And the wife didn't seem all that impressed, if you can believe it.
The H.V. was arcing through its "spark plug wire" going to the tube, so I taped a chunk of bottle neck around it and it's happy again.
And yes, Crusty was cheap enough to first look for a bottle with no redemption value on it...
I fixed my scope with a broken beer bottle!...
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crusty - What make and model number 'scope was that? Humor me...
keywords: H-V Arcing, High Voltage Faults, Silicone Wire, Spark Plug, Oscilloscope, CRT, recommended repair, corona, discharge, spark, sparking sound, Agilent, Tektronix, Hewlett Packard, B&K Instruments, Leader Instruments, beer, bottle neck, guitar, blues, Memphis, Bealle Street
See: Tektronix Museum http://www.geocities.com/r_corriveau/main.html
See Bottleneck Guitar: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slide_guitar
See Tesla: http://www.tesla-museum.org/
Also: http://budweiser.com/
Give a week or two for a Google or Yahoo bot crawl and see what hits we get.
More keywords anyone?
keywords: H-V Arcing, High Voltage Faults, Silicone Wire, Spark Plug, Oscilloscope, CRT, recommended repair, corona, discharge, spark, sparking sound, Agilent, Tektronix, Hewlett Packard, B&K Instruments, Leader Instruments, beer, bottle neck, guitar, blues, Memphis, Bealle Street
See: Tektronix Museum http://www.geocities.com/r_corriveau/main.html
See Bottleneck Guitar: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slide_guitar
See Tesla: http://www.tesla-museum.org/
Also: http://budweiser.com/
Give a week or two for a Google or Yahoo bot crawl and see what hits we get.
More keywords anyone?
Re: I fixed my scope with a broken beer bottle!...
It's a Kikusui COM6100M - now with Stella Artois mod. I figured the H.V. was back down by the time I finished the beer. I was did the same mod to my '58 Chevy pickup back in the day. I think it was a Michelob then. I probably ran that coil for another year that way too...
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I'll add that back into the Keywords.
Kikusui COM6100M High Voltage Repair.
Kikusui COM6100M High Voltage Repair.
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"Zorch stroking fast n' bulbous"raf wrote:"Zorched"
Name the record, Roger...
Hint; it is a caption to a photo on an inner sleeve...
possibly related to another thread somewhere. Maybe. Here.
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Gosh guys - now I'm going to have to dig out the black vinyl in the closet...
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mediatechnology wrote:the black vinyl in the closet...
Ohhhhhhhhhh... you were talking about records...
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Perhaps a hint is in order...
Remember... its all relative...
Remember... its all relative...
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Ha! No, what I meant to say was black leather. Sorry, my bad.Ohhhhhhhhhh... you were talking about records...
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Well, after a full week with no guesses, I'll have to give the answer.
Remember, its all relative. And the relative is your favorite uncle...
Uncle Meat!
Favored tracks are:
Mr. Green Genes
Ian Underwood Whips It Out
The Voice of Cheese
Uncle Meat, Main Theme and Variations
Dog Breath, In The Year of The Plague
The Dog Breath Variations
Wait...
Wasn't this thread about oscilloscope repair on a budget?
Remember, its all relative. And the relative is your favorite uncle...
Uncle Meat!
Favored tracks are:
Mr. Green Genes
Ian Underwood Whips It Out
The Voice of Cheese
Uncle Meat, Main Theme and Variations
Dog Breath, In The Year of The Plague
The Dog Breath Variations
Wait...
Wasn't this thread about oscilloscope repair on a budget?
"Come smell my fringy shirt." Lonesome Cowboy Burt