I Bought A Massive Pile Of Mystery Test Equipment...

So yeah! I Went and picked up a bunch of mystery test equipment.
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[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

Extra Electronic education and Music videos here www.patreon.com/lookmumnocomputer extended soundpack of the sounds in this video available here www.patreon.com/posts/48746142 i did a Video on the SWTPC kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXTcYZaml9OAgMk if you saw anything you might have been interested in in the garage just comment bailey said he would check the comments as he is getting rid of most of it.

Dude, use insulation boxes, its basically a 1 to 1 transformer, that way if you do blow out something. its the box and not the mixer or any other stuff in the line.

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

​@ indeed thats another option! but the mixer is a cheaper solution and its also a mixer so double use :D

[@jorickleferink7065]

Hey man! The company i work for recently got offered an old power supply (500A, 30V). It's huge, but its too old and unreliable for us to use profesionally. The offer states that we only have to pay for cost of sending. Are you interested, and if yes how can i reach you for the details?

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

@@jorickleferink7065 that sounds massive! yeah id love to hear some details if you had a mo!probably the best contact here :) www.lookmumnocomputer.com/donations

[@gazpf]

I have something for you in my barn if you want it, i bought it for £20 5-6 years ago from a guy who had just bought an old school to convert into a house and he was selling off bits and bobs that where left in there, so yes it's one of those mad machines that you only ever used to see in schools!! haha It is a tape, cassette type, recorder, well i'm not exactly sure what it is!! I think it's for recording school plays, talks, etc., as it has 4 mic inputs that all record onto just a normal cassette, not 4 track or anything. In fact i'll upload a video of it tomorrow on my channel for you on here so you can see what it is and if you want it, i don't want anything for it you can have it. I bought it as i'd never seen one before anywhere and, like yourself, i do some mad impulse buys were musical oddities and synths are concerned haha... It's not a little thing, its in big wooden case and box steel frame and about the size of 2 school desks together and waist high.

[@ujicosnail]

This smells HAINBACH, I love it

[@NVM_S]

SAMBACH* 😂

[@mr-meek]

Same and same. I love these guys

[@Hainbach]

@Marius Seifferth we did! It is on Sam‘s channel

[@ujicosnail]

@@Hainbach hey! I love Wires so much, now I need PAR CR4-A plugin

[@Inkreptile]

@@ujicosnail love your music great to see you here

[@mikeselectricstuff]

Tek 585A scope - I used to have one of those..! Doubles as a 1kW heater

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

haha yeah wow it does get warm! it is literally like a fan heater

[@pentachronic]

😂 I has a 464 and it used to smell as it heated up!! Worked fine but you had to put up with the dust heat up thing.

[@brysonfields2284]

Lol thats really funny i have some older stuff i use to.keep.my room warm in the winter too

[@linuxsquirrel]

If a lab accident merged Doc Brown and Marty McFly into a single person this is how they would spend their time.

[@Doctormix]

Dude!! you're giving me more GAS with every video you make 😂 How are you doing mate? Hope to catch up with you again soon 🤟🕺

[@Reliquancy]

Your new video is the next one in my notifications to watch lol.

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

Hahahah doctor mix test equipment addiction is happening I can see it now haha

[@wingsandthings.]

Modern gas, modern gas

[@F-Andre]

LMNC and Doctor mix :) nice

[@hipinretku]

"Humongous knobs on the front..." yeah, that's what attracts me too... 😂

[@Tedd755]

Same 😁

[@alexholden]

That’s what she said.

[@McTroyd]

That actually isn't the worst microphone I've ever heard -- it's reminiscent of an old landline phone mic. Sounds like something they'd use for a rap interlude on a 90s-era pop song. Could be useful for all sorts of lo-fi effects I know you're into. Cool stuff! 👍

[@Doctormix]

9:00 AMAZING SOUND!!!

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

Beefy ain't it!!

[@NightmareBeatz419]

Giving me distortion effect vibes ☺️

[@ChrisTheGregory]

5:20 Based on the units in the dial on the left, that Wayne Kerr is used for small amounts of Siemens.

[@mikeselectricstuff]

Thing with 2 huge knobs are a pair of variacs. Could be handy for circuit bending mains operated stuff?

