[HECnet] My VAX lost its mind!

Mine's a cheap Chinese DT-9935 - $140. Free shipping from most Ebay vendors. I do like HP gear, but the 4276A is a bit steep for me :) Ian On Feb 5, 2014, at 12:10 PM, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote: On 02/05/2014 03:08 PM, Ian McLaughlin wrote: The best tool for repairing switching supplies (or monitors, for that matter) - an ESR meter. Out of all of the test gear I've purchased over the years, this one probably gets the most use! They use such a low voltage, you can usually use them in-circuit without having to desolder the component off the board before testing. Only takes a few minutes to go through a power supply and identify the suspect electrolytics. Agreed 100%. I use an HP 4276A for exactly that. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA --- Filter service subscribers can train this email as spam or not-spam here: http://my.email-as.net/spamham/cgi-bin/learn.pl?messageid=9394905A8EA111E39…