And 'scope probes :-) On Dec 14, 2014 12:59 PM, "Bob Camp" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi > > > > On Dec 14, 2014, at 3:50 PM, Scott McGrath <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Much of the Malaysian Agilent gear uses this style of case with a > wraparound bumper in place of the system II feet and feet are removed when > gear is rack mounted. > > > > One of my best surplus buys ever was a huge crate of mixed mounting > hardware feet / rack flanges etc I've been using that box o stuff for 10 > years > > Somewhere there’s a building full of gear all of which is missing it’s > feet and bumpers … > > You are lucky to have found that box. In most cases they get tossed out > with the trash. The same is true of many of the fancy i/o cables, they get > put into the copper recycle pile and are gone… > > Bob > > > > > Content by Scott > > Typos by Siri > > > >> On Dec 14, 2014, at 3:09 PM, Bob Camp <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Hi > >> > >> The desktop version (with handle) used the rubber “bumper” wrap around > for feet. The bumpers got pulled when they were rack mounted. The ones that > got put back on may or may not be identical to the originals. That’s a very > normal part of the surplus process. The 100% correct HP original case on > the box as HP built it did not use the clip on feet. > >> > >> The reason for this is pretty simple. The Z3801 / Z3805 came before the > “instrument” versions of the same products. The internal case structure is > same/ same. The instrument simply gets a gray sheet metal jacket that fits > around the Z38xx box. That’s the way HP designed it. Since its just a > jacket, it gets feet as part of the bumpers. Most of these (likely 99%) got > rack mounted and the feet / bumpers were tossed. I have a *lot* of very > legit surplus HP gear that did not come with feet or bumpers. > >> > >> Bob > >> > >>> On Dec 14, 2014, at 2:46 PM, Dr. David Kirkby (Kirkby Microwave Ltd) < > [email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> On 14 December 2014 at 19:32, Bob Camp <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>>>> There are not the usual 3 holes underneath where feet go. > >>>> > >>>> I understand that they are different. The problem is the same though. > Pulling a box in and out of a rack with feet or bumpers on it is a pain. > They often get “lost” early in the instrument’s life. Often it’s a standard > process on all gear as it comes into the facility. All of the un-needed > bits and pieces go into a big pile. When the feet (or whatever) are found > later in life they may or may not be re-installed correctly. They might not > even be the ones that came with the instrument. > >>>> > >>>> Bob > >>> > >>> I am not sure if you are following me. On most (all??) HP kit I have > >>> seen, there are 3 holes at each corner of the bottom, where is > >>> possible to fit feet if one is going to use it on a desktop, rather > >>> than a rack. This unit does not have those holes, so it would be > >>> impossible to fit the usual HP feet on it. > >>> > >>> Looking around, I have 15 bits of HP kit, all of which have holes in > >>> the corner for feet. But this 58503A, with the Chinese box, does not > >>> have the holes. I don't know whether the 85053A is supposed to have > >>> them, or whether this is just a flaw in the design of the counterfeit. > >>> > >>> Dave > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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. > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
