I would now go after all the tants. They have the bad habit of doing the power supply in.
Another warning, never power the unit up if it has not been bottom down for at least a couple hours. The wonderful world of Hg wetted relays. On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 7:25 PM, J. L. Trantham <[email protected]> wrote: > In an effort to get a 'standard' for DC and AC voltage and current, along > with resistance, I recently acquired a Fluke 5100B. > > > > After an effort, finding several dead/shorted/blown (literally) tantalum > capacitors as well as shorted zeners and loose mounting screws for the HV > output section transistors, it seems to be working on all ranges. It has > the wideband frequency option (03) and the HPIB option (05) but I have not > had a chance to try those out yet. > > > > Anyone on the list with any experience with this unit? Any hints, > suggestions, pitfalls I need to know about? > > > > I downloaded the manual from the Fluke site. > > > > My plan is to use it along with an Agilent calibrated 3458A to be able to > calibrate other DMM's. > > > > Any suggestions appreciated. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Joe > > _______________________________________________ > volt-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ volt-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts and follow the instructions there.
