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Fluke 189 with leaking surface mount supercap (also Fluke 287, Fluke 289)
Marco1971:
--- Quote from: coromonadalix on April 15, 2019, 01:35:05 am ---@ Electro
This is too complicated for nothing, a new supercap at 2-4 $ usd and voila, your troubles goes a way for a long time
--- End quote ---
Not much long time...two and half years for me and my Fluke 287.
Marco1971
paddyred:
Anyone know what the difference is on these new 289 boards? Rev5? I just sent mine in for repair after the supercap issue (produced 2016) and fluke just sent me a BNIB one with new leads, accessories and all the trimmings. New one made August 2020. ;D ;D ;D
Xandinator:
Unfortunately haven't been so lucky with their customer service. Another 289 confirmed working w/o cap tho.
rivest:
Fluke 189 working without cap here.
DarkskyZ:
Hi there, just a quick first post here after reading about everything about this supercap mess on these Flukes. This particular post made me act on it and I am glad I did.
I got my 289 second hand for around 200€ about 2 years ago as I needed some recording capability for a one time job. I am using it on my bench ever since as a very nice bit of kit.
But there is no way I would agree to pay Fluke France 316.5€ + 30€ for S/H they are asking for a repair while in the mean time they told me that "lifetime warranty" is only available to original owner.
I also like (not) how their definition of " lifetime" is their own view on what lifetime is. :-//
So... the DIY, soldering iron way I went. It has been an easy 2 minutes job with easy access to the soldering points even for me being less than competent with a soldering iron in hand. :phew:
I prefer to have peace of mind with this thing not leaking all over inside the meter even if that means having to set date and time from time to time.
Anyway, thank you all for confirming that a 289 doesn't need to have its supercap to work fine. That made me confident to remove it and I confirm it just works. :)
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