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

yeah i had an idea it was a variac! i didnt show in the vid but it has 2 variacs on the back of it aswell

[@alathellzbellz]

@@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER Actually they are absoloutely not variacs, and I am sure neither are the two units you place on top. The two in the box are Bercostats, as per the name on the bezil themselves. They are large, high current wire wound variable resistors - I have a few identical ones here and actually made an almost identical box to that big one. The big box with two bercostats is 100% definitely a load bank, it will be filled with large resistors on heatsinks brought out to the terminals on top and bottom, as will be the bercostats. It is useful for testing power supplies. Likewise with the two boxes with the mains socket on, I am fairly certain are rehostats (bercostat being a brand of rehostat) When you dimmed the light I am sure you were altering the resistence in line, not the voltage across the light as the dimming was very non linear. Variacs are very specifically an AC device with transformer laminations and are more in keeping with a autotransformer than a rehostat.

[@fissionchips8840]

I'm so sorry.. studied electronic engineering at uni but.. "Wayne Kerr" still gets me every time to this day!! 😁👍 That's about my level

[@j.dragon651]

I am a machinist, I had to call my cohorts over to check out this engineers name on a blueprint, Bum Suk Wang!

[@j.dragon651]

@@fissionchips8840 That was his name, I'm not making it up, nothing brilliant about it lol.

[@trevorhaddox6884]

The people on EEVBlog forum would happily take all those voltage calibrators.

[@JONOVID]

the EEVBlog test-equipment-anonymous-(tea)-group-therapy-thread can help with test-equipment buying addiction

[@alathellzbellz]

That frequency response analyser is absoloutely spot on for testing speaker crossovers and filters. I have a similar one and you can program it with a range or span of frequencies and it will step / sweep through them all and measure the phase and gain (or rather attenuation) over the filter / crossover. Hence not directly musical but very useful tool for the work!

[@vintagecrtgaming855]

Lovely meeting you bro! Glad it’s gone to a good home!

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

Wheyy; nice man! Btw if anyone saw anything in Bayley's garage comment on here this is Bayley's channel

[@A7exandersca7es]

Subbed

Wear a mask dude

[@Avatar_EU]

You may want to contact Mr Carlson's Lab about some of that test equipment.

[@Doctormix]

Wayne Kerr. I'm not gonna think of anything else all night now.

[@pascoebrock5877]

So when are you 2 going to do a video got a good feeling it would be some class sounds much love as ever xx

[@Barefoot_Joe]

Bet you've heard it a lot :o)

[@johnpossum556]

Just think of how those two big knobs are the electronic equivalent of b00bs.🤣🤣

[@metocvideo]

I wonder how the receptionist at Wayne Kerr answered the phone..... “ Hello Wayne Kerr.........”

[@Kholaslittlespot1]

I bet he had a great time at school

[@cambridgemart2075]

I have the Wayne Kerr's younger sibling; it might be musical as it uses an audio frequency oscillator to measure inductors and capacitors. The trombone things are co-axial line extenders, used to adjust or match the phase response of an RF transmission line. I used to use a Solatron Sclumberger Frequency Response Analyser in our lab in Stevenage, I wonder if it's the same unit!

[@theknarlyboy]

This really was a joy to watch dude, the stuff dreams are made of. Im a young RF electronics engineer in the UK and i share your enthusiasm greatly for this kind of vintage test gear. The place i work has wonderful contraptions like yours all over the place, adapted and changed to suit a purpose. Ive been lucky enough in fact to bring some of it home. I hope to visit the museum of everything else one day and see these specimens for real! Keep safe man✌️

[@nigehomer9744]

The round mains connection on the nixie volt meter is a Bulgin connector. They are popular on vintage hifi gear like Leak & Quad. If nothing else, you have some excellent vintage enclosures and knobs to re use.

[@Stuartrusty]

No way! :-O A Motorola EXORciser! 2 of these were in an electronics lab where I used to work, in use up until 10 years ago to my knowledge! Never thought I'd see one of those old beasts again! So much of the old test gear that I started my career as a test engineer with. Especially remember the big old trolley mount Tek'scopes and that Nixie tube meter model I remember, I'm sure I've used one at some point in my career. Yes, I've even used some Wayne Kerr test kit in my time too. There's a lot of work in fixing these old beasts, I'm so glad that the likes of you and HAINBACH are giving these monsters a new lease of live, awesome work!

[@sapiotone]

"Stack of acorns" - Digital squirrel or what??? What an awesome stash!

