Fluke 8200A read problem.

[neo]

I've done some thinking, no need to run to the bomb shelters they are innocuous thoughts, only one switch is permanently knackered so if i could just get some one with better fine motor control to reassemble them i would be golden.

[bitseeker]

That sounds good. They don't even have to know any electronics. A neighbor, perhaps?

[neo]

That sounds good. They don't even have to know any electronics. A neighbor, perhaps?

I live in the middle of nowhere, as such i have two neighbors. One is an old man whose hands shake worse than mine and the other....... lets just say we have a long history and a feud. Any other neighbors are what you would call hillbillies and they won't talk to me because i am still an outsider after 3 years here 

[Cubdriver]

Any possibility of finding the missing contact?

If you want, I'd be willing to take a crack at reassembling it if you send the interconnect/display assembly to me.  It's small enough that it shouldn't be too much to ship.  If you're not in a mad rush to get it up and running again, I'd say let's wait for a bit and see if something that contacts or switches could be pilfered from turns up.  I might be headed out west again in time for the TRW swap meet, and could look there to see if anything useful turns up...

-Pat

[neo]

Its not just a missing contact, two are bent one is missing as is the spring. I know i screwed up on one. I could ship it to you, so long as i know you are expecting it, i assume this forum will serve as record of it if i did that.

With the remaining bits and bobs from the switches i had an old test tube vial which i filled with isopropyl and put them in that, also side their springs. All the other bits are also in little vials, though none in isopropyl, and all the vials i put in a ziploc bag. Best way i could think of to keep track of all of it, screws included, without completely reassembling the thing.

Also of note the M switch would have to desoldered to be taken apart due to a standoff on the board. Desoldering the switches entirely MIGHT be required to get them back together correctly.

No mad rush but this is, for lack of better term, one of my dream multimeters so i just want it to work, i have a build your own fluke 8200A kit only with the switches missing.   

[bitseeker]

I live in the middle of nowhere, as such i have two neighbors. One is an old man whose hands shake worse than mine and the other....... lets just say we have a long history and a feud. Any other neighbors are what you would call hillbillies and they won't talk to me because i am still an outsider after 3 years here 

Wow, only two neighbors. That does sound remote. Thank goodness for the Internet and shipping.

[HRMartinez]

Hello Neo,
I know it has been some time since your post - But I'm wondering if you could share how to remove the push button plastic (the part one's finger makes contact with) off of the shaft on the switch?  I have a bad one that I need to replace - but before I break something, wanted to know how you got that rectangular beige piece off the shaft?
Thanks,