SOLD - Itron FG209M2 VFD displays for Solartron 7061/7071/7081 - Page 1
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author: the Chris
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 20, 2025, 03:12:34 pm
content: Edit: All SOLD.I was looking for a replacement VFD for my Solartron 7061 and came across a leftover NOS. The dealer insisted to sell all of them at once while excluding any warranty that they are still fully functional. Because alternatives for these VFD seem rare, I bit the bullet and bought them all.Thanks to a kind board member that gave me a replacement front PCB for my 7061, I was able to build a socketed testing rig for the displays and test them. All of them turned out to be fully functional, turely NOS. After taking care of my own needs (a 7081 is still on my wishlist) and those of friends, I now still have five displays that need to find a new home.Price per piece is 125EUR obo plus shipping, located in Germany.

author: coromonadalix
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 20, 2025, 06:40:03 pm
content: wow a rare find

author: the Chris
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 21, 2025, 09:12:13 am
content: Yes, my thoughts exactly. After stumbling over the offer, I gave myself one week of afterthought, debating back and forth about whether to invest all the money just to get some displays for myself. In the end, I surrendered and that's were we are now.

author: squadchannel
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timestamp: March 21, 2025, 09:55:52 am
content: I thought marco reps might want it, but it didn't look worn out.

author: the Chris
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 21, 2025, 10:36:01 am
content: Update: Two have been spoken for, three left.

author: the Chris
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 06, 2025, 09:28:07 am
content: All sold displays arrived safe and undamaged at their new owners, so the packaging seems to work out fine.Still three left for sale.

author: Oldtestgear
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 08, 2025, 09:48:21 am
content: I bought one of these displays. The packaging was excellent & it arrived undamaged. Absolutely delighted with my displayPhil

author: the Chris
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 12, 2025, 01:20:38 pm
content: All sold now, thanks a lot to the forum.

author: AVGresponding
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timestamp: June 19, 2025, 05:23:03 am
content: I'm just a few days too late

author: the Chris
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 19, 2025, 05:38:05 am
content: Ah, you are the one buying that 7071 from Ely, aren't you?If the other instruments on the picture are considered bright, your 7071 doesn't look too bad in terms of brightness. I've replaced mine meanwhile and I have some Keithley instruments standing nearby from the "brown" generation. I can make a photo to compare its brightness to the red LED displays of those, if it helps you to judge the brightness improvement of a new one.

author: AVGresponding
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 19, 2025, 04:08:03 pm
content: The phone pics flatter it somewhat. It's not exactly dim, yet, but it is showing its age. It's nowhere near as bright as the 34401A, 6633B, or 2015THD in the picture, for example

author: the Chris
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 23, 2025, 03:05:13 pm
content: For a better estimate, how bright a new Solartron display is, from top to bottom:Solartron 1260 with new displayKeithley 194, looks OKKeithley 236, very bright, probably not used muchHP 3456A in excellent condition

author: AVGresponding
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 24, 2025, 05:01:12 pm
content: This is how bright it appears to the eye, though the colour is way off; it's a lot more green than blue

author: the Chris
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 25, 2025, 04:16:52 am
content: OK, even though my photo has had more exposure (judging by the red illumination of the buttons), this seems very dim and unevenly lit. My one is also a true, bright blue while being behind the blue display foil. A new display would have been beneficial in your case, it seems.