[@nullbyt]

Thanks for sharing! I love checking out vintage equipment like this I'm excited to see what you end up doing with it :)

[@shadowman3320]

Love the old Tektronix oscilloscope. I worked there for 30 years and in the early days I had a 547 on my bench. Enjoy the old relics!

[@144megabytes]

From electronic musician to museum curator! I love it lol

[@etimon1d]

"Excuse me, i'm looking for a Wayne Kerr..."

[@dazasc3994]

just stumbled on your channel, i work in e waste recycling and, like you, save allllll the interesting old test gear that turns up, had some crazy stuff over the years

[@5pr1nk57]

UK based?

[@joeyschnare6050]

i love this set man, so cool to see you make sound !

[@PaulWady]

You totally get the joy of gear like this. Back in the 80’s I loved stuff like this. It’s like technoporn films. Brilliant. More more!!

[@Rivenworld]

Wow! Would love to get my hands on half of that stuff... Brilliant!

[@Jonny_Does_Breaks]

Sure you will have lots of fun with that lot. I used to use some of that equipment when I worked in a calibration lab. Enjoy

[@madmodders]

3:45 awwww, he looks really sad...

[@_rlb]

Was gonna say that :) Always nice to see a Pareidolia.

[@themagicvillage]

Awesome stuff dude! so glad to see someone doing this!

[@jamesh5460]

Sweet! Just think about all the retro knobs and switches and cases that can be re-tasked into some ridiculous musical machines! Exciting stuff.

[@cdrom1070]

I fixed about 12 pieces of test equipment since april and it certainly can turn into a chore but the results are well worth it after you get rid of all corrosion, replace bad pars, put normal connectors on it, etc

[@GemmatheCat]

Mr Carlson’s lab would be interested in all of this kit.

[@FabFunty]

as long as it doesn't work or was repaired by someone else before 😂

[@GemmatheCat]

@@FabFunty ha! Totally. But that’s how we learn from him!

[@RegebroRepairs]

8:50 Well, that's certainly a waveform! Yowza!

[@russellzauner]

Yes, used a curve tracer here and there over the years but they always had a phosphor tube by the time I got into electronics. If nothing else you can test transistors now. :-) as far as what's inside I would expect a pattern generator consisting of graduated bias circuits to generate an output curve that shows the electrical operation of the component under test within whatever limits/range of operation you're setting.

[@chicken_flavoured_bacon3230]

Sam.. you're awesome, please never stop

[@johnwilson4909]

I have not had that much fun in decades! Keep up the [insert your favorite adjective here] work!

[@randomdestructn]

Nice tektronix 585A! That's the peak of tube scope technology. I picked one up years ago and it has served me pretty well. Take a look inside of it. It's absurd how many tubes it has. edit: also re 10:55 you can use those DC sources as voltage sources if you want by just throwing a resistor on the output. Choose something of proper resistance and power rating so the scale matches up and nothing blows.

[@macronencer]

11:32 EPIPHANY! You just made me realise how similar the opening music from Red Dwarf is to Also Sprach Zarathustra.

[@astrazenica7783]

Love the resistor displays

[@kadenfurr9699]

Now I must fulfill my destiny. Now I must go scavenge abandoned labs for their sweet sweet test equipment.

[@qrdnk]

08:50 this kicks a**... great stuff! (bleeps and blips are always appreciated)

[@HamburgerAmy]

ty for all the fun over the years. ♥

[@TLO7]

lmfaoooooooo hahahaha bro your thumbnail and title made me laugh so hard for some reason idek why. Just knowing about how you are and seeing what you're getting into is so entertaining

[@Moruial]

they indeed look beautiful! And the mic sound so great!

[@SoundAuthor]

Hainbachitus: A rare disorder that leads to compulsive test equipment purchases.

[@AdamTheAd-vanc3d]

Wow . You planning a military take over Sam lol. That was one massive pile of mystery equipment. Great share.

[@zooblestyx]

"Where are you off to, Sam?" "Just seeing someone in Stevenage about a couple of huge knobs on the front, luv. Don't wait up.""

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

Hahaha that's pretty much how the convo to my partner went

[@t55a2]

I have the same pulse generator at 10.30, has some great tones available, Lyons Instruments. Common in University labs, well-made stuff.

[@Gazarhya]

The mystery box looks like some sort of RF cavity. Used for notching out RF (well actually the opposite, allowing only a specific frequency to pass.

