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If you only had one meter?
bdunham7:
--- Quote from: Andrew_Debbie on April 21, 2023, 11:00:04 am ---Fluke 87 is a good meter but it is too expensive. Cost matters. It always does.
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How do you calculate cost?
My Fluke 289 from 2010 was $400 for a nice kit. They respun the internals about 2016 but kept the same model number, pretty typical for Fluke. A few years ago I had the supercap problem and I sent it back to them and of course they repaired a 12 year old meter for free. Unfortunately it still had a minor issue with battery drain--still perfectly usable but not quite right. They informed me that there was a part that was NLA and they couldn't fix it and I'd need a new meter--which they provided. According to the terms of their warranty, even if they stopped making the model today I'd still have another seven years of warranty, for about 20 years total. So for $400 I'm guaranteed a working meter for 20 years, or $20 per year. I actually don't use mine all that much, but for someone using it professionally each and every day, $20 per annum seems pretty reasonable.
GigaJoe:
how about OWON HDS242S as one universal
Andrew_Debbie:
--- Quote from: bdunham7 on April 21, 2023, 03:39:25 pm ---
How do you calculate cost?
My Fluke 289 from 2010 was $400 for a nice kit. So for $400 I'm guaranteed a working meter for 20 years, or $20 per year. I actually don't use mine all that much, but for someone using it professionally each and every day, $20 per annum seems pretty reasonable.
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You do have a point. 10+ years warranty has value.
I bought a Beckman Tech 310 new in 1980. It still works and is still in spec. It was about $140 from Mouser, a huge amount of money for me at the time. That's $500 adjusted for inflation.
I keep the 310 in my desk at work. I still use it ocassionaly.
Support for the meter ended a long time ago. When it dies, I'll probalby put it up on eBay so someone else can use the parts.
Fungus:
--- Quote from: bdunham7 on April 21, 2023, 03:39:25 pm ---I actually don't use mine all that much, but for someone using it professionally each and every day, $20 per annum seems pretty reasonable.
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Have you added in the cost of the batteries and eye strain over that period?
Fungus:
--- Quote from: Andrew_Debbie on April 22, 2023, 08:27:05 am ---I bought a Beckman Tech 310 new in 1980. It still works and is still in spec.
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Liar! Only Flukes can do that!!
(froth)
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