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janek77
 
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Default Tektronix TDS340, hard to turn on?

For now it seems to be getting better, as I had it plugged in for last
couple of days.
I,m not rulling a "noisy pushbutton" completely out (yet),
but to me it seems like that whatever cap is responsible it seems to be
"forming" again.
There two distinct possibilities:
1: "noisy" switch, which is getting better with use
or
2: a cap thats getting "formed" after long discharge.
Whats your pick?

"janek77" wrote in message
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Hi, I just bought this tek and while it passes all the selftests,
it's really flaky at startup.
When you press the on/stby button the lights blink once , you can hear
some relays switching and it goes dead.
Then I keep pushing the button and eventually it "catches on"
from then on it operates flawlesly.
Sometimes it takes 3 tries sometimes ~30.
Has anybody seen the simmilar problem (solution would be nice)?
Thanks.