[@FadedSignals]

It would be cool to tune these, and make Kontakt instruments out of them. You could even run them through some pedals, and make some nice libraries. I like the gritty broken sound of some of these. It would be cool to run them through some granular pedals, and some reverbs. Running them through pedals like the Microcosm, Blooper, Habits, Empress Reverb, CXM 1978, etc.. would be cool to hear.

[@paulanastasi2580]

I used that round 3 pin connector skt you asked about in a project years ago. I got them from RS components they're not cheap but they have soooo much stuff.

[@timstoffel4799]

That device in the trunk looks like an RF bridge of some sort. It has a small fortune of GR874 connectors with it. Those connectors are unique because they are hermaphroditic. A good working Tektronix 585 oscilloscope is also a nice find. I believe that is good up to about 80 MHz or so, with a dual timebase. You mentioned video. Dual timebase scopes are great for video work. In any case, these 'scopes were plagued by an interesting aging problem that happens to vacuum tubes, called 'cathode interface'. You are very lucky if that 'scope is free of it.

[@peterjantzer4767]

I'm 66 and I've used some of these. Best of luck toyou young man

[@Kholaslittlespot1]

What kind of stuff did you work on? Genuinely interested

[@overanged]

The solartron 1170 frequency analyser brought back memorys, used to use them to test frequency response of amplifiers etc and calibrate microphones and other transducers. That one may have an ieee488 port, it allows linking of test equipment and controlling them via an external computer.

[@88Spint]

"Thats glowing more then it should!" Cracked me up right there xD

[@malfattio2894]

I picked up an HP200lx DOS palmtop the other day and it's a really fun bit of old tech. You could probably use one as a MIDI controller or just make music with the PC speaker

[@1peanut]

Eddie VanHalen used a Veriac on his Marshall amps back in the late 70s and early 80s to dial in the voltage.

[@tuff_lover]

Hainbach: _why do I hear boss music?_

[@DanHillman]

Hah, one day Sam will be ready to take him on, one day...

[@Sick1982]

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[@tuff_lover]

@@Sick1982 you liked your own comment

[@ronaldlundbohm815]

Some of those freg generators may have a variable cap inside the vanes get dusty and cause a lot of scratchiness We used to clean them up with cardboard

[@anthonypurpera6517]

i'm glad he reached out, i was one of many urging him to do so!

[@HoneyMike]

Just subscribed from the Secret Santa videos, I've been binging them all day

[@Morantay]

Absolutely amazing!

[@Rivenworld]

You are one lucky dude to get your hands on gear like this, well done.

[@FSK1138]

sickest haul i have ever seen !!!! i look forward to your future videos ,, be sure to send some of this stuff to hainbach

[@spazimdam]

Cool. Some of that equipment sounds very electric and dangerous. Massive old test equipment should make some gnarly songs.

[@craigsimpson2121]

The connection on the back of the nixie multimeter looks like a bulgin three pin. In the 90s I tried to get some for an early 70s sound to light unit but was never able to source them and ended up changing them

[@marklimbrick]

If you use 40khz with ultrasonic piezo thing then amp up a matching piezo pickup. Movement creates heterodyne from reflected sound. Done loads of this at one time. Pages of a book sound like water.

[@MobCat_]

that moment when you come up with a rack size just because it worked better for you and now kosmo format is becoming a real thing supported by companys, i love it.

[@danielmendes5682]

wow this is so retrofuturistic

[@Rob_65]

That is an impressive set of test equipment. Almost a museum collection on it's own. Ah yes - a real curve tracer. Last time I used one was in 1984 or so 🤫

[@UlIxes1]

A high voltage generator can generate all kinds of sounds if you apply the output to hands and feet of a volounteer. "Volounteers needed for a special mission" used to say my Action Man in the 60s.

[@craigsg01]

Lol this guy is living out what my entire childhood was like :-) Keep up the great work!

[@the_washingmachine1295]

Wow, I'm kinda interested into seeing how these things would originally work, but I'm also somewhat afraid that he's gonna modify them before xD

[@excitedbox5705]

Those current and voltage analyzers are awesome. I actually need those but shipping to Germany would probably cost a bunch. I actually saw one of those Scopes (don't remember the model number) on eBay classifieds for over 500 ~ a year ago. It had multiple channel modules and since they go up to 500 Mhz they still sell for quite a bit of money. There are no modern options for less so if you need the higher bandwidth that is still a viable option

[@gabrieloalgo]

"Wayne Kerr & the Rehabs"

[@tekvax01]

(0:25) oooooooh....... paper tape reader! Nice haul dude!

