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| christian.burger:
I have a Fluke 107 that is giving me just above 30% error in my voltage, current, resistance readings. I've asked an authorized Fluke repair center how can I calibrate it. They gave me a quote which is the price of a brand new one. From what I could find, there's no way to adjust the readings, there' s no calibration mode or calibration procedure available for this model. This is absurd in so many levels, so I wanted to vent a bit and find out if anyone faced this issue. Also, just in case I'm wrong and someone knows how to calibrate manually, please let me know. |
| mendip_discovery:
What did you do to the poor thing? How do you know it's that far off? You have tried new batteries. |
| coppercone2:
if that dont help you can still do some basic checks like measure the power rail voltage inside the device if you can find it, it might be as simple as a bad LDO or something. There is a chance its actually broken, not that it needs adjustment. One part of the reason why some calibration is not recommended is because.. cheap asses will just "favor" the idea that the calibration drifted, not that there is a problem with the meter. Software people especially. Reads 2V should read 6? it means add +4 to calibration duh :-DD meanwhile the reference is bad and its providing like 1.5 instead of 2.5v and everything is totally whacked out A sway bar thing fell off my lawn mower. I stopped for 30 min to find the bolt in the dirt and fix it. I can see the software guy duck walking around with his back at a 45 degree angle to keep the lawn mower steady so he can finish the job :-DD if fluke sees a 30% error in full scale, it means something is FUCKED. They gave you a parts replacement bill |
| christian.burger:
@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. :) |
| christian.burger:
@coppercone2: You also made me laugh, thanks, and I see your point, even being now a software guy myself :) It looks like now I have a yellow paper weight. I will inspect a bit inside sometime also to see what I can find. Hopefully you see how this is absurd, they offer no fix, no attempt to fix, just a replacement... and I don't even get a discount. |
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