Re: [time-nuts] semi-dead FTS 1000

2016-05-12 Thread paul swed
Gerhard, If anyone has them they will be here on Time-nuts. But that said the ovens are not that hard to reverse engineer. Especially when the heater doesn't heat. So you may be able to figure out whats up. Dive in as they say nothing to loose and an education to gain. Good luck and keep us updated

[time-nuts] semi-dead FTS 1000

2016-05-12 Thread Gerhard Hoffmann
Hi, I won a FEI 1000A oscillator here on local ebay, but it turned out that the heater does not work anymore. It oscillated, but drew only 30 mA or so instead of ?600 mA in the heatup phase. It was taken back, but the seller who inherited these things is a ham, too, and he would like to dissect a