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Products => Test Equipment => Topic started by: BroMarduk on March 03, 2017, 03:15:13 pm
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I saw that MCM Electronics in the US has the Fluke 787 for 499.00 USD (with limited stock). It looks to be a closeout, which made me wonder if it has been discontinued or if this is just a good deal. I also noted that the 787 is not in the multimeter spreadsheet. Is the multimeter portion comparable to a Fluke 87 (since its only 4000 count I would guess its a straight 87 or 87III with the addition of a loop calibrator) or is it it's own beast?
Trying to make sense of the specifications but still a bit confused and trying to figure out if it could do both jobs equally well...
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Well, now I feel silly...answered my own question courtesy of the Fluke web site. Teach me not to read the overviews and click right to the specs....
Double Your Power
A maintenance and calibration tool that will be at home in every instrumentation technician's tool box,the Fluke 787 ProcessMeter™ combines a DMM and a loop calibrator in one rugged, handheld tool, for about what you would expect to pay for a loop calibrator alone. Based on the trusted Fluke 87 DMM, the 787 adds the ability to measure, source, and simulate dc loop current with 0.05% accuracy and 1 microamp resolution.
Source: http://en-us.fluke.com/products/ma-loop-calibrators/fluke-787-process-calibration-tool.html (http://en-us.fluke.com/products/ma-loop-calibrators/fluke-787-process-calibration-tool.html)
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Is the multimeter portion comparable to a Fluke 87 (since its only 4000 count I would guess its a straight 87 or 87III with the addition of a loop calibrator) or is it it's own beast?
Trying to make sense of the specifications but still a bit confused and trying to figure out if it could do both jobs equally well...
The Fluke 87I, III and V are markedly different to the 787 in a number of ways internally. If you don't need the functionality of the 787, just get the normal Fluke 87 variation. The 787 is also quite old compared to the newer 789.
PS. The 787's battery life is nowhere near the normal Fluke 87.
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Thanks for the push...I'm now leaning towards the 87V....rather have the better DMM and the number of times I'll need to do any 4/20ma work is small and I can borrow something then.