Everybody send you TDS210 & TDS220 'scopes to me!  I'll safely dispose
of them for you!

<VBG>



On Thu, 25 Jun 1998 14:40:25 +0100, 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.
>
>-Oyvind
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