XPost: sci.electronics.design   
   From: trevor@rageaudio.com.au   
      
   On 1/04/2024 4:41 am, Cursitor Doom wrote:   
   > Hi all,   
   >   
   > I'm starting to get a bit fed up with having my test equipment blow up   
   > just when it's needed. This is the drawback with vintage gear; if it's   
   > not used frequently then it can go *bang* the next time you switch it   
   > on. It makes for good practice in repairing stuff, but wastes a lot of   
   > time which could be better spent doing other things.   
   > I think it's time I modernised my test gear. I was just wondering if   
   > anyone has any recommendations they can share. Is there a particular   
   > piece of test equipment you couldn't live without? Something you're   
   > particularly impressed with? I'd be interested to know so I can   
   > perhaps acquire said item and thereby reduce the number of explosions   
   > I experience.   
   >   
   > Thanks,   
   >   
   > CD.   
      
   **In my 55 years of servicing, I've only blown up one thing: A Micronta   
   DMM, which I connected to a laser power supply. I should not have done   
   it. Clear operator failure. Everything else works just fine. Even my   
   first multimeter. A Sanwa U-50D my dad gave me on my 14th birthday.   
   Still works fine. My first DMM. A cheap 'n cheerful SOAR. Works just   
   fine. My first Fluke meter. A 40 year old Fluke 85. Works fine. I've had   
   to clean the switch a few times. Otherwise, no problems. Ditto my other   
   15 or so meters. Same deal with my 'scopes.   
      
   I don't know what your problem is. Test equipment, when treated properly   
   lasts a long time.   
      
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