere, that has opened up to completely hose the > > operation. > > > > Tantalums are notorious for becoming short circuit... Fortunately, HP > never > > really endorsed the epoxy dipped tantalums, like Tektronix did. However, > > the > > milspec axial leaded caps they did use sometimes open circuit. > > > > The 5065 is loaded with carbon composition resistors (IIRC). They are > noted > > for drifting out of range... particularly the high value resistors. > > > > The very last place to go is any adjustments! > > Is there some way we could make up a FAQ and have it available > somewhere to save having to dig through reams of old group postings? > This is the area where a web based forum would score or even like the > monthly usenet postings. > > Cheers, > Steve > > > -Chuck Harris > > -- > Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV & G8KVD > A man with one clock knows what time it is; > A man with two clocks is never quite sure. > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
