Fluke 196C Smashed Screens ?

[Johnny10]

Searching on eBay for Fluke 199C or 196C for parts/repair,  I see many units with displays that look like they were smashed with hammer.

Is there a reason for this?

Something like cutting off the electrical cord of faulty device?

Also, are displays available for these units?

Thanks

[joeqsmith]

Fluke ScopeMeter® 190 series high performance digital oscilloscopes are rugged, compact, battery powered & they troubleshoot demanding industrial applications.

Maybe just not as rugged as the Marketing group made them out to be? 

[Assafl]

Maybe they were hit with a hamster?

[Rerouter]

I would take a guess that it really isnt robust, the screen is directly exposed without anything to prevent a direct impact when mr tradie throws it in the tool bag.

[carl_lab]

...I see many units with displays that look like they were smashed with hammer.
Is there a reason for this? Something like cutting off the electrical cord of faulty device?

Scrapping method to spoil dumpster diver's party...
Some company policies are forcing such rude methods.

[Dachpappe]

Scrapping method to spoil dumpster diver's party...
Some company policies are forcing such rude methods.

That's just cruel and should be forbidden.

[carl_lab]

That's just cruel and should be forbidden.

Exactly!

[wraper]

...I see many units with displays that look like they were smashed with hammer.
Is there a reason for this? Something like cutting off the electrical cord of faulty device?

Scrapping method to spoil dumpster diver's party...
Some company policies are forcing such rude methods.

At my previous work there was implemented such policy, after Nokia f..d our company in the ass when scrapped phone was repaired under warranty again, LOL.

[Jay_Diddy_B]

Searching on eBay for Fluke 199C or 196C for parts/repair,  I see many units with displays that look like they were smashed with hammer.

Is there a reason for this?

Something like cutting off the electrical cord of faulty device?

Also, are displays available for these units?

Thanks

There are a couple of video on YouTube that show teardown and repair of the Fluke scopemeters.

The first one:



This is a color scopemeter.

The second one by Dave has a monochrome display:



Looking at these teardown videos you can get a good idea on what parts were hit when the unit was smacked with a hammer.

The color display is probably khs057qv1cr-g01. This is the part number of the display found in the R&S FSH3 Spectrum analyzer.

The problem is that the datasheet for khs057qv1cr-g01 shows a 16 pin connector, but I believe the scopemeter has 22 pin connector.

The Service Manual, with schematics can be found here:

https://elektrotanya.com/fluke_192b_196b-c_199b-c_scopemeter.pdf/download.html

I have attached the datasheet for the khs057qv1cr-g01 LCD Module, but it doesn't match the schematic in the scopemeter manual.

I think that these eBay would be a very tough to fix.

Regards,

Jay_Diddy_B