Suggestions for Used Battery Powered Oscilloscope to Look For
Suggestions for Used Battery Powered Oscilloscope to Look For
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I prefer to get my test equipment on ebay because I don't make critical measurements and it is more affordable that way.
Right now I am using a good old BK 20 MHz scope but it is big and heavy and needs AC power.
Things I commonly measure are 60 Hz power waveforms, ignition coil primaries, and balanced analog phone lines up to about 3 kHz so I don't need anything high speed but dual traces and the capability to do differential measurement are necessary sometimes.
Any models you are familiar with that I could be looking for?
Thanks
Right now I am using a good old BK 20 MHz scope but it is big and heavy and needs AC power.
Things I commonly measure are 60 Hz power waveforms, ignition coil primaries, and balanced analog phone lines up to about 3 kHz so I don't need anything high speed but dual traces and the capability to do differential measurement are necessary sometimes.
Any models you are familiar with that I could be looking for?
Thanks





RE: Suggestions for Used Battery Powered Oscilloscope to Look For
Avoid the early Fluke / Philips Scopemeters because the user interface sucks. Gunnar will probably tell you to avoid the later ones too because they don't measure correctly.
RE: Suggestions for Used Battery Powered Oscilloscope to Look For
RE: Suggestions for Used Battery Powered Oscilloscope to Look For
RE: Suggestions for Used Battery Powered Oscilloscope to Look For
Yes, the software and interface sucks, but it does work for a lot of things I do and I am happy with mine.
I recently purchased a used 125 with the Bushealth feature and found it useful in troubleshooting communication networks. There are probably better tools for that, but in my case it has also performed well.
My 2 cents worth, Mike L.
RE: Suggestions for Used Battery Powered Oscilloscope to Look For