I have called some out on packing at times, but, yeah. This guy was just a tard.
I have called some out on packing at times, but, yeah. This guy was just a tard.
This EICO 249 was purchased on fleebay as a parts unit, but the seller didn't pack it well and destroyed the meter movement. He was pretty rude when I asked about it, screw him. No more purchases from you.
The device was pretty bad inside, having had a lot of work over the years, including an improper selenium rectifierectomy. It's now parts...I may save the case for a later project, but even it is rusty and do I really need it?
I'm not sure what's going on with the face, but I suspect that this thing either sat around before being built, or the builder left the kraft paper protector on the face. There was paper under the control nuts as if the person took it off after the device was built. The golden color is probably the old glue.
I have a second one, and it - like this one - has every resistor in the divider ladder out of tolerance. I'm considering using the range switch from the donor, rebuilding it, and putting it in the good unit in order to restore in-cal functionality. The original owner had put a hold-down tamp on one of the connections, so I don't know if the switch itself is good. I did a thorough wafer clean last night and it seems ok. Regardless, I have enough resistors to do two of these, so I'll probably just end up doing both and picking the better candidate.
This EICO 249 was purchased on fleebay as a parts unit, but the seller didn't pack it well and destroyed the meter movement. He was pretty rude when I asked about it, screw him. No more purchases from you.
The device was pretty bad inside, having had a lot of work over the years, including an improper selenium rectifierectomy. It's now parts...I may save the case for a later project, but even it is rusty and do I really need it?
I'm not sure what's going on with the face, but I suspect that this thing either sat around before being built, or the builder left the kraft paper protector on the face. There was paper under the control nuts as if the person took it off after the device was built. The golden color is probably the old glue.
I have a second one, and it - like this one - has every resistor in the divider ladder out of tolerance. I'm considering using the range switch from the donor, rebuilding it, and putting it in the good unit in order to restore in-cal functionality. The original owner had put a hold-down tamp on one of the connections, so I don't know if the switch itself is good. I did a thorough wafer clean last night and it seems ok. Regardless, I have enough resistors to do two of these, so I'll probably just end up doing both and picking the better candidate.
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