Re: [volt-nuts] 3457A battery replacement at Keysight - not as cheap as I thought it would be!

2018-06-01 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On 24 May 2018 at 21:41, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: > Last year I went down to Keysight for a course, and got a tour of their > cal labs. I spoke to the person showing us around about the 3457A battery. > He said if the battery was less than £35 or so, it could be replaced free > of charge when the

Re: [volt-nuts] 3457A battery replacement at Keysight - not

2018-05-26 Thread Electronics and Books via volt-nuts
You can buy litium batteries at conrad. They have axial wires and fit into allmost all hp , philips equipment. The length is half an aa cel. As the current is so low, only the leakage counts. I never understand why they charge so much for calibration. It is for equipment with a stability of 30 p

Re: [volt-nuts] 3457A battery replacement at Keysight - not as cheap as I thought it would be!

2018-05-24 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On 24 May 2018 at 23:43, Laurence Motteram < lmotte...@scientific-devices.com.au> wrote: > Hello Dave, > > Farnell UK have these; http://uk.farnell.com/w/c/ > batteries-chargers/batteries-non-rechargeable?battery-size-code=2-3aa > > > Best Regards, > > Laurence Motteram > Calibration & Service Man

Re: [volt-nuts] 3457A battery replacement at Keysight - not as cheap as I thought it would be!

2018-05-24 Thread Laurence Motteram
ific-devices.com.au lmotte...@scientific-devices.com.au -Original Message- From: volt-nuts [mailto:volt-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Dr. David Kirkby Sent: Friday, 25 May 2018 6:42 AM To: Discussion of precise voltage measurement Subject: [volt-nuts] 3457A battery replacement at Keysight - no

[volt-nuts] 3457A battery replacement at Keysight - not as cheap as I thought it would be!

2018-05-24 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
Last year I went down to Keysight for a course, and got a tour of their cal labs. I spoke to the person showing us around about the 3457A battery. He said if the battery was less than £35 or so, it could be replaced free of charge when the instrument was calibrated. So despite my 3457A's battery m