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  • PeteS in CA
    Badcaps Legend
    • Aug 2005
    • 3578
    • USA, Unsure of Planet

    #1

    Any Experience with Instek Brand Instruments?

    I'm doing research for work into AC sources. Besides vendors familiar to me - Chroma and California Instruments - Instek has several models that looking interesting because their price is lower.

    Anyone here have experience with Instek, generally, not just AC sources? Even experience with oscilloscopes or higher end meters would give me an idea of their overall quality level.

    TIA!
    PeteS in CA

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  • stj
    Great Sage 齊天大聖
    • Dec 2009
    • 30977
    • Albion

    #2
    Re: Any Experience with Instek Brand Instruments?

    is that GW instek??

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    • redwire
      Badcaps Legend
      • Dec 2010
      • 3902
      • Canada

      #3
      Re: Any Experience with Instek Brand Instruments?

      Good Will Instrument Co. They are large Taiwan OEM and have decent quality.
      Repairability is a concern because they don't publish schematics or service manuals, and let's face it an AC source does blow up. So check what is involved with getting them repaired.
      The Chroma's are ridiculously expensive and I found shipping them out for calibration also cost a small fortune. Not really worth it unless you are using them daily or need oddball AC power simulations.

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      • PeteS in CA
        Badcaps Legend
        • Aug 2005
        • 3578
        • USA, Unsure of Planet

        #4
        Re: Any Experience with Instek Brand Instruments?

        Yes, GW Instek.

        Good point on repair, though availability would be the bigger concern than $$.

        Yes, Chroma is expensive. The Cal Inst is higher, but it combines AC and DC, which would be a plus for me (I also need a DC source and having both in one instrument could be handy).

        Will have to look into repair. Since I'm in Silicon Valley I might find an authorized repair place locally.
        PeteS in CA

        Power Supplies should be boring: No loud noises, no bright flashes, and no bad smells.
        ****************************
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        • redwire
          Badcaps Legend
          • Dec 2010
          • 3902
          • Canada

          #5
          Re: Any Experience with Instek Brand Instruments?

          There are tons of surplus dealers in CA that have Chroma's, back when I looked.
          It might be worth checking them out.

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