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FLUKE 107 - absolute garbage lasted 2 years
BeBuLamar:
There is a poll about right to repair perhaps some of the meters were built not repairable. I know Fluke doesn't repair the 11x series. When I called them about a 116 that failed during warranty they told me to send it in for them to destroy and they sent me a new one. They said they can't fix the 116. So I think the 107 is the same but because the OP meter is out of warranty so they told him to buy new one.
Gyro:
If the 107 uses a commodity chip and if the chip is available like the datasheet, then it probably puts it in the user repairable class (at least for electronic damage), unlike most other Fluke meters. A PCB eaten by battery electrolyte is possibly a different matter though. Chip replacement would require getting the COB off the PCB of course, which is usually no easy task.
Such a repair would obviously not be economically viable for the manufacturer, but determined folk don't often factor in their time (in the case of bin finds).
shakalnokturn:
The problem with replacing FS98O24 is that it requires some application specific programming (DMM manufacturer specific customisation).
I don't know how much of a hinder to repair it is in this case.
The cal constants and user adjustments don't seem too difficult for the Fluke 107.
Simon:
--- Quote from: BeBuLamar on July 02, 2024, 10:26:01 am ---There is a poll about right to repair perhaps some of the meters were built not repairable. I know Fluke doesn't repair the 11x series. When I called them about a 116 that failed during warranty they told me to send it in for them to destroy and they sent me a new one. They said they can't fix the 116. So I think the 107 is the same but because the OP meter is out of warranty so they told him to buy new one.
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It's not just a case of not made for repair. If component level troubleshooting takes some time then the cost of that time outweighs a new meter that will have way more chance of working just fine than an attempt at a repair. TV repairers - remember those when TV's were so expensive, used to charge a flat rate per repair. The reason was that if the charged the real repair cost they would make nothing from the easy stuff and the cost to the customer on a hard repair would be so high that it would not be financially viable or deemed BER, beyond economically repairable.
David Aurora:
--- Quote from: christian.burger on June 29, 2024, 12:51:30 am ---@mendip_discovery: You made me laugh, thank you for that.
Yes, I replaced the batteries.
I'm not sure what happened, I've always treated with a lot of care...
I know it's that far off because I have other multimeters. :)
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--- Quote from: christian.burger on June 30, 2024, 02:58:50 pm ---Yes, there was battery leakage and I've reconstructed the terminals. It's working fine other than the readings which are off, but also I don't think that is related to the problem, unless you know something specific about that.
I agree that it's most likely toast, but would like to try and use the calibration terminals just to see what I can get before I throw it away.
I could not find any reference to the WP9, WP8, WP7, WP6 calibration terminals anywhere.
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Why do people always have to have details about damage dragged out of them |O
As a repairer it absolutely drives me nuts, and it's a massive percentage of people who do this for whatever bizarre reason. "I don't know what happened, it just turned off and wouldn't turn back on" "I see. And the scorch marks?" "Oh, that. Yeah it was in a house fire. But it worked fine before that!"
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