Todays Goodwill finds

[rca2000]

Originally Posted by davet753

I have never been able to luck-up on finding a piece of Sencore equipment @ a thrift store. You sure were lucky on that one!

Back when I was in the biz, I only had one piece of Sencore equipment. It was a $500 isolation transformer/variac/leakage tester. Sencore's high prices were way out-of-line compared to their competition. They made some great test equipment, but you sure paid for them.

I had mostly B&K brand stuff on my bench.

I assume the PR57. I got a nice one for about $65 with shipping on Ebay maybe 7 years ago or so....and a CR-70 a GOOD One-- works VERY well--for maybe 75....And a VA-62 (NOT 48) for maybe $35, 10 or so years ago....


25 years ago--all of that would have cost OVER 5 THOUSAND dollars !!

[davet753]

Originally Posted by rca2000

I assume the PR57. I got a nice one for about $65 with shipping on Ebay maybe 7 years ago or so....and a CR-70 a GOOD One-- works VERY well--for maybe 75....And a VA-62 (NOT 48) for maybe $35, 10 or so years ago....


25 years ago--all of that would have cost OVER 5 THOUSAND dollars !!

Yes, it was a PR57. I bought it right when they introduced that model, and it sure seen a lot of use.

I remember Sencore tried to sell it by suggesting we charge the customer an extra fee ($2 or something along those lines) for a "Safety Leakage Check" on every TV we repaired. They even gave me a supply of stickers to put on the back of the set that said it had been "safety checked".

The only problem was by that time, there were very few points on the average TV set that the customer could come in contact with to get a shock even if there were a problem. The input jacks were about it.

Does anyone remember going to a Sencore sponsored troubleshooting class? They used to sponsor them occasionally, and they were pretty good (if you were careful to realize what they were really teaching was how to troubleshoot using their equipment). I went to one on servicing VCR servo systems, and another on switched mode power supplies. I think I've even got my completion certificates around somewhere.

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by rca2000

I assume the PR57. I got a nice one for about $65 with shipping on Ebay maybe 7 years ago or so....and a CR-70 a GOOD One-- works VERY well--for maybe 75....And a VA-62 (NOT 48) for maybe $35, 10 or so years ago....


25 years ago--all of that would have cost OVER 5 THOUSAND dollars !!

That was 10 years ago! Now, some of that equipment prices went clear to the sky.
The guy I bought the VA48 from, also frequents E-Bay for selling prices.
It's a shame that there's absolutely no support of Sencore equipment available.
Their lifetime guarantee isn't worth the paper it's printed on.