Greetings! Being new to these forums I'm crossing my fingers I've posted in the right place.
I'm in the process of trying to liquidate the contents of my fathers prototyping lab via ebay on behalf of my mother who needs money to to cover rising medical and living expenses. My problem is that most of the items are practically worthless unless I can guarantee they're in working order. Years back I ran a small electronics assembly company putting together Terradyne test boards and stiffener frames for a major IC design and fabrication firm, so I know my way around a few basic tools and have been able test meters, power supplies, converters, transformers, etc.
My major problem comes with the higher ticket items. My dads 'lab' once I got there, turned out to be an electronics hoarders dream. Stacked to the ceiling with instruments and components that mystify me because, I'll admit before experts, I was nothing but a solder-by-numbers lab monkey. There are nearly a dozen Tektroniks oscilloscopes, Boonton and Wavetek sweep generators, an ENI OEM-6AM-1B RF power supply and many other high-ticket items that aren't worth the components they're made of unless I can certify they're in good working order.
What I'm looking for is a person or people who can help me find or provide me with basic test procedures for the more complicated devices in the collection. Also, Should my tale of woe be insufficient inducement for said assistance it just so happens that I have tens of thousands of tools, instruments and components to offer in trade.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Mike
I'm in the process of trying to liquidate the contents of my fathers prototyping lab via ebay on behalf of my mother who needs money to to cover rising medical and living expenses. My problem is that most of the items are practically worthless unless I can guarantee they're in working order. Years back I ran a small electronics assembly company putting together Terradyne test boards and stiffener frames for a major IC design and fabrication firm, so I know my way around a few basic tools and have been able test meters, power supplies, converters, transformers, etc.
My major problem comes with the higher ticket items. My dads 'lab' once I got there, turned out to be an electronics hoarders dream. Stacked to the ceiling with instruments and components that mystify me because, I'll admit before experts, I was nothing but a solder-by-numbers lab monkey. There are nearly a dozen Tektroniks oscilloscopes, Boonton and Wavetek sweep generators, an ENI OEM-6AM-1B RF power supply and many other high-ticket items that aren't worth the components they're made of unless I can certify they're in good working order.
What I'm looking for is a person or people who can help me find or provide me with basic test procedures for the more complicated devices in the collection. Also, Should my tale of woe be insufficient inducement for said assistance it just so happens that I have tens of thousands of tools, instruments and components to offer in trade.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Mike