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Re: Fluke Meters

September 27, 2010, 04:03:12 pm

Wyatt,
Glad to see the name "Fluke" show up, I have 5 or 6 of them.  When you need to know the actual and correct info, you get the 87 series out.
In my generator and controls business, frequently you need the Fluke 87.  Not for everything, just when you need real close/accurate info.
 Cheers
Dave

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Re: Re: Fluke Meters

Reply #1 – September 27, 2010, 09:39:38 pm

Dave,
Simpson 260 Series, Still the only analog when you need the analog model, My OLD 260 has not been used in years.
And yes, some of the newer low level VOM's do not have the good info or features needed. 
As we are getting more into the digital world, one of the 87 features is the % range as used on the governor circuits.
Prefer the old days when the 260 did all you needed.
I no longer play with the Radio Shack toys, they do fine but are toooo slow and do not last in a industrial world. 
Guess why I carry a new spare 87 still in the box, would hate to be on a job and have the meter go goofy, like using belt and suspenders I guess.
Also, I sometimes need to know a voltage to the 3rd digit, ie 26.468 VDC, the 260 wont do in the digital game.
Nuff said
Dave

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Reply #2 – September 28, 2010, 10:50:51 pm

Two comments about meters.  First, even Flukes can get out of calibration, and second, I grew up using a Triplett 630NA for diode checks and still prefer it to a DVM.  BTW, I was a calibration tech at TI and went to the early Fluke school (8000 series) where I learned about the recirculating remainder.

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Reply #3 – September 28, 2010, 11:01:05 pm

The depth of this group never ceases to amaze me... EMCM(SW) (nuke) ret. - specialty power generation (450V/4160V, 15Hz-400Hz) Current Heath Level 7 interface integration engineer - I traded my Fluke for a subnet mask...

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Reply #4 – September 29, 2010, 08:00:51 am

We need another pole.  How many understand what this tread is about?  I got lost at "fluke"  LOL

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Re: Fluke Meters

Reply #5 – September 29, 2010, 08:56:54 am

http://www.fluke.com/fluke/usen/products/categorydmm

Brett Wolfe

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Reply #6 – September 29, 2010, 08:57:27 am

Geez!! Back when I was an Intercept receiver systems repairman in the old Army security agency, the R390A AM radio had TUBES! To save my life, I can't remember the nomenclature of the old volt-ohm meter we used. Just remember it was built like a tank.

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Reply #7 – September 29, 2010, 10:52:43 am

I thought I had learned a huge amount of information the last few years with this old 93 Foretravel.
Seems I've only just begun....

Thanks Brett and all....am sure will have a ton of questions...

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Re: Fluke Meters

Reply #8 – September 29, 2010, 05:23:18 pm

No Fluke meters with me, but I still carry a Tektronics 485 scope in case I need to really repair a board.  Haven't used it in a couple of years, but it's a good conversation piece.

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Reply #9 – September 29, 2010, 09:30:35 pm

I stopped repairing computers to the component level when they lost their front panels and the ability to single step though an instruction cycle.  HP logic probes were great!  Prior to working on computers I worked on test equipment and one of the things I got to do was wash the old tube-based Tektronix O'scopes (555 is one that comes to mind).

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