[time-nuts] HP 3586B Selective Level Meter

[GandalfG8 at aol.com]

If they've been sitting there doing nothing for at least three years  
there's also the consideration of leaking Ni-Cads on the power supply  boards.
 
The 3586 is yet another item where the backup battery was often  ignored 
for very long periods and with very nasty results at times.
 
The corrosive green goo that builds up on the gold plated PCB surface can  
also find it's way down into the edge connector and  even onto the  
motherboard in severe cases.
 
Not nice !!
 
Nigel
GM8PZR
 
 
In a message dated 29/07/2012 03:49:48 GMT Daylight Time, nerd at verizon.net  
writes:

Fair  Radio is perfectly happy to have something sit there for decades 
figuring  
they'll get their price eventually.

In this case they want $750 for  them:  
https://www.fairradio.com/catalog.php?mode=viewitem&item=2746

I've  been there a few times with a wad of cash and couldn't get them to 
move by  
anything significant so ended up leaving with more cash than gear.   
Probably for 
the best anyway.

Peter


On 7/28/2012 10:31  PM, Tom Holmes wrote:
> For what it's worth, I was at Fair Radio in  Lima, OH on Thursday, and 
they
> had three of the 600 ohm 'B' models on  the floor. Don't know the 
condition
> or the asking price, but if you  are interested you should be able to get 
the
> contact info via Google.  They have had these boxes for quite a while as 
they
> were there on my  last visit about three years ago, so they might be
> interested in  making them go away.
>
> Tom Holmes, N8ZM
> Tipp City,  OH
>  EM79
>
>


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