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I am glad to hear some good words about the Heathkit C3. I bought one from a member here that supposedly was "working fine." I had been wanting one of the tuning eye type testers for a while and not being an Ebay customer I got overly excited and paid way too much ($85) for the not so finely working tester.
Basically, all of my outputs are low (around half) on the leakage test, and most of my values are considerably off. In other words I bought a unit that needs restoration. Actually, I can still use the thing to a certain degree, but I must realize that the leakage test voltages are low and take that into consideration. I don't have a big concern on measuring value as I can do that with my digital meter. Yeah, I hate using digital stuff if I don't have to. In this case I have to until repairs are done.
I guess buying any old test equipment is a shot in the dark, and many folks think that if something lights up and doesn't smoke out then it is working. I just hate restoring my restoration equipment....
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