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New Fluke 101 meter showing readings when not connected
makerman:
I managed to blow my multimeter the other day so ordered my first fluke (101), powered it on and when not measuring anything it's showing anywhere between 6-20 mA then slowly drops down. The uni-t meter and other cheapies i have don't do this, should i be worried ?
KermitTheFrogg:
Yoooo I don't think it is that bad. Some brand new multimeters aren't calibrated or maybe it is malfunctioning. Do you still have warranty?
Mr. Scram:
Both the Fluke 87V and Fluke 179 here do that, although they start at an even higher count. The Fluke 179 is only a few months old. I'd say it's expected behaviour.
makerman:
Thanks for replies, it's measuring fine so i'll stick with it.
ender4171:
All of my Flukes do this. Try shorting the leads together. If it drops to 0.00 immediately, you have nothing to worry about. It's just stray inductance from the environment. I think cheaper meters are either just not sensitive to pick up EMI, or they use some sort of "zero-ing" circuit to discourage the behavior since a regular Joe would probably think it means the meter is broken.
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