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  • stj
    Great Sage 齊天大聖
    • Dec 2009
    • 30979
    • Albion
    #1

    scope probe

    since we are on the subject,

    i have a couple of probes with big bulky plugs on the end.
    they are blue - i think they are from an original fluke scope-meter.

    anybody know what the big bulky plug is about - a filter / transformer?
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    • eccerr0r
      Solder Sloth
      • Nov 2012
      • 8696
      • USA
      #2
      Re: scope probe

      And the all too common: photos?
      It may very well be some sort of filter, but it may just be a big handle.

      I noticed (and as expected) my cheap p6100 probes behave differently as I change the frequency from 500Hz to 5MHz, seems underdamped at low frequency to overdamped at high frequency. So I really don't know how I'm supposed to set the probe, almost seems they need to be retuned every time time/division is changed!
      Last edited by eccerr0r; 05-22-2016, 06:27 PM. Reason: wording was wrong

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        • stj
          Great Sage 齊天大聖
          • Dec 2009
          • 30979
          • Albion
          #3
          Re: scope probe

          i doubt the p6100's are any worse than top-name probes for the types of scope we have - given the age of the design etc.

          foto's:

          inc a standard plug for size comparison.
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