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New Bench Top Power Supply

By oldschoolbob

4 years ago



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    #4 4 years ago

    Power supply junkie? You can always use more power! But I went back in time to get mine. This one for $60 from eBay, this is the real-deal old-school shit, not that made in China new stuff. This is after I cleaned it up and removed the old calibration stickers and such. Works great. This is the one I use the most.

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    I also bought this one for no good reason other than it looks cool. Also about $50. It works good too if you just need a few volts here and there.

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    I also got this one for $10 from a local shop that was closing. Seems to work OK.

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    #10 4 years ago
    Quoted from oldschoolbob:

    Some really nice power supplies you guys have.
    And xsvtoys, you found some real good bargains.
    Bob

    If you don't mind spending a little bit of time searching and monitoring eBay you should be able to find what you want at a good price. You need some patience to wait for what you want to show up for a good price. Or just peruse what shows up when you search for vintage test equipment and if you see something good snatch it up. In fact, I got most of the stuff with local pickup so I didn't have shipping charges, which can get expensive for the heavier stuff. I got the nice Tektronix 465B scope that way. And also the Fluke 8050A multimeter, plus various function generators, frequency counter, and such. All that good stuff from the 80s is being sold off, and I think most it will probably work for a long time. I got the Tektronix in fully tested and operational condition and it is in beautiful cosmetic shape for $150 with probes. That thing probably cost something like $3,500 when it was new, in 1980s dollars.

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