Oyvind Kaurstad wrote:

> >Hi all,
> >I recall a past discussion of the above Tek scopes where several (?)
> >people mentioned owning one and I want to make sure they are aware of
> >the recall (Tek mentions things like "...risk of serious injury or
> >death..."):
>
> >http://www.tek.com/Measurement/programs/tds200-recall/index.html
>
> This is interesting, although I believe it's a bit drastic to tell people to
> stop using their instruments because of it.
> It may, of course, be true that one could be seriously injured if this fault
> has occurred, but I believe you have to be quite stupid to manage to
> make this fault happen in the first place.
>
> I assume that a substantial amount of current has to flow in the ground lead
> for the PCB trace to burn open. I don't know, but I would guess several amps.
>
> If you don't have a clue as to what you are going to measure, then please
> use a multimeter first to make sure it's safe, or use an isolation transformer
> on the power.
>
> But I guess Tek has to be on the safe side to avoid being sued by stupid
> individuals.

Ssssjt. Don't tell a soul! The same stupid individuals are also the ones
who send "UNSUBSCRIBE" messages to the list, or HTML - riddled
shit to the list server. This could be a way of eliminating these idiots by
way of accelerated evolution. ;)

BTW I've got one of these lethal weapons of mass instruction. (TDS210)

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