Will Matney wrote:
> All,
>
> I just won a HP 3490A 5-1/2 digit bench DMM pretty darn cheap. It was in very
> good shape cosmetically and looked to have not been used much. I'm wondering
> what the pluses or minuses are for this meter? Also, where a scanned manual
> in PDF might be available? I would be interested in buying a copied or
> original manual too if I can't find one in PDF. I checked Bama and there
> wasn't one there. Anyhow, I ended up with a whole $9.99 in the meter not
> counting S&H. I would like any and all comments on the meter and what it
> might be worth. last, any help on a manual would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Will
You might have done better than you think, as according to the Agilent
website, that meter is 6 and a half digits, not 5 and a half!!
http://www.home.agilent.com/cgi-bin/pub/agilent/Product/cp_Product.jsp?NAV_ID=-536895975.536897180.00&LANGUAGE_CODE=eng&CONTENT_KEY=3490A%3aepsg%3apro&ID=3490A%3aepsg%3apro&COUNTRY_CODE=US
If you don't manage to find a manual elsewhere, stick a request for one at
http://www.drkirkby.co.uk/community/test-equipment/
I don't know if it is very large, but that DVMs that are physicallly
large and heavy seem to fetch little, despite their quite high specs.
--
David Kirkby,
G8WRB
Please check out http://www.g8wrb.org/
of if you live in Essex http://www.southminster-branch-line.org.uk/
_______________________________________________
Amps mailing list
Amps@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/amps
|