On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Burt I. Weiner <[email protected]> wrote: > I've seen severe damage to the motherboard caused by the battery leaking > onto it. I've bought two with all the options from eBay, but will not > consider one unless they seller shows it up and running, even with errors > displayed. If I see it's running almost all other problems are fixable. > When I do get one the first thing I do is get the battery out of it. So far > I've been lucky. > > I've replaced the WECO connector with BNC connectors for the WB input on all > of my HP-3586B instruments. I replace the battery with a cordless telephone > 2.4 Volt Nicad jobby and mount it on the back panel by extending the leads > from the power supply board. > > Are any of you familiar with the Beethoven test? This alone makes the price > of the instrument worth it.
No, what is the Beethoven test? -Eric > > Burt, K6OQK > > >> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] HP 3586B Selective Level Meter >> >> >> If they've been sitting there doing nothing for at least three years >> there's also the consideration of leaking Ni-Cads on the power supply >> boards. >> >> The 3586 is yet another item where the backup battery was often ignored >> for very long periods and with very nasty results at times. >> >> The corrosive green goo that builds up on the gold plated PCB surface can >> also find it's way down into the edge connector and even onto the >> motherboard in severe cases. >> >> Not nice !! >> >> Nigel >> GM8PZR > > > Burt I. Weiner Associates > Broadcast Technical Services > Glendale, California U.S.A. > [email protected] > www.biwa.cc > K6OQK > > _______________________________________________ > 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. -- --Eric _________________________________________ Eric Garner _______________________________________________ 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.
