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Products => Test Equipment => Topic started by: Excavatoree on April 17, 2015, 01:38:43 pm
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Because I am often after the "bargain basement" Fluke meters, I have a collection of high voltage probes (The ones that come with many 27s) that are missing the tip. I can't seem to find any of them for sale, so I am considering having some made. (Please excuse the crudity of my computer model, it IS to scale, but I didn't have time to paint it. )
The problem is, I'd have to get more than I need made to get the cost down. I'm seriously doubting I could sell 5-10 of these things, but I wanted to get some other opinions. Most of the members here are in electronics and don't use these probes, but is there anyone who would purchase spare/replacement tips, and if so, what would you be willing to pay? I know the entire probe can be found for 50-100 dollars by themselves, and more economically for 60-100 with a Fluke meter, so I know it isn't very much. I fear this is a useless and uneconomic endeavor, but I thought I'd at least explore it.
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You are probably talking about the Fluke 80K-6 and higher models
I have one of those but the metal tip seems to be the strongest part of the probe and usually does not get lost. So, you probably do not find a real market for these, as you pointed out already.
But the metal tip is easily made on a lathe and should not cost much at all, even for a couple of them.
Tolerances are not so important.
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I would make you a couple for free, except the shipping from Chile to the US would be $30. The cheapest thing to do is find some screws with the same thread, cut the heads off, file the end to a ball, and fix them in place with a nut.