Re: [volt-nuts] What's the probability of a random used 3458A passing a Keysight calibration?

2018-01-15 Thread John Phillips
my experience is that most of the eBay meters that do not give errors are very close to spec. These old meters do not drift as much as a new meter. If you have a good 10 volts and 10k resistor calibration is a snap... verifying cal in not as easy. The high-frequency AC cal is more difficult. On Mo

Re: [volt-nuts] What's the probability of a random used 3458A passing a Keysight calibration?

2018-01-15 Thread J. L. Trantham
Forgot to add. All were purchased on theBay. Joe -Original Message- From: volt-nuts [mailto:volt-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of J. L. Trantham Sent: Monday, January 15, 2018 9:12 PM To: 'Discussion of precise voltage measurement' Subject: Re: [volt-nuts] What's the probability of a

Re: [volt-nuts] What's the probability of a random used 3458A passing a Keysight calibration?

2018-01-15 Thread J. L. Trantham
Dave, I have three of these meters that have all been sent to Agilent/Keysight for the 'Agilent/Keysight' Calibration and all have passed. Two of the three were still 'in spec' when arrived. The third lost its calibration when I failed to properly remove the 'CalRam' and read it. I think I t

[volt-nuts] What's the probability of a random used 3458A passing a Keysight calibration?

2018-01-15 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
There's an "interesting" $5400 buy-it-now on eBay at the minute. It's described as "Agilent 3458A 8.5 digit Multimeter CALIBRATED". http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Agilent-3458A-8-5-Digit-Multimeter-CALIBRATED/ 232593692038 When one reads the description, one can see it is an HP (not Agilent) 3458A, th

Re: [volt-nuts] Any list members in UK who can accurately characterise a 732A and a 10K resistor 4HV.org

2018-01-15 Thread David C. Partridge
Please go right ahead... -Original Message- From: volt-nuts [mailto:volt-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Andre Sent: 15 January 2018 06:43 To: Discussion of precise voltage measurement Subject: Re: [volt-nuts] Any list members in UK who can accurately characterise a 732A and a 10K res