My Fieldpiece SC680 clamp meter failed, whilst sitting in it's storage case, doing nothing!
I was was at the bench working on something when I heard a loud, clicky sprong sound!! Had no idea what it was and could see nothing obvious so I continued my work. A little later I had need to use the SC680, removing it from it's case I went to open the clamp and it was floppy with no spring action. Thats when it dawned on me what that strange sound heard earlier was!
I removed the outer casing to examine the mechanism and found the pivot of the moving jaw had just broken! This meter has had virtually no use since I bought it new about 5 months ago, so this must either be fatigue or had been dropped at the factory or the distributor or something.
Contacted Fieldpiece and although it's under warranty they wouldn't supply the part for me to fit, it has to be returned to the dealer to be exchanged for a new meter!
Anyway, pictures :-