Hi > On Dec 14, 2014, at 8:05 PM, Pete Lancashire <p...@petelancashire.com> wrote: > > And 'scope probes :-)
Ok, that’s just plain not fair. I could accept the motherland of bumpers and handles. Tossing in scope probes … you are not to expect the usual fruit basket from me at Christmas :) Bob > On Dec 14, 2014 12:59 PM, "Bob Camp" <kb...@n1k.org> wrote: > >> Hi >> >> >>> On Dec 14, 2014, at 3:50 PM, Scott McGrath <scmcgr...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Much of the Malaysian Agilent gear uses this style of case with a >> wraparound bumper in place of the system II feet and feet are removed when >> gear is rack mounted. >>> >>> One of my best surplus buys ever was a huge crate of mixed mounting >> hardware feet / rack flanges etc I've been using that box o stuff for 10 >> years >> >> Somewhere there’s a building full of gear all of which is missing it’s >> feet and bumpers … >> >> You are lucky to have found that box. In most cases they get tossed out >> with the trash. The same is true of many of the fancy i/o cables, they get >> put into the copper recycle pile and are gone… >> >> Bob >> >>> >>> Content by Scott >>> Typos by Siri >>> >>>> On Dec 14, 2014, at 3:09 PM, Bob Camp <kb...@n1k.org> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi >>>> >>>> The desktop version (with handle) used the rubber “bumper” wrap around >> for feet. The bumpers got pulled when they were rack mounted. The ones that >> got put back on may or may not be identical to the originals. That’s a very >> normal part of the surplus process. The 100% correct HP original case on >> the box as HP built it did not use the clip on feet. >>>> >>>> The reason for this is pretty simple. The Z3801 / Z3805 came before the >> “instrument” versions of the same products. The internal case structure is >> same/ same. The instrument simply gets a gray sheet metal jacket that fits >> around the Z38xx box. That’s the way HP designed it. Since its just a >> jacket, it gets feet as part of the bumpers. Most of these (likely 99%) got >> rack mounted and the feet / bumpers were tossed. I have a *lot* of very >> legit surplus HP gear that did not come with feet or bumpers. >>>> >>>> Bob >>>> >>>>> On Dec 14, 2014, at 2:46 PM, Dr. David Kirkby (Kirkby Microwave Ltd) < >> drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On 14 December 2014 at 19:32, Bob Camp <kb...@n1k.org> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>> There are not the usual 3 holes underneath where feet go. >>>>>> >>>>>> I understand that they are different. The problem is the same though. >> Pulling a box in and out of a rack with feet or bumpers on it is a pain. >> They often get “lost” early in the instrument’s life. Often it’s a standard >> process on all gear as it comes into the facility. All of the un-needed >> bits and pieces go into a big pile. When the feet (or whatever) are found >> later in life they may or may not be re-installed correctly. They might not >> even be the ones that came with the instrument. >>>>>> >>>>>> Bob >>>>> >>>>> I am not sure if you are following me. On most (all??) HP kit I have >>>>> seen, there are 3 holes at each corner of the bottom, where is >>>>> possible to fit feet if one is going to use it on a desktop, rather >>>>> than a rack. This unit does not have those holes, so it would be >>>>> impossible to fit the usual HP feet on it. >>>>> >>>>> Looking around, I have 15 bits of HP kit, all of which have holes in >>>>> the corner for feet. But this 58503A, with the Chinese box, does not >>>>> have the holes. I don't know whether the 85053A is supposed to have >>>>> them, or whether this is just a flaw in the design of the counterfeit. >>>>> >>>>> Dave >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >>>>> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >>>>> and follow the instructions there. >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >>>> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >>>> and follow the instructions there. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >>> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >>> and follow the instructions there. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.