Teardown articles, videos, schematics, circuit analysis of all kinds of exotic and rare industrial equipment! Huge x-ray generators, multiply kVA UPS systems, laboratory equipment and vintage computer systems. 105 teardowns in total. The most recent teardown articles / videos are listed from the top and down.
The Teardown List
- 2024/09/13: APC Back-UPS Pro 1500 VA Teardown
- 2024/08/25: Teardown of a 3kVA APC Smart-UPS X SMX3000
- 2024/07/07: Teardown of a APC SmartUPS VT 40 kVA
- 2024/06/14: Fronius IG Plus 2LT-2: 6 kW Solar Inverter Teardown and Analysis
- 2024/06/02: APC Smart-UPS 1500VA Teardown
- 100 teardowns below this mark
- 2024/03/22: Smoke Screen Machine Protect 950 XP – Teardown of a Smoke Cannon!
- 2024/03/08: APC Smart UPS 450 VA, for Server 19″ Rack 1U, Teardown
- 2023/11/24: ABB DCS400 – 900A / 522kW DC Motor Drive Teardown
- 2023/11/12: Philips Medio 50 kW CP-H X-ray Control Desk Teardown
- 2023/11/03: Fujifilm PMT26A Photomultiplier Tube Reverse Engineering
- 2023/10/12: Brandenburg Alpha Series II 5 kV Power Supply
- 2023/10/07: X-ray Image Laser Scanner Reverse Engineering.
- 2023/09/24: Philips PCR Eleva S, X-ray Image Scanner Teardown
- 2023/08/13: Cisco Cable TV EGC GaN Segmentable Node A90201, RF Amplifier Teardown
- 2023/06/04: 10 kW Sirio 10000P Solar Inverter Teardown
- 2023/05/03: 50 kW Sedecal SHF-530 X-ray High Voltage Generator Inverter Teardown
- 2023/03/11: 10 kVA Eaton UPS Teardown – Model PowerWare 9355
- 2023/02/11: Fluke Helios Plus 2287A, 1500 I/O Frontend, Teardown and Test
- 2023/01/29: Showa SP-103 Standalone Xray Head Teardown
- 2023/01/13: 8 kW Induction Cooktop Teardown
- 2022/12/25: Migatronic FocusStick 161E Stick Welder Teardown
- 2022/11/06: Cisco Cable TV Optical Node and RF Amplifier Teardown
- 2022/10/19: TIG & Stick Welder, Migatronic Pilot 1800 Teardown
- 2022/09/25: Radiometer Copenhagen OSG 42b Oscilloscope Repair, From The 1950’ish
- 2022/08/25: Teardown of DLP Projectors With 15 Years Between Them
- 2022/04/24: Belkin Regulator PRO Silver 650VA UPS Teardown
- 2022/03/06: Hitachi L7450 HPLC Diode-Array-Detector Teardown
- 2022/02/21: Merlin Gerin Masterpact M16N1 Teardown
- 2022/02/12: Teardown of a Kappa CF15 CCD Camera From a Microscope
- 2022/02/01: Nokia Siemens 3G Flexi 2.1GHz to 2.4GHz 50W Amplifier Reverse Engineering (Part 3 of 3)
- 2022/01/11: Nokia Siemens 3G Flexi 2100MHz 50W Amplifier Circuit Analysis (Part 2 of 3)
- 2021/12/25: Victron Energie Atlas Combi 12V/800W Battery Charger/Inverter Teardown
- 2021/12/04: Nokia Siemens 3G Flexi 2100MHz 50W Amplifier Teardown (part 1 of 3)
- 2021/11/13: Cisco 9900 Series 50-1000MHz RF Signal Splitter Teardown
- 2021/10/09: Telemechanique Altivar 58, 10kW Motor Drive Teardown
- 2021/09/11: Tandberg TT1200 DVB MPEG-2 Decoder Teardown
- 2021/08/17: Teardown of Servomex CO2 Analyzer 1400 Series
- 2021/07/30: Teardown of Kathrein 1800/900 MHz Antenna For Mobile Phone Base Station
- 2021/06/10: Fujifilm FCR XG-1 X-ray Scanner, Photomultiplier Tube Reverse-engineering (Part 3 of 3)
- 2021/05/27: Fujifilm FCR XG-1 X-ray Laser Module Teardown (Part 2 of 3)
- 2021/05/18: Fujifilm FCR XG-1 X-ray Image Scanner Teardown (Part 1 of 3)
- 2021/05/10: HPLC Thermostatted Column Teardown – Dionix TCC-3000SD
- 2021/01/13: Vintage ASEA EG-1 630A / 440 kW Contactor Test and Teardown
- 2020/12/10: AGFA ADC 5155 Photo Multiplier Tube (Part 4 of 4)
- 2020/12/04: AGFA ADC 5155 Laser Module Teardown (Part 3 of 4)
- 2020/11/26: Agfa ADC 5155 Motorola 68K Computer Teardown (Part 2 of 4)
- 2020/11/18: AGFA ADC 5155 X-ray Scanner Teardown (Part 1 of 4)
- 2020/10/26: Agilent Markes UNITY Thermal Desorber Teardown – Gas Chromatography
- 2020/07/19: German Weather Balloon Teardown, Vaisala RS41-SGP Probe
- 2020/07/04: Dell PowerEdge M1000E Blade Server Teardown
- 2020/06/05: Nokia Siemens Flexi 3x70W FXEA 1800MHz Base Station Teardown: Power Amplifier (Part 1 of 2)
- 2020/05/08: Teardown of a 5 kVA / 4 kW Eaton EX5RT UPS System
- 2020/04/18: 3 kW Yaskawa Servo Motor Teardown – Isolation, Day 38
- 2020/04/16: 3-Phase IGBT Module Teardown – Fuji 7MBP50RA120 From 3 kW Omron Servo Drive – Isolation, Day 36
- 2020/04/14: Omron/Yaskawa 3 kW AC Servo Drive Teardown – Isolation, Day 34
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- 2020/01/29: APC RS-1000 UPS Teardown
- 2020/01/03: 10 kVA Kjellberg Plasma Cutter CUTi 31 Teardown
- 2019/12/16: Julabo ED Heating Immersion Circulator Test and Teardown
- 2019/12/08: Aethra CCD Webcam Teardown – From Back When Streaming Was Expensive!
