[sdiy] Siel OR400 power supply busted

[Dave Manley]

M Maeghan Skala <synth.diy at pulsewidthmod.com> wrote:
>Yup, ba banana's work … (a friend who was recently over here said the
>banana's didn't fit … but they do.)
>
>On my scope one side is labeled "V-Pos" and the other side is labeled
>"H-Pos"
>
>So one side measures Volts and the other side measures Amperage
>
>V-Pos has four inputs and a ground input, H-Pos has 3 inputs and a
>ground input
>
>V-Pos: Z-Axis, 60 ~, V-Input and an unlabeled input, final input is
>ground
>H-Pos: Ext Cap, Sawtooth, H-Input, Ext. Sync, and final input is ground
>
>So, am I right in assuming that I'd plug one probe into the "V-Input"
>and the other probe into the "ground input"?
>
>Maybe I should spend a day or two learning about scopes …
>
>
>On Aug 6, 2013, at 12:47 PM, Gordon JC Pearce <gordonjcp at gjcp.net>
>wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Aug 06, 2013 at 12:10:35PM -0400, M Maeghan Skala wrote:
>>> Before i go messing shit up .. how should i connect my scope? here's
>the one i have:
>>> 
>>> http://tvforfree.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/eico_460_lingo.jpg
>>> 
>>> Could you tell me how to connect it? It doesn't take banana plugs, i
>think i need to to just wrap wire around the input but I want to be
>sure … 
>>> 
>> 
>> Those look like they'll take banana plugs.
>> 
>> -- 
>> Gordonjcp MM0YEQ
>> 
>>

The manual is here:

http://bama.edebris.com/manuals/eico/460/

It is quite the analog antique, and is giving me a very weird form of G.A.S.

 :-)

You want to measure using the Vertical input.  The Horizontal section should be internally generated ( unless your using it for lissajous patterns).

Definitely spend some time getting basic familiarity with the scope.

-Dave