Hi Tony, great video and amazing effort to get it fixed!! I enjoyed watching the video and indeed nice to have a video in RUclips with the calibration procedure depicted. Thanks again for all your effort and interest!
It's a common issue at the older Fluke Multimeter to fail on the connector for banana jack. those two soldering tabs are beaking exact at the conenction to the PCB, you have to unsolder them, dig a bit into the plastic, and solder thicked cooper wire to redo the conenction. Fixed like this a few 87-3 series.
The positive jack has a switch inside that warns of a incorrect lead placement. These can wear with use. You could try contact cleaner inside the jack. try continuity between the two contacts of the positive terminal.
The banana sockets are known to wear out on this range of meters giving you intermittent contacts. I have had the same issue on 2 of mine. Replacement connectors are available from the US but not cheap but worth spending the money.
I feel sorry for this meter. The 18x series is (was) really nice. Of the dozens of meters I have I mainly use my 189. Only thing I had to fix on that meter is replacing the SuperCap since they are known to start leaking.
That was a real good effort. If only you knew what trace was bad, I suspect you could drill the circuit board at the trace break and make a trace connection somehow on the outside of the circuit board. I suspct ther is a microscopic break there. these fluke meters are really goo pices of equipment to have. It is sad that it got damagd. It must have been a hard smack to damage it as it is well constructed.. Thanks for sharing.
With an ESP8266 (ESP01 or ESP01S) and a pair of RX/TX IR diodes you can make this meter even better with a website display on your phone or PC via WiFi.
Hello tony: in this video the subtitles are not in English, youtube tells me that they are in flamenco and the translation produces incongruity and it does not make sense, I do not know what will be due, but I would like to comment some things after seeing the video correctly, thank you.
Hi Tony, great video and amazing effort to get it fixed!!
I enjoyed watching the video and indeed nice to have a video in RUclips with the calibration procedure depicted. Thanks again for all your effort and interest!
Thanks Darko! and welcome, will try one little thing more before i send it back.
It's a common issue at the older Fluke Multimeter to fail on the connector for banana jack. those two soldering tabs are beaking exact at the conenction to the PCB, you have to unsolder them, dig a bit into the plastic, and solder thicked cooper wire to redo the conenction. Fixed like this a few 87-3 series.
Thanks!
The input jack assembly was a weak point on these, but is still available as a repair part. Battery contact kits are also available.
Thanks Mark!.
The positive jack has a switch inside that warns of a incorrect lead placement. These can wear with use. You could try contact cleaner inside the jack. try continuity between the two contacts of the positive terminal.
Thanks Simon, i will have a look!
The banana sockets are known to wear out on this range of meters giving you intermittent contacts. I have had the same issue on 2 of mine. Replacement connectors are available from the US but not cheap but worth spending the money.
Thanks Karl, that indeed an option, although i doubt the pcb also
Great video.....as to be expected! Do you fancy looking at a Black Star 4503?🤔
Hi Sean, i quickly had a look, never seen them before. they do llok a bit like their frequency counters.
I feel sorry for this meter. The 18x series is (was) really nice. Of the dozens of meters I have I mainly use my 189.
Only thing I had to fix on that meter is replacing the SuperCap since they are known to start leaking.
Yes looks very nicely build and a lot of digits.
Just remove the SuperCap.
Well done video and troubleshooting, thanks
thank you!
That was a real good effort. If only you knew what trace was bad, I suspect you could drill the circuit board at the trace break and make a trace connection somehow on the outside of the circuit board. I suspct ther is a microscopic break there. these fluke meters are really goo pices of equipment to have. It is sad that it got damagd. It must have been a hard smack to damage it as it is well constructed.. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Andy! Yes a pity indeed. something broke the support on the inside also, so a big smack could well be the case.
Hi Tony. Thanks a lot for the video! Can you share the cal procedure?
Hi, Sure, i left a download link for you in the desciption
@@TonyAlbus Thank you, you r very helpfull.
you gave it your best
Thanks!
That’s unlucky. I was just saying to Defpom that I always buy fluke meters and never had an issue and found they keep excellent calibration
Yes build like a rock, some good quality, prob abused.
Lol
With an ESP8266 (ESP01 or ESP01S) and a pair of RX/TX IR diodes you can make this meter even better with a website display on your phone or PC via WiFi.
Nice idea.
Do the fluke use split banana jacks, so it uses both connections on each Jack? (Like a four wire setup)
Hi Scott, did not notice that, but a good point you have there
Can you redo this video and show the calibration process? Thank you.
The procedure is in the video description as a download.
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Thanks!
Hello tony: in this video the subtitles are not in English, youtube tells me that they are in flamenco and the translation produces incongruity and it does not make sense, I do not know what will be due, but I would like to comment some things after seeing the video correctly, thank you.
Hallo Manuel, Thank you, all comments are welcome.
Essas baterias do IKA não prestam rebentam muito, mais vale por recarregável
Yes IKEA not nessesary the best battery...
looks like someone used the meter as a "Fluke-Ball" 🙄 instead of a precision testing tool. 🤖 GORT "Klaatu Berada Nicto" thanks a lot, great video. 👍👍👍
Thank you!, Yes not good for playing football :)
Man, these connectors are very annoying.
Hi John, yes agree.
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Thank you!