Author Topic: Fluke 289 Complete set of Battery Contacts Needed  (Read 736 times)

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Offline scopemanTopic starter

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Fluke 289 Complete set of Battery Contacts Needed
« on: July 21, 2023, 11:29:27 pm »
My Fluke 289 needs to have the complete set (including the spiral spring contacts) replaced due to battery leakage. I looked on eBay but no one has a complete set of the correct ones. Plenty for the 189 but none  that I could find for the 289. If I could find a reasonable source for a complete battery holder/cover I might consider that but all I need are the contacts.

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Sam
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Re: Fluke 289 Complete set of Battery Contacts Needed
« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2023, 12:42:56 am »
One of our 287 had a broken spring in the battery holder. I sent it to Fluke and they replace the entire holder for free. If you can't get Fluke to fix it under warranty perhaps you can buy this.
https://www.jensentools.com/product/32653-1-FLUKE-28X-2019
 
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Re: Fluke 289 Complete set of Battery Contacts Needed
« Reply #2 on: July 24, 2023, 07:13:21 pm »
Thank you so much for the response. I really appreciate that!

I decided not to screw with trying to fix the corroded contacts one and bought the one you gave me the link to. The cost is only a few percent of the cost of a new instrument. Fortunately all of the damage was contained within the battery holder itself.
From now on this instrument will have Energizer Ultimate Lithium batteries used in it as I have never found them to leak.

I just wish that Fluke would have put an extra position on the range switch for power off/on. I really do not like instruments that are battery operated and have a soft power switch as the constant low current drain is what helps the batteries leak.....

Sam
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P.S. No one else had that genuine Fluke part at a lower cost. I was given this meter when a plant tech was having an issue with it. I traded him for a simpler to use meter and I later fixed the Fluke 289 problem so I probably would not have been able to return it to Fluke anyway.
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