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UT61E vs Ionizer
Wolfgang:
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--- Quote from: Wolfgang on December 14, 2018, 04:55:43 pm ---I would say its time to say farewell. R.I.P, Uni-T >:D. Maybe a 87V next time
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i knew some fanboy would say that!
next you will say the fluke would have given the correct voltage, even in "ohms" range with the probes in the current-jacks! >:D
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With a Fluke, its worth a try. :) >:D :horse:
Electro Detective:
LOL, here we go, the gents are at it again... ;D
Sad news there hgg :( what kind of zappage can one expect from an ionizer circuit?
Fanboy BS aside, as a Fluke owner user I'm confident the 87V would have got (eventually) zapped just as well as the UT61E,
but with a replacement 10x price tag for the adventure :-[
Good luck with the repair/s or if no go, you'll have spare parts on hand if you buy another UT61E.. or two..
--- Quote from: 001 on December 14, 2018, 04:51:21 pm ---...Use 990M resistor serial with Your meter next time and multiply readings x10
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multiply x10 or x100 ? :-//
Good advice, I use a 90M chain, next one will be a 990M 'upgrade' to be sure :phew:
NiHaoMike:
--- Quote from: joeqsmith on December 14, 2018, 06:05:10 pm ---I've damaged a few of these. They are not the most robust of meters. Actually, pretty low on the scale compared with the others I have looked at. Still, hard to say if a top of the line meter would have survived the same mistake.
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It's just 10kV with little energy behind it, basically ESD. Didn't several low cost Flukes survive 15kV with a very substantial amount of energy behind it?
001:
--- Quote from: blueskull on December 15, 2018, 01:58:45 am ---Waiting for someone to post the graphic video of a tech guy probed 2.3kV with an 87-III and killed himself from the arc.
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Is it Joke?
1000V CAT IV is rated for 6kV impulse :-//
joeqsmith:
--- Quote from: NiHaoMike on December 15, 2018, 01:46:04 am ---
--- Quote from: joeqsmith on December 14, 2018, 06:05:10 pm ---I've damaged a few of these. They are not the most robust of meters. Actually, pretty low on the scale compared with the others I have looked at. Still, hard to say if a top of the line meter would have survived the same mistake.
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It's just 10kV with little energy behind it, basically ESD. Didn't several low cost Flukes survive 15kV with a very substantial amount of energy behind it?
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I have lost a fair number of UNI-T meters to a piezo gas grill ignitor. After so many UNI-T fan boys complained about the grill starter, I decided they were right and built the gun I now use. Hard to say what the OP's 61E was exposed to. It could very well be worse than the standard calls for. I can tell you that I can zap myself with the grill starter and on a pain scale of 1-10, I give it a 1. The gun I made is maybe a 2. When I tested the Fluke T6 with my hand in the circuit, I give that a 4.
The first 10 minutes of this video I talk about ESD.
https://youtu.be/1kYcY2ogmqo
Testing the T6 with my hand because I heard on the internet it would kill me.....
https://youtu.be/k8hhtTtWfVc?t=2634
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