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Vintage Test Gear and Workshop Equipment For discussions about vintage test gear and workshop equipment such as coil winders. |
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16th Sep 2021, 8:16 pm | #21 |
Dekatron
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Surrey, UK.
Posts: 4,400
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Re: Carbon resistors - replace or shunt?
I'll go along with that- whilst I like all my vintage stuff to be workers and working well, test gear that is anything other than switch-it-on-and-go dependable is a nuisance. Vintage radios and the like can also be attractive bits of furniture, or have significant historical appeal, so can be excused a bit of eccentricity or grumpiness in operation but very few bits of test gear are "pretty" or headline-earning, so they have to earn their keep by being quirk-free as far as possible. Otherwise, it's too easy to get into the loop of looking for test gear to mend the other test gear while the original subject gets pushed into the background.
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16th Sep 2021, 9:03 pm | #22 |
Dekatron
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Colchester, Essex, UK.
Posts: 4,108
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Re: Carbon resistors - replace or shunt?
Quite, if it can't be relied upon to do it's job it's a paperweight (or even a dead weight)
The few things that i have that are broken, are off site in less than totally ideal storage conditions..but i would rather that-than be tripping over them whilst getting to the good stuff. Dave |