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Fluke 189 with leaking surface mount supercap (also Fluke 287, Fluke 289)
Gonzakpo:
Any news about this issue? I'm considering buying the 287 but this is kind of a showstopper. I mean, the only reason I want to buy a Fluke it's because its reliability. But if that is gone... then maybe I should be looking somewhere else.
dadler:
Has anyone had this actually affect the performance of their meter?
Lightages:
If Fluke says it doesn't affect the meter, I would tend to believe it. Does it look good that they won't replace the thousands of bad looking components? I think it hurts their reputation a bit but I wouldn't worry about it. Leave it until/if it causes a problem and they will fix it then.
Jay_Diddy_B:
--- Quote from: dadler on May 24, 2015, 06:12:41 pm ---Has anyone had this actually affect the performance of their meter?
--- End quote ---
I had the problem on two meters. It did not effect the measurement accuracy. It impact the life of the AA batteries. I posted my experience in this message:
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/fluke-189-with-leaking-surface-mount-coin-cell/msg443374/#msg443374
Regards,
Jay_Diddy_B
Muxr:
My guess is the supercap is used for the Real Time Clock. It allows the RTC to survive the battery change. I am assuming RTC is important for the data logging feature.
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