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Fluke 287 Repair – My Arse
Fluke 287 Repair – My Arse
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The repair curse strikes again with a Fluke 287 Multimeter.
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From a sign at Wierd Stuff Warehouse. "Guaranteed not to work. If it works, bring it back and we will break it for free"
Multimeter got sacred of Dave and fixed itself.
I found out how to buy a faulty meter …. just buy one that says "Worked fine last time I testet" or "Untestet as I do not know how it works".
Those come most of the time from people who try to measure current in the outlet from live to nutral and dont have a spare fuse roll some aluminium foil around the broken fuse and try again.
Merry Christmas
Nice metre, you have done well
Yep, it’s usually a problem finding affordable faulty test gear…….Guess I’m kinda very lucky to have stumbled on a very local source, 15miles away!
I was expecting the board to missing
Nice, I have always more broken stuff if I find gear to repair 😊
"Not tested" = guaranteed to be cobbled together from absolutely broken parts.
Malfunction? It was just a Fluke! Teardown, please.
Now I can see all those people on eBay fighting for damaged meters…
That is a $700 meter
So that's the fluke the LPL warned us about… and now we know.
I think the malfunction here was the seller and/or previous owner.
What a clickbait title, didn't even show the repair😋
Looks like a very nice meter and in very good condition.
Interesting design on the battery compartment and i am wondering if they also make a battery pack for it.
Hey someone notify LPL we have an actual "Fluke".
The Fluke 287 and 289 have issues with the memory back-up device. Cannot remember if it is a battery or a super cap
I used to have my lab and office in a building a few blocks north of these guys.
I have never heard of someone having bad luck getting something that dose not work.
Most people have exact opposite problem.
Bloody Australia has to turn even that on its head .)
Breaking news: everything works fine!
Hey, if the video gives me a chuckle, it's still worth it. 8)
I've a horrible feeling that many meters get shelved because someone blew a fuse and they think it's faulty.
I have a 287 which works perfectly, but if you leave the batteries in it overnight, they'll be dead even if the selector is off. It's been this way for about 15 years. I sent it to Fluke for repairs but they didn't fix it. – they did cancel the repair charges after I advised them. I just live with it – wouldn't leave the batteries in it anyway for more than a few days even if they didn't go dead.
it could be as simple as a dead pixel
Murphy's still on Christmas leave 😄 Uncle Bob is making it work…
I was at my local Tip Shop, they let me rat around in the staff/behind-the-counter area where they PAT test stuff. I found a Fluke 112 on the floor…I asked if anyone had dropped their meter…but those PAT “test” people would have no clue with such an instrument…I was informed that it was faulty and destined for the E-Waste bin outside, so I asked if I cipould take it and attempt to fix it. They told me that they “had tried” but to no avail and gave it to me for nix!
I took it home and at power up….NOTHING…just how I like ‘em. Started following the leads and tracks from the battery with my Tenma meter on continuity test…came to a point on the main B+ rail where it dived through the board at a via, it was O/C at the via, so I pressed down really hard with the tip of the Tenma’s probe, just in case it was a conformal coating I had to get through and I CAME TO LIFE! It was open where the through-hole-plating met the pad and pushing down hard with the Tenma’s probe closed it.
Still got it five years on, it still works on the original batteries. Has some electrical apprentice’s name engraved into the back of it. You’d tend to think thst anyone compitent enough to own a multimeter would be compitent enough to attermt to trace an easy fault such as this, and PAT testers wouldn’t even TRY to teace even the most basic of faults!
I think a lot of times they just sell this stuff off as faulty to clear it out so no one in management or accounting can quibble about it, and it gets cleared off inventory so they can acquire new gear.
Caveat Emptor
Finally!!!! EEvlog videowwwww.
Happy Holidays ❤ from PH
I think you're the only person I've ever heard complain about getting something that isn't broken on eBay….
would give me right arm for that meter dave …
I fixed one last year for my brother, it has a burnt mosfet and ir sensor for the voltage leads. Can you test yours for bad solder joint or over current.
Ebay's rules for what you can list as 'used' have changed. Unless it works exactly as it did when it was new, the buyer now has come-back if you sell it as used.
Return it
LOL, I'd be happy to procure broken equipment for you! My reputation is that everything I touch breaks, so I was always the guy who tested new things, if it worked for me, it will work for everyone.
Hopefully there isn't some poor sap who ordered a "Like New" meter only to end up with one that is genuinely malfunctioning!
It’s not broken but you don’t hear me not complaining! (Paraphrasing Bender from Futurama)
Doesn't the 121GW have a recording device?
Can't lose for winning….
You should return it as “functioning”.
Funny but not funny…. if I'd have gotten it, would have looked like it got hit by Thor.
I've been buying broken multimeters to fix them as well, inspired by this channel, and I've found the exact same thing. It's either a dead main chip or it's something very stupid like the battery contacts are dirty. You wouldn't believe how little effort people put into fixing these things before they sell them as broken. I've been buying dead Fluke 89-IV meters trying to get a case for one I have that works with no shell and every dead one I've bought has been trivially fixable.
I just wish I could find stuff to repair at a decent price, things are ridiculously priced these days, even as parts units !
Always great to see you do a moldy meder video
supercapacitor