Equipment Lists
Required equipment to become a C-CSC
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Appliances Test Equipment List
Required Equipment
- AC Ammeter/Clamp-on
- Charging Cylinders or Electronic Scale
- Conventional Hand Tools
- Crimping Tool
- Heat Gun or Hair Dryer
- Hex Nut Drivers – Std. And Metric Assortment
- Hex Wrenches – Std. And Metric Assortment
- Leak Detector, Bubble – For all gases including combustible
- Leak Detector, Electronic for CFC, HCFC, etc.
- Manifold gauges and hoses (2 sets)
- Multimeter analog or digital
- Process Tube Kit – Robinair or Equiv.
- Refrigerant Recovery Equip. – EPA approved and registered
- RF Leakage Detector – Government approved, annual certification
- Silver brazing torch and associated equipment
- Includes shields, flux, and protective equipment
- Soldering station or iron – flux
- Swaging tool – Flaring tool optional
- Thermocouple Temperature Tester (0 – 1000 degrees F)
- Thermometer -30 to 200 degree F. digital or merc./alcohol
- Vacuum pump – 2 cfm. 2 stage minimum
Tools & Supplies
- Air compressor or canned air
- Alcohol – cleaning chemicals
- Anti-static equipment
- Hand tools – torx wrenches
- Lubricants (Molytone & Hitazol grease)
- Power and battery drills
- Vise
Safety Items
- Back brace/lifting belt
- Ear protection (plugs, domes, muffs)
- Fire extinguisher
- First aid kit
- Gloves
- Safety glasses
Optional Equipment
- AC Leakage Tester
- Bearing Puller
- Capacitor Analyzer
- Compressor Direct
- Start Box or Equiv
- DC Power Supply
- Desolder Station
- Digital Volt/Ohm/mA Meter w/Diode and Cap Checker – IV dc to 1000V dc sensitivity ImV .5 & accuracy
- Infrared temperature tester
- Isolation Transformer – Volt amp rating must equal
amperage rating of the highest product worked on.
Volts X Amps = Voltamps. Used when repairing solid
state controls - Manometer
- Power Test Bowls
- Seal, bearing and special tools – As specified by
appliance manufacturer - Strip or chart recorder or equiv. – Temp on time base,
electrical optional - Thermistor vacuum gauge
- Tubing bender – Spring type or radius tool
- VARIAC – Isolation type, 0-140 V AC variable, with line
monitor
Water column vacuum gauge
Audio Video Test Equipment List
Required Equipment
- Audio Oscillator, range 10 HZ to 100kHZ, output 0-6
Volt AC, Distortion + Noise: Less than 0.005% - A/V Bench-Receiver
- Magnifier-microscope– minimum power 10x,
recommended power variable 5x to 30x plus
illumination - Cassette head demagnetizer
- Cassette test tapes
- Cassette torque meter
- CD test discs – for checking level, HF, LF and channel
separation (such as Philips 444 or Sony YEDS 7) - Color monitor or Monitor Receiver with composite, SVideo, component, DVI and HDMI inputs.
