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Re: Good tools for the shop

6/15/2004 5:59 AM
Dr. Photon	Re: Good tools for the shop Yeah, these are all good tools; I mostly use my meter and my scope. Sometimes I use my fuction generator to inject signals or to find something's frequency response (a very basic one will do, you don't need any fancy modulation options - I never used mine for guitar amps). A variac, an isolation transformer, and a dim bulb tester are all very usefull tools. The one thing that hasn't been mentioned yet is a brightly lit area. I work in my garage, under several flouro lights, I also have a small 50 watt halogen desk lamp, and I make very good use of my AA MiniMag on my keychain.

6/15/2004 5:59 AM

Dr. Photon

Re: Good tools for the shop

Yeah, these are all good tools; I mostly use my meter and my scope. Sometimes I use my fuction generator to inject signals or to find something's frequency response (a very basic one will do, you don't need any fancy modulation options - I never used mine for guitar amps). A variac, an isolation transformer, and a dim bulb tester are all very usefull tools.

The one thing that hasn't been mentioned yet is a brightly lit area. I work in my garage, under several flouro lights, I also have a small 50 watt halogen desk lamp, and I make very good use of my AA MiniMag on my keychain.

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