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<p>Hi All,</p>
<p>Slightly off topic, but hey, test equipment is part of a balanced
breakfast er I mean DIY. <br>
</p>
<p>My Owon scope died. I went to fire it up and it made this
sizzling sound. No magic smoke, no awful smell of burning
components, just an odd sound. And no workie of course. What a
sinking feeling. You can get around much of your gear breaking,
but a scope is special. <br>
</p>
<p>Tore it apart and saw a puffy capacitor on the power supply.
Sigh, this is not the first time I've has something go bad with
popped caps. I has an Nvidia video card with several popped caps.
My vintage HP meter needed re-capping. <br>
</p>
<p>I could have just ordered up a replacement capacitor but I found
a replacement power supply for $50. I'll still get the parts just
in case my ebay power supply find is wonky. Plan B and all.</p>
<p>I paid $429 for my Owon SDS7102 2-ch 100MHz scope in Nov 2012. 6+
years; not a bad run for a b-list scope. Today you can get a
Siglent SDS1202X-E 2-Ch 200MHz scope for $379. It almost makes the
$50 I spent on a power supply silly. If I had the cabbage I would
have gone for it. The extra bandwidth would have been nice. Or I
could have gotten a 4-channel 100MHz for $499. A guy can dream.</p>
<p>Thanks for watching. End of line.<br>
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--Tim Ressel
Circuit Abbey
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