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In the 1970s, Tek produced their own '''miniature relays''' in-house that were used in some [[7000-series plug-ins]] such as the [[7A11]], [[7A12]], [[7A13]], [[7A14]], and other equipment. These relays have a tendency to fail and have become very rare. | In the 1970s, Tek produced their own '''miniature relays''' in-house that were used in some [[7000-series plug-ins]] such as the [[7A11]], [[7A12]], [[7A13]], [[7A14]], and other equipment. These relays have a tendency to fail and working ones have become very rare. Some of these relays have symmetrical socket layouts so that they can be installed in both possible 180° rotated positions. | ||
Interestingly, Tek | Interestingly, Tek appears to have manufactured replacements based on commercial relays in TO-5 metal can cases soldered to small carrier boards with pins matching the Tek sockets. | ||
Possible repair strategies include "micro-surgery" (Ref.1) or installing modern miniature gold-contact relays on top of the cut-off base. | |||
Relays of the 148-0034-00 family have contacts with 100mil (2.54mm) pitch; the housings are 16.0 x 8.3 x 15 mm (width x depths x height). | |||
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