[volt-nuts] Keithley 2001 - and Tek gear

[John Lofgren]

Not to hijack a thread or get off topic, but that's why we love the older Tek gear.  Their documentation was first rate.  That voluminous and detailed documentation did come back to bite them, though.

I read story in " Winning with people: The first 40 years of Tektronix" about the Tek people discovering counterfeit scopes that the military (Navy?) was having built.  As part of their contract to supply scopes they had to supply documentation that amounted to a detailed build manual for the product.  Once the military customer had the documentation they shopped it around to contract manufacturers and found somebody who would build the scopes to print for, presumably, a lower price than the genuine Tek unit.

Looks like there is such a thing as too much information :)


-John


-----Original Message-----
From: volt-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:volt-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On Behalf Of Peter Loron
Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 5:52 PM
To: Discussion of precise voltage measurement
Subject: Re: [volt-nuts] Keithley 2001

It's really a shame...I was reading through the manual for the Tek 131
current probe amplifier yesterday. Not only do they provide detailed
part listings and schematics on top of the troubleshooting steps, they
also provide directions on how to modify it to work as a general purpose
voltage amp! "...solder the resistor here..."

-Pete

On Mon, 2010-11-15 at 15:48 -0800, Randy Scott wrote:
> I just got the same answer from Keithley today: "We no longer provide schematics for our equipment."  Bummer.
> 
> Also, in case anyone was curious, the new transformer for the 2001 is going to cost $157 USD.
> 
> Randy.
> 
> 
> 
> --- On Sun, 11/14/10, Alan Scrimgeour <scrimgap at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > From: Alan Scrimgeour <scrimgap at blueyonder.co.uk>
> > Subject: Re: [volt-nuts] Keithley 2001
> > To: "Discussion of precise voltage measurement" <volt-nuts at febo.com>
> > Date: Sunday, November 14, 2010, 4:30 AM
> > I contacted Keithley regarding the
> > schematic. It's itemised in the contents of one of the
> > manuals, or referred to in its text, but those pages of the
> > manual are missing. Keithley said it's not available. Any
> > ideas anyone?
> > 
> > Alan
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Raj" <vu2zap at gmail.com>
> > To: "Discussion of precise voltage measurement" <volt-nuts at febo.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2010 3:33 AM
> > Subject: Re: [volt-nuts] Keithley 2001
> > 
> > 
> > > I have one too..
> > > 
> > > http://www.keithley.com/support/keidoc_searchresult?keyword=2001&item_type=Manual
> > > 
> > > No schematic there.
> > > 
> > > At 14-11-2010, you wrote:
> > >> Does anyone have schematics for the Keithley 2001
> > multimeter?  I received one today with a blown up
> > transformer.  I'd like to have a look at the automatic
> > AC input voltage selection circuit before replacing the
> > transformer.
> > >> 
> > >> Thanks.
> > >> 
> > >> Randy.
> > > 
> > > -- Raj, VU2ZAP
> > > Bangalore, India.
> > > 
> > > 
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