FREE (Kent, UK) - Farnell DTC12 oscilloscope - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: 8086
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 04, 2015, 02:11:28 pm
content: Collection from Gillingham, Kent.Powers on, shows traces, the timebase knob contacts need a clean I think - sometimes works as expected, sometimes needs a wiggle.Free to anyone that wants it!

author: tyguy2
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 07, 2015, 11:44:24 pm
content: Are you willing to ship to the USA? I'll pay for shipping via Paypal if you'd like

author: 8086
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 07, 2015, 11:49:31 pm
content: Collection only I'm afraid!

author: tyguy2
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 07, 2015, 11:49:51 pm
content: Oh darn.

author: 8086
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 08, 2015, 01:13:44 pm
content: Going on ebay tonight (8th June) at 23:00 BST if nobody claims it by then!

author: tyguy2
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 08, 2015, 01:20:40 pm
content: Will it be Buy it now or Auction? Really could use an oscilloscope.

author: 8086
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 08, 2015, 01:23:56 pm
content: Auction, but probably still collection only!

author: tyguy2
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 08, 2015, 01:30:27 pm
content: Good luck.

author: Deathwish
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 08, 2015, 01:47:25 pm
content: 8086.Cant you let him arrange a courier to pick it up, or another forum member close to you whilst he arranges a pick up. Any ebayer is still going to have to arrange a time to pick up as a courier would. Just a thought. I am often amazed there is no daisy chain type of thing between users for such free items in regards to transport on such sites as this.Yeah I know, I am talking out of my rectal cavity ,but it was just a thought.

author: KJDS
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 08, 2015, 01:49:29 pm
content: Quote from: tyguy2 on June 08, 2015, 01:30:27 pmAt best it's a £50 scope. Shipping to the US will be about £75, and there's another £5 of packaging materials required to give it half a chance of arriving undamaged.

author: 8086
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 08, 2015, 01:51:01 pm
content: Quote from: KJDS on June 08, 2015, 01:49:29 pmExactly.If someone really wants it shipped somewhere, and can convince someone else to collect from me and deal with the shipping part, that's fine by me.

author: tyguy2
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 08, 2015, 02:02:16 pm
content: If anyone could collect, I'd be happy to pay the shipping costs.

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 08, 2015, 02:21:48 pm
content: Quote from: KJDS on June 08, 2015, 01:49:29 pm..and will it even run on 110V?I'm sure there are plenty of better scopes for that money in the US.

author: tyguy2
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 08, 2015, 02:34:51 pm
content: I forgot about mains voltage.Yeah, I guess I could find a cheaper scope, I'll take a look around Ebay and Amazon. Thanks

author: Ian.M
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 08, 2015, 02:48:22 pm
content: I don't want to rain on anyone's parade, but unfortunately its a 12MHz scope that cant do chopped mode at timebase speeds above 1ms/div. This makes it more or less useless for most digital work as you cant be certain of the timing relationship between the signals displayed. IMHO its good for audio and not much else. Hacked to disable the automatic alternate/chopped switching and fitted with an accessible toggle switch to control that instead, it could become reasonably useful for Arduino stuff and similar slow logic.A set of cheap Chinese scope probes and a mains lead will probably triple its value. The petrol to collect it will be the killer if you aren't in the Medway area and don't have other business there or another reason to be driving the M2.As it happens I'll be a couple of miles away later today, but its a fraction of the performance of my old Dynamco D7100/1X2//1Y2 'boatanchor', I'm not mentoring anyone at the moment and its already been put on Ebay, so I wont be knocking on '8086's door . . . .8086 was very sensible to offer it free, collection only. Putting it on EBAY may even help him to shift it due to the psychology of having 'won' the auction and the difficulty of backing out of the deal.

author: 8086
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 08, 2015, 02:51:23 pm
content: Quote from: Ian.M on June 08, 2015, 02:48:22 pmNot on ebay until tonight

author: TheEPROM9
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 27, 2018, 11:36:06 pm
content: Quote from: 8086 on June 04, 2015, 02:11:28 pmI live in KENT, own a car & have an intrest any special requieremnts?

author: tsman
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 27, 2018, 11:39:33 pm
content: Quote from: TheEPROM9 on December 27, 2018, 11:36:06 pmThis thread was from 2015...

author: TheEPROM9
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 27, 2018, 11:44:20 pm
content: Quote from: tsman on December 27, 2018, 11:39:33 pmI am a little late to the party then =-(