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Old Fluke Multimeters
Jay_Diddy_B:
Hi group,
here are some pictures of a Fluke 8022A/AF. I believe that the 8022A/AF is a military version of the 8022A. One of the obvious differences is the voltage to dB table on the case.
Despite being about thirty years old it works fine.
Outside:
Inside showing the flexible shield:
Component side of the board:
Solder side of the board:
Jay_Diddy_B
retiredcaps:
--- Quote from: drtaylor on November 09, 2013, 12:29:51 am ---Someone told me recently that they were still selling new 8060s as recently as 1998. Does anyone have confirmation of that? If true the production run of 8060s went from 1982 to 1998, over 16 years. I wonder if any other DMM had such a long reign.
--- End quote ---
Radio Shack catalog from 2001 shows the 8060A for sale at $499 MSRP. 8062A had a $419 MSRP. See
http://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/html/2001-b/h244.html
Fluke 27 is still advertised in same 2001 catalog, but I haven't done any research on when the 27 was first made yet.
http://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/html/2001-b/h246.html
27 had a $349 MSRP.
Both models don't show up in the 2002 catalog, but still could have been sold as Radio Shack may have decided to concentrate on their own brand name multimeters?
Robomeds:
First, I would like to thank everyone for an all around interesting read!
Second, I have a question about the 87 series vs the 8060 series. At my first job the hand helds were a mix of 83s, 87s and 80x0 series meters. I had what I think was a 2nd gen 83. Anyway I didn't know much about Fluke at the time. How did the 87 series compare to the 8060? Was it meant to be the replacement? I looks like the 8060's base DC accuracy was unmatched until Fluke came out with the 87-IV.
drtaylor:
--- Quote from: gazelle on November 09, 2013, 06:14:58 pm ---Hello Mr. David Ryan Taylor - I have a mail from Fluke the Netherlands confirming that they ceased production of the 8060A in 2001 and ceased production of spare parts in 2005.
Hopefully you will enjoy this news :-)
IMHO one of the finest DMMs ever made ... (I have many units in my Fluke vintage lab)
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gazelle, Thanks so much for the report. I definitely enjoyed that news. Your comment and the comment from retiredcaps confirms the 8060A was in production until 2001. So the 8060A lasted almost 20 years in production! Gotta be a record.
Also thanks for the compliment. As I said, I just wanted a great meter to use with my audio gear. The feature set and performance hit the mark.
drtaylor:
Gazelle,
Thanks again for your post. I thought I'd answer your email on the forum as it might be interesting to others. To answer your questions: 1) Regarding a label over a shield screw - I can't be certain, but it is common practice to place a label over a screw as warranty protection. To remove the label shows tampering with the circuitry or calibration, and thus voids the warranty. Just a guess. 2) Regarding European produced 8060As - The 8060 was mostly built in Everett Washington. Fluke has their own plastic molding capability and many other vertically integrated technologies. In order to save export costs, 8060A raw parts such as plastic, circuit boards, switches, custom chips, all produced or controlled at Fluke, were shipped to Tilburg. Final assembly, test and calibration were then performed there. This is also a common practice to allow US products to be competitive in spite of tariffs and import fees. It technically was produced (assembled) in Europe.
A little known fact is in early 83, Fluke set up a production facility in Bejing China. A truly rare find would be to find a Chinese produced 8060A. Again, the unit was supplied in kit form, only final assembly was performed. Fluke had to get permission from the US State Department to sell to China, which was just opening up to US markets.
The 8060 was truly international. This was new for Fluke back in the 80s. Now common including models not even intended for the US market.
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