Fluke Meters [RE-wrenches]

[Michael Welch, Home Power]

Kurt Nelson, SunWise wrote at 08:35 PM 11/15/2000 -0800:
   
>Not really, but sorta.... Some of my 87's LCD display has also dimmed
>and is hard to read in different light conditions.  My meter is at least
>six years old, maybe closer to ten.  The display has actually been bad
>for years, but I can't part with it long enough to send it in for
>repairs!  I'm thinking of a back up field meter and am tempted to try
>out Radio Shack's $49 meter (on sale) complete with computer port,
>cables and software.  Maybe then I'd feel okay about sending in the
>Fluke.

Well, I too have a Fluke 87 story -- bad display after 5 years and free fix up (what's up with this bad display thing, sure seems to be a prevalent problem) -- but that's not why I'm writing.

That Radio Shack DMM with the data port works good (see HP 79 pg 16) but keep in mind that it does not do true RMS. They did have another meter, though, that did not seem as durable and has no data port but is true RMS and ballpark the same price.
   
Michael Welch
   
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