Hello there!
I've got another Fluke 8600A with a bit NiCd (Battery Pack Option) corrosion damage. Nothing to worry about (i hope). The pack is already removed and while i'm working on this unit, i wonder ... should i change the carbon resistors? Most of them read 15% high (with gold ring it should be 5%) or leave them be? Same question for the "ticks" (blue and orange tantalum caps). Some of them read "okay'ish" some have high'ish ESR compared to "modern new caps".
The unit seems to "work" so far, but not quite right due to bad connections - already working on it.
Best wishes and thanks in advance!
/edit: Everything runs fine now ... tested some functions.
5 VDC (Ref) = 5,000
5 VAC (Ref) = 5,000
1 mADC = 1,0000
1 mAAC = 1,0003
100 Ohm precision resistor = 100,00 Ohm
Only odd thing is, fresh from start every "dot" between numbers (except the one used for the actual range) is blinking. So its like ,5,0,0,0, Over time, while the unit is running, the dots not used for the selected range slooooooooowly fade away but never gone completely. Gives me the feeling of "bad cap" due to "things fading while something is running". Dunno.