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Forgive me for not having very much useful detail on this, but a
friend has a scope that's unfocusable and produces a thick trace.


Check the supply for the Wehnelt cylinder, PWR dead, bad contact, broken
cable...

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Hi all,

Forgive me for not having very much useful detail on this, but a friend
has a scope that's unfocusable and produces a thick trace. My immediate
reaction was maybe noise getting into the signal path from a faulty mains
filter or maybe an internal component in the smps section failed, but he
reckons he's ruled out the latter as apparently it's a linear supply. He
doesn't have another scope to check the rails for noise with so he's kind
of limited. Anyway, that was only my hunch, I don't know the precise
model of scope this is; I just wondered if anyone would like to toss in
their 2c worth if they've encountered this issue themselves and what
might be the cause of it?
thanks,
cd.
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On Sat, 11 Jul 2015 17:25:35 +0000, Cursitor Doom wrote:

Hi all,

Forgive me for not having very much useful detail on this, but a friend
has a scope that's unfocusable and produces a thick trace. My immediate
reaction was maybe noise getting into the signal path from a faulty mains
filter or maybe an internal component in the smps section failed, but he
reckons he's ruled out the latter as apparently it's a linear supply. He
doesn't have another scope to check the rails for noise with so he's kind
of limited. Anyway, that was only my hunch, I don't know the precise
model of scope this is; I just wondered if anyone would like to toss in
their 2c worth if they've encountered this issue themselves and what
might be the cause of it?
thanks,
cd.


Anything Tek one address:
https://groups.yahoo.com/group/TekScopes

Cheers!

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On Saturday, July 11, 2015 at 10:27:04 AM UTC-7, Cursitor Doom wrote:

Forgive me for not having very much useful detail on this, but a friend
has a scope that's unfocusable and produces a thick trace. My immediate
reaction was maybe noise


Probably not. Noise, if you mean interference, would be affected by change
of timescales.
More likely, a HV electrode in the electrode gun is used for focus, and the
adjustment is off because a high-ohms fixed resistor has failed, open circuit.
Look for range-setting fixed resistors connected to the focus control, taking
all precautions against HV and breakage of the glass...
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On Sat, 11 Jul 2015 17:25:35 +0000, Cursitor Doom wrote:

Hi all,

Forgive me for not having very much useful detail on this, but a friend
has a scope that's unfocusable and produces a thick trace. My immediate
reaction was maybe noise getting into the signal path from a faulty mains
filter or maybe an internal component in the smps section failed, but he
reckons he's ruled out the latter as apparently it's a linear supply. He
doesn't have another scope to check the rails for noise with so he's kind
of limited. Anyway, that was only my hunch, I don't know the precise
model of scope this is; I just wondered if anyone would like to toss in
their 2c worth if they've encountered this issue themselves and what
might be the cause of it?
thanks,
cd.


Anything Tek one address:
https://groups.yahoo.com/group/TekScopes

Cheers!



Well, there's no real substitute for actual troubleshooting - but having
said that, I understand some Tek's have had bad focus potentiometers, and
there's always the possibility of a bad high-value resistor in such a
circuit. A bad 2.2 meg resistor caused a B&K 'scope of mine to not quite
focus. The focus pot ran out of range first. Replacing the resistor fixed
it.

If you do attempt to troubleshoot, be aware there are some rather high
voltages in such circuits.


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Model number ?


Not known, I'm afraid. And the person who was acting as intermediary
between myself and the scope owner has declared he no longer wishes to
spend a single second more on the issue, so all the suggestions so far
have been passed on to the owner, but no more will be.
Thanks, guys.
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If it's a 2235, 2236, and I think the 2215, it's because they
used a bunch of underrated 1/2 watt carbon comp resistors in the
focus divider chain. Put too high a voltage on them and they
shift in value.


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On Sun, 12 Jul 2015 08:56:20 -0700, jurb6006 wrote:

Model number ?


Not known, I'm afraid. And the person who was acting as intermediary
between myself and the scope owner has declared he no longer wishes to
spend a single second more on the issue, so all the suggestions so far
have been passed on to the owner, but no more will be.
Thanks, guys.


Then offer the guy ten bucks for it. It would be damn hard to find any Tektronix scope worth less than ten bucks.

And then if you get a ten grand scope fro ten bucks, fukum. they bother you, get you to look into T?HEI?R problem and then bloww you off like that ?

I hope you do get a ten grand scope for ten bucks and enjoy the **** out of the $9,990. If so, pick me up some weed wouldya ?


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Mark Zacharias wrote:

Well, there's no real substitute for actual troubleshooting - but having
said that, I understand some Tek's have had bad focus potentiometers, and
there's always the possibility of a bad high-value resistor in such a
circuit. A bad 2.2 meg resistor caused a B&K 'scope of mine to not quite
focus. The focus pot ran out of range first. Replacing the resistor fixed
it.


The Tek 2235 and its cousins have a fairly common problem show up.
The focus chain uses high-value carbon-composition resistors, which
tend to shift value with age... the focus pot runs out of range as a
result.

I bought a 2235 with this problem at a local flea market for all of
$60. An hour's work and a few replacement resistors fixed it.

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