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Offline newbie666Topic starter

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Fluke 85 - fading display
« on: March 02, 2018, 07:43:24 am »
My fluke started loosing some segments on the display, is it a known issue? Any ideas if there's a fix doable by oneself?

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Offline HecticZA

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Re: Fluke 85 - fading display
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2018, 08:15:09 am »
Afik this is a known occurrence.
Lots of info on YouTube, but this is the first one I saw.

https://youtu.be/6RBug_9Y47s

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Offline HecticZA

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Re: Fluke 85 - fading display
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2018, 08:30:21 am »
Same result, but different approach.

Not sure which is the better / correct option.

https://youtu.be/ejvfzfGHz0c

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Offline mzacharias

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Re: Fluke 85 - fading display
« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2018, 10:31:06 pm »
If you plan to clean the circuit board pads which contact the elastomers - be extremely careful in removing the "top shield" with the little clip things that hold it to the board. The little clips break real easy. If this happens, it's not a deal-breaker, but better to be careful.
 

Offline retiredcaps

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Re: Fluke 85 - fading display
« Reply #4 on: March 03, 2018, 03:47:32 am »
is it a known issue? Any ideas if there's a fix doable by oneself?
Yes, known issue.  Easily fixed.  See

http://mrmodemhead.com/blog/fluke-8x-faded-lcd/
 

Offline newbie666Topic starter

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Re: Fluke 85 - fading display
« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2018, 06:51:51 pm »
Thanks a lot for all the replies. I'll attempt a fix next weekend!
 


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