- Distortion Analyzer, THD
- Dual Trace Oscilloscope triggered with time delay, bandwidth: DC to 100 MHZ, vert. sensitivity: 2mV. with
curser readouts. - Dummy Load Speakers, 8 ohms, 250 W, non-inductive
(4 each) - DVD test disc – dual layered with video test signals such as 100% color bars, 5-step staircase &
modulation pulse and bar; and audio test signals for linear pcm (96/48 KHz), Dolby 5.1 and DTS check
levels, channel separation, S/N, deviation. Range, and
frequency response - Frequency Counter, sensitivity: 10 mV, Display: 10 digit, Range: 10 Hz to 2 GHz
- Stereo Generator, L and R channel separation: greater than 50 dB; Stereo distortion: less than .2%; 19 KHz
pilot: calibrated at 10% of total modulation; RF level attenuator: calibrated - Head band or bench light magnifier– minimum power
2x, recommended power 5x - Laser Power Meter, range: 14 mW minimum input for
full scale deflection/reading - Test speakers (minimum 2, 7 to 9 preferred)
- Variable DC power supply
- Variac
- VCR tension/special tools
- Volt-Ohm-Current Meter
- Wow-flutter meter
Tools & Supplies
- Air compressor or canned air
- Alcohol – cleaning chemicals
- Anti-static equipment
- Chiller chemical
- Hand tools – torx wrenches
- Lubricants (Molytone & Hitazol grease)
- Power and battery drills
- Soldering
Safety Items
- Ear protection (plugs, domes, muffs)
- Fire extinguisher
- First aid kit
- Gloves
- Safety glasses
Optional Equipment
- Color temperature meter
- Equivalent Series Resistance (ESR) meter – accuracy +-5%, capacitor range: 0.01 uF to 20 F
- Fixed auto test antenna
- Laptop computer with VGA monitor – Pentium or
better– USB, IEEE 1394 and additional COM port that is not used by mouse or other permanent equipment - Large format printer – to allow for printout of
schematics - Light Meter 0.1-19K lux – for checking the illumination of camera charts\
- ROM/EEPROM writer – for firmware upgrades
- Telephone crimpers –CAT5 tools
- Telephone line analyzer
- Vectorscope – NTSC Component or SDI
- Wall fish – cabling installation tools
Biomedical Test Equipment List
Required Equipment
- AC Ammeter/Clamp-on
- Calibrated Weights
- Computerized Maintence Management System
- Conventional Hand Tools
- Crimping Tool
- Defibrillator Analyzer
- Electrical Safety Analyzer
- Electrosurgical Analyzer
- Heat Gun or Hair Dryer
- Hex Nut Drivers – Std. And Metric Assortment
- Hex Wrenches – Std. And Metric Assortment
- Infusion Device Analyzer
- Multimeter analog or digital
- NIBP Simulator
- Oscilloscope or Scopemeter
- Patient Simulator
- Soldering station or iron – flux
- SpO2 Simulator
- Tachometer
- Thermometer
Tools & Supplies
- Air compressor or canned air
- Alcohol – cleaning chemicals
- Anti-static equipment
- Hand tools – torx wrenches
- Lubricants (Molytone & Hitazol grease)
- Power and battery drills
- Portable Handheld Vacuum
- Vise
Safety Items
- Back brace/lifting belt
- Ear protection (plugs, domes, muffs)
- Fire extinguisher
- First aid kit
- Gloves
- Safety glasses
Optional Equipment
- Anesthetic Gas Indicator
- Capacitor Analyzer
- Cardiac Output Meter
- Compressor Direct Start Box or Equiv
- DC Power Supply
- Desolder Station
- Digital Volt/Ohm/mA Meter w/Diode and Cap Checker – IV dc to 1000V dc sensitivity ImV .5 & accuracy
- Digital mAs Meters
- Dosimeter
- EEG Simulator
- Fetal Simulator
- Gas Flow Meter
- Incubator Analyzer
- Isolation Transformer – Volt amp rating must equal amperage rating of the highest product worked on. Volts X Amps = Voltamps. Used when repairing solid state controls
- kVp Meter
- Laser Meter
- Leak Detector, Bubble – For all gases including
combustible - Leak Detector, Electronic for CFC, HCFC, etc.
- Light Meter
- LIM/GFI Tester
- Manufacturer Specific Test Devices
- Pacemaker Analyzer
- Pressure/Vacuum Meter
- Sound Level (Db) Meter
- Strip or chart recorder or equiv. – Temp on time base, electrical optional
- Thermistor vacuum gauge
- Tubing bender – Spring type or radius tool
- Ultrasound Phantom
- Ultrasound Power Meter
- VARIAC – Isolation type, 0-140 V AC variable, with line
monitor - Ventilator Tester
- Water column vacuum gauge
Computer Technicians Test Equipment List
Required Equipment
- Anti static wristbands with cords and clips/plugs.
