[Amps] HP 3490A DMM

[David Kirkby]

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

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