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Fluke 83V vs 87V - Spot The Differences!
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Mechatrommer:
surprisingly last night i checked in ebay US, you can get cheaper 87V than 83V... grey market or not is another story.
Arhigos:
Technically you can add true rms feature just by soldering missing components

gamalot:
Yeah ... nah, I saw this video when it was just released, fun to try but not worth it, especially when you have too many multimeters, you're happy to have an average meter instead of RMS like the rest.  :-DMM
tooki:

--- Quote from: Mechatrommer on December 16, 2022, 06:47:22 am ---surprisingly last night i checked in ebay US, you can get cheaper 87V than 83V... grey market or not is another story.

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While the list price of the 83V is slightly lower, my guess is that the volume sold of the 83V is tiny compared to the 87V, such that dealers are able to negotiate far better volume discounts on the 87V, explaining why some dealers charge the same for both, sometimes even more for the 83V!

It also maybe means that far more 87V units are available on the used market, pushing down the price a bit.
tooki:

--- Quote from: Mechatrommer on December 16, 2022, 05:59:42 am ---
--- Quote from: gamalot on December 16, 2022, 01:12:25 am ---Getting 87V firmware should be mission impossible, trying to save money by buying an 83V and converting it to 87V is a waste of life, except for fun.  :popcorn:

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not impossible, unless what you meant is Tom Cruise style mission impossible movie. such as wait for a broken 87V in ebay and remove the chip to 83V. waste of money as well since calibration is a part of money you paid, and doing the mod is risking screwing or redoing the calibration. btw, another spot the difference spotted... no white mark on the knob for 83V! someone mourned about that recently, i'm going to forward the picture there. https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/fluke-87v-switchs-white-mark/?topicscreen

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Both the 83V and 87V originally had the paint line, now they both don’t.
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