On Tue, 28 Feb 2017 17:17:21 -0500, Ralph Mowery
wrote:


Don't worry aoburt it. I have ordered lots of things off Ebay from
China. Some parts and some circuit board assemblies. Most of the time
it takes about 3 weeks or so to get here. I did have one item that was
only about $ 8 including shipping that took about 2 1/2 months, but it
got here.

The taxes and whatever are in the price you see on Ebay. You will not
be charged mpore at a later date.

Ok, I wont worry anymore now.....
I just read that legal disclaimer and got all worried....

It amazes me how they have shipped in some items that only cost about $
2 or less. To get a 1 st class letter out of the US to another country
costs about $ 1.25. China does pick up the out going postage form what
I have heard.

The shipping on this item was $1.50. I cant imagine how they can ship it
for so little money, but they must be making money, or they would not
sell / ship for so little.

So far everything I have ordered has met my expectations. Some
simiconductors dont. Friend ordered about $ 25 worth of transistors
(about 8 of them) and they were all bad.

I hope you got a refund...

While you are looking around on ebay look for a component tester. It is
a circuit board with a lcd display. It will have 3 leads and a 9 volt
battery terminal. They are usually less than $ 20 and will test about
anything you hook to it that will work at 9 volts or less. Best spent
money for testing I have ever seen.

While I'm interested in this, I have to ask what makes this any better
than a common VOM?

I remember back in the 70s I took a cheap pocket transistor radio,
connected a 600V paper cap (something like a .05) to the volume control
in that radio, and connected some shielded wire to that cap and put a
test lead probe on the other end. That was very handy for testing the
audio stages and even some RF stages in both tube and transistor radios,
while the device being tested was turned on. (If I no longer heard any
sound, I'd know I hit the problem spot.

I wish I could remember how that was made exactly.... I think I found
that in Popular Electronics or some other magazine.