- Anti-static bags (for storage of components)
- Anti-Static Mat &/or Bench Floor Pad – W/Wrist or leg strap
- Boot CD’s/DVD’s of various operating systems
- CD Rom Test Disk and Lens Cleaning Kit
- Cleaning Solvents – glass cleaner, alcohol, plastic cleaner, canned air
- Conventional hand tools
- Digital Volt/Ohm/mA Meter w/Diode and Cap Checker – I V DC to 1000 V DC range; sensitivity: I mV to .5V
- DVD Test Disk
- Hex Nut Drivers and wrenches – std. and metric assortment, common hand tools
- Crimper
- Network cables tester
- IDE/SATA ribbon cables
- IC Extraction tool – For extracting ICs from sockets
- Laser Power Meter – 0-3 milliwatts, + 5% full scale
- Thermal interface (compound or pad) for transferring heat from the processor to its heat sink. (Use thermal interface designated for the specific processor).
- Needle nose pliers
- Substitute Parts to be used when troubleshooting
- Operating system reference manuals
- PC Computer – Pentium or better w/SVGA
Monitor/SCSI adapter - Pin Extraction tool – For removing and inserting pins
into wire connectors - Surge Protector – (such as Panamax IEFI)
- Screwdrivers appropriate for equipment serviced
- Test Discs and Windows based test programs
- Antivirus/Spyware software.
- 3 ½ to 2 ½ Drive adapter.
- PCS phone w/Internet to download drivers as
needed. - Imaging software.
- Wide Band Connectors.
- Power Supply Checker
- Class C Fire Extinguisher.
Consumer Electronics Test Equipment List
Required Equipment
- AC Leakage Tester
- Anode Cap remover, 500uA capability
- Anti-Static mat and/or bench floor pad, W/Wrist or leg
strap - Audio Oscillator
- Color Monitor or Monitor Receiver w/RF tuner
- DC power supply; 0-18V DC, 20AMP & 0-50V DC, 3AMP
- Degaussing Coil
- Desolder Station, grounded metal tip and hot air; Solder
Station (ESD), temp-controlled, grounded tip; temp range: 400 F800 F and hot air type - Digital Volt/Ohm/mA meter w/Diode and Cap Checker, .IV DC to 1000V DC; sensitivity I mV, .5% accuracy
- Dual Trace Oscilloscope, triggered with time delay;
Bandwidth: DC – 100 MHz; sens.: 2mV/cM - Hex nut drivers, std. and metric assortment; hex wrenches, std. and metric assortment
- Hi-Fi Stereo Amplifier, 25 W w/AC3 Dolby Digital Decoder;
DTS/Digital Dolby receiver - High Voltage probe
- Isolation Transformer, Volt amp rating must equal or exceed highest power rating of products serviced
- Klein gauge; microscope (for viewing CRT convergence)
- NTSC Pattern Generator, I V pp; Color Bar with 75%
saturation, 100% white bar, RGB composite out – capable of
supplying a composite signal or a composite signal source - PC computer, Pentium or better w/SVGA monitor/SCSI
adaptor - Test Speakers, 0-100W
- VARIAC, isolation type; 0-140 V AC; >=7.5 Amps with line monitor
Tools & Supplies
- Conventional Hand Tools
- Teresso Oil
- Tension Gauge
- Torx Drivers
- Compass (Used on large Kinescopes)
Optional Equipment
- AC Analog Volt/Ohm Meter
- ATSC/HDTV Pattern Generator – 1H,2H &2.4H capable
with standard YprPb component signal output & SMPTE
color pattern or 1H/2H DVD with equivalent test disc. - Distortion Analyzer
- Filters, Cloudy fine, fluorescent, red blue, hoya 0.1 and 1.0
- Hitazol Grease
- IEEE1394 Cable and interface card
- Inclinometer
- Light Box with slides or Halogen Quartz Light, 3200 Degrees K
- Light Meter, 1,000 lux
- Light Test Charts, NTSC color II step logarithmic gray
