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Never. Test Equipment goes to the Cal lab on a periodic basis. They keep the gear working. Test cables, probes, etc. are user replaced and don't cost much.

I have seen o'scopes and signal generators working well 40+ years old.




It's not that bad, our torque tools and stuff are calibrated regularly, but it's mostly test cables that are used until they break.




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