Hi It's amazing how often the key element in any troubleshooting procedure is - stop, put everything down, take a deep breath, get a cup of coffee, think about it for a while. I've seen people go for weeks without executing this very important step.
Bob -----Original Message----- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Dave hartzell Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:43 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] 2 out of 3 bad 5680As? Bill, Yes, +5v.... but I was doing it incorrectly (bad hookup wire on both units). I haven't checked the second "bad" unit, but it will probably work now too. Sometimes I have to hit the "send" button before I find my errors. Thanks for the thoughts, Dave On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 10:31 PM, WB6BNQ <wb6...@cox.net> wrote: > Hi Dave, > > A silly question, although you did not indicate, you are supplying a separate 5 > volts to the unit are you not ? > > Bill....WB6BNQ > > > Dave hartzell wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I have two units that don't produce any output and the lock pin floats >> around +2.3 volts continuously. The +15v load starts at about 1.8A >> and drops down to about 0.7A on both units, but I never get a +5V or >> 0V on the lock or a 10MHz out signal. (I'm not using an LED on the >> lock pin, just a high-impedance DVM.) >> >> I'm relatively confident in my connection setup, since I do have one >> unit that works "as advertised". In fact, one of the bad units was a >> replacement from nichegeek, received about three weeks after the >> original first order of two units (from Amazon.com instead of China). >> >> Sorry if this is covered somewhere, but I couldn't find my symptoms on >> the list... any thoughts are appreciated. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Dave >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >> To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.