- 2019/10/24: ABB TRIO 20 kW Solar Inverter – Unboxing and Teardown
- 2019/09/26: Nokia Siemens Flexi 3x90W FXEB 1800MHz base station teardown: Power amplifier (part 2 of 2)
- 2019/09/05: Nokia Siemens Flexi 3x90W FXEB 1800MHz base station teardown: Power amplifier (part 1 of 2)
- 2019/08/16: ESAB Power TIG 200 Welder Teardown
- 2019/08/05: IBM ThinkPad A20p, from 2000. Vintage Computer Teardown.
- 2019/07/27: Teardown of Danfoss VLT6000 4kW Variable Frequency Drive
- 2019/07/09: Siemens Polyphos 30, X-RAY Inverter and Control Panel Teardown (Part 3 of 3)
- 2019/06/30: Siemens Polyphos 30, X-RAY Collimator and Image Plate Teardown (Part 2 of 3)
- 2019/06/21: Siemens Polyphos 30, X-RAY 125kV head teardown (part 1 of 3)
- 2019/06/04: TIG welder teardown. ESAB TIG Caddy 1500i.
- 2019/03/31: Teardown of a GE LP-33 10kVA UPS system
- 2019/01/08: Huawei RRU3928 1800MHz radio base station circuit analysis (part 2 of 2)
- 2018/12/06: Huawei RRU3928 1800MHz radio base station teardown (part 1 of 2)
- 2018/11/22: Nokia Siemens Flexi BTS base station teardown: Circuit analysis (part 2 of 2)
- 2018/10/28: Nokia Siemens Flexi BTS base station teardown: Power amplifier (part 1 of 2)
- 2018/10/16: Eaton PowerWare 20 kVA UPS teardown
- 2018/10/01: GE AMX-II, mobile 110kV X-RAY system teardown
- 2018/09/24: Hameg 8122 Universal Counter – teardown, repair and test
- 2018/08/31: 15000$ (1990’s) Sony 3CCD Analogue color camera teardown
- 2018/08/09: Teardown of a Eaton PowerWare 60kVA UPS system
- 2018/07/09: Huawei RRU3908 base station circuit analysis (part 2 of 2)
- 2018/07/02: Huawei RRU3908 base station teardown (part 1 of 2)
- 2018/06/07: Ericsson RBS 2216 Auxiliary Power Units teardown
- 2018/03/23: Teardown of a Merlin Gerin Pulsar ESV 22+ UPS
- 2018/02/12: Taxi Radio Basestation teardown – UHF/VHF Storno radio
- 2017/12/18: Teardown of a medium voltage fuse (7200 V / 200 A)
- 2017/12/01: Taking a look at the Toshiba Toughbook CF-18 vintage computer
- 2017/11/05: Teardown of a IBM Blade server HS22V
- 2017/10/26: Ericsson Radio Base Station RBS3206 teardown
- 2017/07/02: Ericsson Radio Base Station RBS6000 teardown
- 2017/06/11: Ericsson Radio Base Station RBS3202 teardown
- 2017/05/11: Nokia Siemens Networks Flexi WCDMA teardown: integrated Doherty amplifier (part 5)
- 2017/05/01: Nokia Siemens Networks Flexi WCDMA teardown: Power amplifier (part 4)
- 2017/04/23: Kone elevator 45 kW motor drive teardown
- 2017/03/01: Teardown video of HP SureStore DLT 818 tape backup station
- 2017/01/09: Teardown video of Eaton PowerWare 30 kVA UPS
- 2016/12/18: Teleste AC2000, teardown of a 862 MHz cable TV amplifier
- 2016/11/13: Kone elevator control/power electronics panel teardown
- 2016/09/06: Astro HVO-Vario G 38, teardown of a 862 MHz cable TV amplifier
- 2016/08/11: Nokia Siemens Networks Flexi WCDMA teardown: Antenna (part 3 of 3)
- 2016/08/02: Nokia Siemens Networks Flexi WCDMA teardown: Power amplifier (part 2 of 3)
- 2016/07/10: Nokia Siemens Networks Flexi WCDMA teardown: System station (part 1 of 3)
- 2016/07/01: Ericsson RBS 2216 900 MHz base station teardown
- 2016/06/23: GSM 900 MHz power amplifier teardown
- 2016/03/28: Teardown – Eaton Powerware 30 kVA UPS
- 2016/03/03: Teardown – Schneider Electric frequency inverter ALTIVAR71
All these articles show how things are made, what is inside or how stuff is made.
Published December 24, 2016. Updated November 26, 2024.