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Re: EEVblog #344 - Fluke 17B Multimeter Teardown
« Reply #75 on: September 17, 2012, 05:46:52 am »
Cheers,
Martin.

Hey martin! Rare to see you here  ;D

Yes, I know, it takes my hours to get through my communications from my channel that I rarely get to pop on this or other forums. I'm hoping that will change in the new year.

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Re: EEVblog #344 - Fluke 17B Multimeter Teardown
« Reply #76 on: September 17, 2012, 06:44:37 am »
I love Dave's test equipment teardown and reviews. He did a very short review of the 17B during mail day and great teardown Tuesday. I'm hoping to see a full review someday but I've seen enough to know I will most likely get a few someday as gifts.
 

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Re: EEVblog #344 - Fluke 17B Multimeter Teardown
« Reply #77 on: September 17, 2012, 09:28:48 pm »
Martin, I'm really looking forward to your UT61E review. I just love test equipment, is there a 12-step-program for my condition? Ha  ;D

Join the club Todd :).

I am also interested in a review of the UT61E as I could do with a decent hand held meter and have been looking at these.

BTW Todd, I enjoyed the toilet review video :D
 

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Re: EEVblog #344 - Fluke 17B Multimeter Teardown
« Reply #78 on: September 17, 2012, 10:58:24 pm »
Martin, I'm really looking forward to your UT61E review. I just love test equipment, is there a 12-step-program for my condition? Ha  ;D
BTW Todd, I enjoyed the toilet review video :D

HA! I must say I love that toilet. I just hate normal toilets but that said I don't think I would use a washing toilet in public restrooms.
 

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Re: EEVblog #344 - Fluke 17B Multimeter Teardown
« Reply #79 on: September 19, 2012, 12:47:00 am »
I did the 17B trimmers the other day using the calibration guide posted in this thread to identify which does what, and it managed better for DCV & DCmV, AC, and capacitance. I don't have special references, I just brought it more in line with my other DMMs that were agreeing much better between them when untouched. One is UT-61E. Other is Mastech MS8218. Dave, maybe its worth investigating that in the full 17B review if ever.
 

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Re: EEVblog #344 - Fluke 17B Multimeter Teardown
« Reply #80 on: September 19, 2012, 01:41:57 am »
Dave, maybe its worth investigating that in the full 17B review if ever.

I second that request!, how many votes for that could we get from the community?
 

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Re: EEVblog #344 - Fluke 17B Multimeter Teardown
« Reply #81 on: September 19, 2012, 04:29:16 am »
Yeah, I'd love to see that too. The market has improved a little since the last $50 and $100 DMM shoot outs, so I'd love to see a shoot out review of a few of the reasonably priced favourites around.
Such as the aforementioned Mastech, the UniT UT61E, the Fluke 17b, perhaps the Tekpower TP4000ZC, etc...
 

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Re: EEVblog #344 - Fluke 17B Multimeter Teardown
« Reply #82 on: September 20, 2012, 12:01:47 am »
Dave, guys, what is that bridge rectifier across mA input and common useful for?
 

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Re: EEVblog #344 - Fluke 17B Multimeter Teardown
« Reply #83 on: September 20, 2012, 12:04:43 am »
Catching some damaging voltage if accidentally used as main input maybe?
 

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Re: EEVblog #344 - Fluke 17B Multimeter Teardown
« Reply #84 on: September 20, 2012, 02:02:46 am »
The diodes don't permit a voltage higher than about 1,8 Volts (3 diodes  drops) be developed across the 500 mA input and commom.
They act as a crowbar...
« Last Edit: September 20, 2012, 02:09:04 am by Tube_Dude »
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Re: EEVblog #344 - Fluke 17B Multimeter Teardown
« Reply #85 on: October 07, 2012, 06:40:58 am »
For people in the USA, you can get a lot of used Fluke multimeters easily for $100 on ebay.
For those patient enough ...

1) $100 for eevblog #64

http://www.ebay.com/itm/110958495471

2) $78 for a 50,000 count meter

http://www.ebay.com/itm/110958496606

Both from the same seller.  I would have bid for both, but seller only ships to the USA.
 

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Re: EEVblog #344 - Fluke 17B Multimeter Teardown
« Reply #86 on: August 12, 2014, 12:58:16 am »
I have recently ordered a Fluke 17B+ Plus which it is my understanding the newer model of the 17B. Has anyone done a review or a side by side between these two models? I think a teardown of the 17B+ might be in order.  ;D thank you Dave for sharing the knowledge.  :-DMM
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