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Bad oscilloscope probe does not measure DC

Electrical Engineering Asked by Francis Poirier on February 14, 2021

I seem to have messed up my oscilloscope probe during PCB testing. Too high a voltage was applied and there was arcing between the probe and a pin on the PCB. The probe can still read square waves very well (using the compensation terminals on the oscilloscope and a 115V square wave on the PCB.) The problem arises when i try to read a DC voltage.

When trying to measure the switching on of a 115VDC output, I get a signal that rises up to 115V, then slowly comes back down to 0. (The DC source keeps on outputting 115V,1A so the output is definitely active).
115VDC switch on waveform

Also, when measuring a 12VDC supply, i get the following sinusoidal waveform.enter image description here

I have opened up the probe and the resistors and capacitors seem fine (no broken chips and no heat traces). I am looking to understand what is happening with the probe and repair it if possible.

The probe model is the RP3500A passive probe from RIGOL.

PS: I have measured the previous waveforms with another probe using the same oscilloscope channel and i get a clean switching on of 115VDC and a constant 12VDC.

Thank you!

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