MENU

Fun & Interesting

Tektronix 2235 Oscilloscope Restoration

NFM 23,553 7 years ago
Video Not Working? Fix It Now

In this video, I restore a Tektronix 2235 analogue oscilloscope. Below is all the details of the obscure parts I used: Schematics and documents: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1L2ptk_0OeEywzHXIV2jmTQYrtf5IzgIH Digikey Parts List: https://www.digikey.com/short/zf0m5b TekWiki link: http://w140.com/tekwiki/wiki/2235 Details on parts substitutions: - Full capacitor replacement. Swapped like for like, except. - Two tantalums on the attenuator board were upgraded to 50V. - PSU output caps were upgraded to 1000uF. - The large silver 450V 75uF cap was upgraded to 120uF. - Replaced Rifa mains caps with new x/y class caps. - Installed 60mm fan, swapped the 20ohm resistor to 10ohm to increase fan speed slightly. - Replaced R888 - R892, R894 with new Metal film Vishay HVR series 1/2W 510Kohm. - Performed Service update 050-2242-03 with the following details: - 119-3511-00 Diode-Resistor network built from an 1N4148 and 10ohm 1/4w resistor in series, cathode of diode away from resistor. - 151-0565-00 substituted with S4010LS2TP (original part in my scope was a C106B2). - 151-0852-00 substituted with TIP41C (original part in my scope was 476-02). - 151-1245-00 substituted with IRFBC40LCPBF (original part in my scope was an IRF710 by International Rectifier). - 307-0456-00 substituted with V250LA20AP (original part in my scope was V250LA15A)

Comment