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

annoyingly that was the only thing not included it has gone already :(

[@tekvax01]

@@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER booooooo..... :(

[@elektroarkivet]

What a harvest! :-) That huge Tektronix oscilloscope may be suitable for some serious circuit bending! I have a similar one, a 502A dual beam oscilloscope, and right now I'm working on a much smaller Tektronix 310A that I have turned into a three- or four oscillator drone machine/rythm generator. (and I've only got shocked once so far...) Using the sweep generator of an oscilloscope as a sawtooth audio oscillator is really cool! -The trigger circuit can make it follow the input frequency at a subharmonic in a quite musical way. I'm putting together a simple demo video right now... :-)

[@Ghozer]

Make the KV meter an 'ambient noise level' meter for the museum.. will be interesting to see it peak when people make different noises with all the different machines :D

[@rockradio928]

You could have some fun with the RF signal generators by setting two or more to the same frequency and getting an audio beat between them. They will drift about a bit, but could be interesting 😄

[@WaterWhiteTuber]

That wooden box with the blue unit and BNC connectors with gray knobs... reminds me of navy RF equipment. In a box like it's field portable. Maybe it's used for testing or maybe it's simply meant to be a portable transmitter. Like an old-schools seal-phone or something. But most of that looks like old-school RF equipment vs being digital. IE: Obsolete and possibly illegal to use.

[@brianclingenpeel5123]

like 60% of what he does is just violent knob turning lol. i love it

[@Rebar77_real]

You should see if Banggood will send you a 3D printer to Mr. Kerr over. You'd love it for weird plugs let alone the knobs and switches and cases you can make. Worth suggesting for your craftworx. Have a great one.

[@CausticCatastrophe]

Woo! more sample packs!

[@timbermicka]

Perfect for beefy bass in the style of Flat Beat or Dooms Night

[@TechneMoira]

I'm certainly interested in that transistor curve tracer and the Solartron 1170 Frequency Response tester :) Oh and by the way that Kilovolt DC powersupply too

[@timtrzepacz3452]

Oh hey, I have that same oscilloscope! Because it has tubes, it takes 20 minutes to warm up before you really get a picture...

[@mackie_p]

That microphone sounds amazing!!!!

[@A_S_M_R]

Love the sound of that Mic!

[@theorulez]

At *8:56** that sounds like some Phat bass that would do well in drum and bass track.* Heavy metal!

[@Bleats_Sinodai]

9:17 it could be a voltage regulator tube. Those are usually filled with either neon or argon gas, and don't have a filament. That one looks like a neon-filled type!

[@johnpossum556]

Mr Carlson's Lab has a video about a transistor curve tracer. I admire your chutzpah to go out and get this stuff as well as making an actual Museum. There is a Pavlok's radio museum near me and I donated 5 quarts of tubes to them, an oscillograph wobbulator my uncle gave me and a couple of other things. You might try using a frequency divider on the high frequency Marconi Oscillator to bring it into human range of hearing. For the multiple PSU stack you could put like a small piece of wood trim with some hidden RGB uplighting it and have them flash with the music. Or assign each color a frequency. I always love those old Tektronix Oscilloscopes because they were literally built for war. They've got silver contact rails and some were modular. Again, great content dude!

[@joelkulesha8284]

Send some of these to marco reps! He's super into repairing old high voltage anything!

[@LoveItDirtyOffroad]

Sample and model as much of that stuff as possible before it breaks and I’ll buy your end result software. Those are awesome sounds coming from that gear.

[@EdEditz]

@ 4:45 That's a type 585A Tektronics oscilloscope. I have a type 545. It's got 102 vacuum tubes in it. When I turn it on it will nicely warm a room in half an hour. =) That Wayne Kerr (LOL) resistor thing is like a potmeter right? You could use it for a filter cut off maybe.

[@Inkreptile]

Haha I was one of the folks who pointed Bayley to you glad you got it

[@davidjackson7675]

Dude!, That is a great find! :)

[@richardjellis9186]

Those cards are perfect for the museum.!😲!. Maybe you can make the ones you think are missing eh.!?!. LOVE THE VIDEOS🥰. KEEP 'em COMING🥰🥰. RICH 🥰🥰.