Re: Fluke 87 going south?!
If misbehaving means the battery is dead, then I suggest you use your 87V to measure the current drain when the 87 when it is off.
I'll post pictures later, but this is an easy test to do to see if your Fluke 87 is consuming battery when it is supposed to be off.
I used my Fluke 27 to measure the current consumption of my Fluke 83III. For most ranges, the Fluke 83III consumed roughly 0.840 ma. With the backlight on, it jumped to 25ma. When turned completely off, the Fluke 83III consumed 0.0ma (as expected).
I have now purchased several used Flukes from various parts of the world in various conditions. All of them are within 1 millivolt of each other when measuring DC voltage. I have also purchased non Flukes and all 4 of them were well off (one was 1% off) wrt to DC voltage.
Originally posted by Aikiotto
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I'll post pictures later, but this is an easy test to do to see if your Fluke 87 is consuming battery when it is supposed to be off.
I used my Fluke 27 to measure the current consumption of my Fluke 83III. For most ranges, the Fluke 83III consumed roughly 0.840 ma. With the backlight on, it jumped to 25ma. When turned completely off, the Fluke 83III consumed 0.0ma (as expected).
Once the new baby arrives i hope you guys can help me check its calibration , an issue retiredcaps just got me thinking about lol.
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