Better buy a new multimeter then a new battery!

Jan Panteltje · 2008-12-22T15:44:21+00:00

I was at the hardware store, needed some screws, other stuff.Found a 5 Euro digital multimeter with transistor hfe test for 5 Euro..5% accuracy on DC it says.Did not need it, but could not resist.Took it home, did not expect it to have a battery in it, for that price.But it did, and it was new and full....Looked up the price of a new 9 V battery on 4 Euro 9 cents ?&fh_pic_url=// that leaves 91 cents for the multimeter.LOLNext time I need a 9 V battery I will get an other meter.

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Joerg 17 years ago

That's because the designers of those packages screwed up. They blissfully ignored what the tube guys knew all along and followed through since the days of Noah's ark: Keying the socket.

Of course, with a tube the consequences of mis-keyed installation run the gamut from "nothing" to a loud bang and flying glass.

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Michael A. Terrell 17 years ago

Then they moved to flat packs, which make the worst of today's SMD packages look good.

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linnix 17 years ago

Yes, of course, Pin 0 will be omitted. Pin 1 to the left and Pin 40 to the right. The rounds will be in reels, not tubes anyway. Round package gives the best pin spacings in smallest area.

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Jasen Betts 17 years ago

hexagonal BGA is probably better, but I guess you want perimeter soldering, not underneath.

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Michael A. Terrell 17 years ago

Zenith had a Chroma IC that plugged into a nine pin tube socket.

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