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yo0:
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--- Quote from: yo0 on August 16, 2017, 03:43:03 am ---one made in Mexico with serial 974xxxx,
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Hmm, I discoverd that some Fluke 70s were made in China as per
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/i-thought-all-fluke-70-series-were-made-in-usa/
but this is the first time I heard Fluke made in Mexico.
Can you post of picture of the back please?
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ok! :)
best regards
Pio
Fungus:
Disaster!
I was putting the lid back on the meter and one of the screw posts broke off. I was being as gentle as I could, etc., but I guess the plastic is getting old and I don't know what previous owner-gorillas have done to it in the past.
On careful inspection I also noticed a crack in the other screw post down near the bottom.
I don't think the one near the bottom is going anywhere because it's pressed between the input jacks. The one at the top, though? It's gone.
I has a sad. :(
What now? Epoxy?
bd139:
That's a bummer. My 8021 did that.
Epoxy worked for me.
drtaylor:
Speaking of 8060s and other Fluke DMMs made places other than Everett Washington...I recall that Fluke received State Department permission to set up an 8060 production line in Red China (that's what everyone called it then). Has anyone ever found an 8060 built in China? We know about meters made in Tilburg Netherlands for the European Market, the Mexican ones were a surprise to me, but what happened to the Chinese ones?
BTW, just to put it to rest again - There is absolutely no difference between the IBM 8060s and the standard 8060 except for the case color, the front label, and the User Guide color. I have a copy of the order from IBM for 10000 units of the IBM 8060. I don't think they ever bought more after that original order, but I suppose it's possible. The delivery was scheduled over some time period, so they didn't get them all at once. Fluke couldn't have produced them that fast.
WastelandTek:
--- Quote from: Fungus on August 17, 2017, 01:23:45 pm ---Disaster!
I was putting the lid back on the meter and one of the screw posts broke off. I was being as gentle as I could, etc., but I guess the plastic is getting old and I don't know what previous owner-gorillas have done to it in the past.
On careful inspection I also noticed a crack in the other screw post down near the bottom.
I don't think the one near the bottom is going anywhere because it's pressed between the input jacks. The one at the top, though? It's gone.
I has a sad. :(
What now? Epoxy?
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What I would do in this situation is get the Dremel out with a tiny round die grinder tip and rough up the surface around the break, being careful not to mar the actual broken surface. I would use cyanoacrilate to stick the part back on, then bury the whole roughed up area with JB-weld
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