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Yeah agreed. I’ve fixed more Tek equipment than most people out there. In the order of hundreds of units. These are just exceptionally bad.
by sdcfgy 1mo ago
Yeah agreed. I’ve fixed more Tek equipment than most people out there. In the order of hundreds of units.
These are just exceptionally bad.
- drzaiusx11 1mo agoI'm blanking on the exact models I used; I'm fairly certain they were tds700s or tds71xx, but a lab I ran had about a dozen units and we had nothing "fry" in the 4 years I worked there. What applications would result in these catastrophic failures?
- tverbeure 1mo agoOver the years, I've had 5 TDSxxx series scopes, and I still have a few. The common issues are: NuColor CRT displays going bad. Bad capacitors. Dallas NVRAM units battery running out of juice Fried electronics are pretty rare.
- drzaiusx11 1mo agoWe had some "ghosting" on the displays on a few now that you mentioned it, but they were still 100% usable. I guess my expectations were lower since I never had to foot the bill for the lot of em (which at 20k/unit I guess I'd be upset about when one was faulty)
- sitzkrieg 1mo agoi thought maybe it was just something regionally here or the way people stored em, but i was in a position to refab many a few years ago and totally agree. tek had 100% repart rate and seemed like anything else (brand wise) was always in better condition internally even when way older.
- sdcfgy 1mo agoI’ve seen rust in a newish (Danaher era) one.