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Brymen BM789
joeqsmith:
Not a Fluke but the Amprobe PM55A pocket meter is a Brymen BM27s.
J-R:
As I pointed out in previously, there is no direct proof that Brymen makes any Fluke meters. The far more likely explanation for the documents presented is the fact that Brymen DOES make a few Amprobe clamp meters and both Amprobe and Fluke are owned by Fortive. Also there is Beha-Amprobe which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fluke and many of the addresses overlap.
bdunham7:
--- Quote from: J-R on September 24, 2023, 05:17:07 pm ---As I pointed out in previously, there is no direct proof that Brymen makes any Fluke meters.
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The evidence that Brymen makes the Fluke 373 Clamp Meter is (or was) about as direct as you are going to get. Unfortunately you can't see the bill of lading anymore without an expensive subscription. I may have saved a copy but don't have access at the moment. AFAIK nobody OEMs any of the regular Fluke handheld meters though. Yet.
Edit: Here's a post with an excerpt:
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/repair/dead-brymen-bm869s/msg3606703/#msg3606703
J-R:
The evidence wasn't direct at all. I looked at the bill of lading myself. There are so many other possible explanations for what was printed on it, the conclusion that Brymen manufactured the Fluke 373 is pretty far down the list.
If you check photos on eBay, you can see that the Fluke 373 meters have "Assembled in China" on the back, not Taiwan.
I honestly don't care if Brymen does make the Fluke 373, but I really think it's important for the health of the forums to be accurate when stating something as fact.
From what makes sense from a manufacturing perspective, it's a bit of a stretch in my mind for Brymen to make something that doesn't line up at all with their existing products. It costs money for tooling and to change gears on the assembly line, so they are going to stick with rebrands.
Fluke also has plenty of manufacturing capabilities, and we know they make some of their products in China, especially the lower-end DMMs.
bdunham7:
--- Quote from: J-R on September 24, 2023, 06:15:58 pm ---The evidence wasn't direct at all. I looked at the bill of lading myself. There are so many other possible explanations for what was printed on it, the conclusion that Brymen manufactured the Fluke 373 is pretty far down the list.
If you check photos on eBay, you can see that the Fluke 373 meters have "Assembled in China" on the back, not Taiwan.
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OK, name one reasonable alternative explanation as to why Brymen would ship cartons of a product referred to as "Fluke 373 Digital Multimeters" to Fluke USA and the manual would say "Printed in Taiwan".
The bill of lading was from 2012. If you look you can find some that say "Assembled in China", some that say "Assembled in Taiwan" and a lot that don't say anything. Those markings are on a battery door that is fully removable and fits at least 4 different models. Perhaps some games are being played. Perhaps Brymen assembled some of them in China--many Taiwan companies have operations in mainland China and they surely aren't going to label their stuff there "Taiwan". Perhaps things are different now or perhaps someone is trying to avoid the issue of whether Taiwan is part of China or not, IDK.
But as far as only doing simple rebadges, we know that isn't true. Amprobe and FLIR have products that clearly have significant differences in cases and other things, yet it is pretty clear that they are Brymen derived. Fluke is a big customer and I'm sure Brymen (or any other OEM) wouldn't have a problem with a custom order.
Here is a label from the box of a 2021-model. Short of a clandestine visit to Taipei, IDK what else I can do.
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