scale, back and auto focus, resolution and registration - Logic Probe
- Molytone Grease
- NTSC Vectorscope. Some LCD projectors include cameras
- Pal/Secam Pattern generator, 1 V V pp; Color Bar with
75% saturation, 100% white bar, RGB composite out - PC pattern generator, CGA, EGA, MDA, VGA, SVGA and XGA
- Spectrum analyzer, I MHz to I GHz
- Surge Protector
- Video Monitor with composite inputs
- Wow and Flutter Meter, Standards: JIS (Japan), NAB
(US)< CCIR, DIN, WOW/flutter measurement .003-3% - Y/C RBG, Computer pattern generator
- Satellite system complete, Including dish, feed-horn, LNB(F), actuator (if C/Ku serviced), IRD receiver
Mobile – 12 Volt Test Equipment List
Required Equipment
- Audio generator
- Audio power meter
- Cassette head demagnetizer
- Cassette test tape
- Cassette torque meter
- CD test discs – lens cleaning kit
- Fixed auto test antenna
- FM Stereo generator
- Oscilloscope
- RF AM/FM Signal Generator
- Speaker dummy loads
- Speaker phase tester
- Test AM-FM radio
- Test speakers
- Variable power supply
- Volt-Ohm-Current Meter
- Wow-flutter meter
Tools & Supplies
- Air compressor or canned air
- Alcohol – cleaning chemicals
- Anti-static mat-pad-straps
- Chiller chemical
- Hand tools – torx wrenches
- Power and battery drills
- Soldering station or iron – flux
- Special automotive tools
- Vise
- Work bench
Safety Items
- Ear protection (plugs or domes)
- Fire extinguisher
- First Aid Kit
- Gloves
- Safety Glasses
RF Communications Test Equipment List
Required Equipment
- Analog VOM
- Anti-static bench-floor mat – wrist strap
- Audio transmission test set – (servicing Simulcast system)
- Battery analyzer – (NiCd/NiMH/Li ion/etc.)
- Cleaning solvents (alcohol, air, plastic cleaner)
- Communications Service Monitor (or equivalent) – (monitor, generator, analyzer, meter, counter, o‘scope instrumentation)
- Computer – Laptop (for outside work)
- Computer – Shop PC Tower (for Service Center network, records, downloads, etc.)
- Digital DMM
- Dual trace Oscilloscope – (triggered-time delay)
- Dummy loads – (Tx 100W, 50 ohms; min. 250W for base station servicing)
- Ethernet Microscanner Time Domain Reflectometer (TDR)
- Frequency Domain Reflectometer (FDR) – (Bird/Anritsu/Tektronix/Viavi-JDSU/Copper Mountain Technologies/AEA Tech. or similar)
- IC extraction tool
- Isolation transformer
- Power Meter *
- RS232 Breakout Box – (for DB9 / DB25 connectors)
- Service personnel hand tools – (handheld drivers, wrenches and powered, including battery charges)
- Signal Tracer
- Software as required by product maker – (SDRs)
- Soldering/Desoldering station – (includes gun 100W or greater)
- Test antenna(s) – (appropriate for products serviced) **
- Test cables, adapters, connectors ***
- Test radios for systems maintained – (as applicable, especially any trunking systems or passport) ***
- Watt meter – (in-line with N & UHF adapters) ****
* needed for digital power readings, includes appropriate elements for the band
** magnetic mount base and test antennas for VHF, UHF, 700 MHz, 800-900 MHz
*** These include N, UHF, mini UHF, BNC, TNC, SMA,ISO-T and special connectors for interfacing and servicing of mobile and portable radios such as Motorola, GE / Ericson / Maxon / Bendix King, Vertex, Kenwood, Midland, and others
**** needs elements for Low VHF, High VHF, UHF frequencies (Bird, Coaxial Dynamics, Telewave, etc.)