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Electro Detective:

So apparently there should be no cap there ? perhaps cap compensation is elsewhere on the PCB as per Revision?

I would leave as is if the meter is working ok, and has been for years and years

I've come across gear before with blank or solder filled holes   (...Dude, where's my cap?!   :-// )

and just assumed they are there to solder in a component if necessary due to circuit/parts tolerances out of wack or ripple etc at assembly time

On the other hand, if it was a slimy penny pinching exercise to save .5 cents at manufacturing  :palm: and THAT circuit may/would benefit with no possible harm or CAL hit,
hey, give it a go  :-+


 

Pablitox:

--- Quote from: Electro Detective on July 05, 2019, 10:26:14 pm ---
So apparently there should be no cap there ? perhaps cap compensation is elsewhere on the PCB as per Revision?

I would leave as is if the meter is working ok, and has been for years and years

I've come across gear before with blank or solder filled holes   (...Dude, where's my cap?!   :-// )

and just assumed they are there to solder in a component if necessary due to circuit/parts tolerances out of wack or ripple etc at assembly time

On the other hand, if it was a slimy penny pinching exercise to save .5 cents at manufacturing  :palm: and THAT circuit may/would benefit with no possible harm or CAL hit,
hey, give it a go  :-+


 

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If something works well, do not touch.

And this Fluke 8060a works excellent. No calibration was necessary. I used it used
rsjsouza:
Well, I'll eat my hat. Both my 8060A and 8062A do not have this capacitor fitted.  :-//

8060A S/N: 4245166




8062A S/N: 4210192




The bad flux residue is due to my inexperience in properly cleaning boards at the time I recapped this meter.

The 8062A still has the original capacitors. None leaked, but it will go under surgery soon.
Electro Detective:

I'll have to crack open mine too asap

and hope I too am not a victim of the Fluke Cap Burglar  :scared: 


 :D
Alex P:
Had a look at a few 806x meters:
8060A, s/n 4395401,      pcb rev F: has the capacitor (IC date codes from 1982)
8060A, s/n (none seen), pcb rev H: does not have the capacitor (IC date codes from 1987)
8062A, s/n 5035011,      pcb rev J: does not have the capacitor (IC date code from 1989)
Where the C is absent, the soldering islands look like straight from the factory, no sign of removal or additional soldering.
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