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| Fluke 189 with leaking surface mount supercap (also Fluke 287, Fluke 289) |
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| BeBuLamar:
If removing the super cap means that it would lose time when you remove the AA batteries then it's not a problem. The date and time only needed when you do the recording. |
| DarkskyZ:
Yes, that is all there is to it. Except for hardcore everyday logging people that is not a problem. I would assume those people probably don’t rely on battery operated meters anyway so, to me at least, that supercap (when working and not leaking) is more of a convenience than a need. |
| BeBuLamar:
Lukily my 289 (2017) and 287(2022) don't have the leaky capacitor yet. But if it ever does I would simply remove the cap. I got the new 287 because someone beat the hell out of one of the 287's in the company I worked for. My boss had it laying in the junk box so I asked him to give it to me. I sent it in to Fluke and they gave me the brand new one under warranty. |
| Electro Detective:
Revisiting this post: As previously stated, in peaved frustration, and willing to reset clocks on AA battery changes, I removed the superCRAPicitors from both Fluke 189 and 289 two years ago, and they have been flawless. I forgot about it till I came across this post. Seriously folks, either fit a new capacitor, or lose the bearded leaky one, or.. leave it in there at your risk :scared: and toss coins the meter does not go weird with a shorted or halfass behaving cap stressing the meter's smarts. Your call :popcorn: I sincerely thank the many members who commented across many posts about this so that I could make up my mind which way to roll back then The Disclaimer is just because my quick fix hacknique worked for me, YMMV These meters are absolute keepers for me, especially now that I don't leave AA batteries in there during non use periods to leak! Surely there's a special lake in Hell for battery industry bean counters, and their shareholder dividend junkies >:D |
| parawizard:
Fluke accepted my warranty request for this issue but then decided they actually needed proof of purchase on the tech's bench :-DD Date and time don't get reset but batteries die when off in a couple days sometimes. Looks like the meter took a 8000km trip for nothing! Should have fixed it myself. |
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