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david77:
Yeah, same here.

8040, 8050, 8060 and even 8110 (1972!) and 8600 are in regular use and still in spec.
The 8040 and the 8110 I had to do repairs on, due to aging components.

That brings me to my question. I didn't want to start a new thread about it, seeing as it is about an old Fluke multimeter.
Last year I gave myself a 8502A as a christmas present. I wanted a 6,5 digit meter for some time and this came along at the right price and at the right moment. I've been trying to find anything meaningful about this meter on the net, not much luck so far.

My unit seems to work fine, it's pretty much fully equipped with:
02 - Ohms converter / 03 - Current shunts / 04 - Cal memory / 05 - IEEE / 08A - Isolator / 09A TRMS AC/DC converter

Do any of you guys have experience (good and bad) with this meter?
Anything I should check or replace to keep it soldiering on? What about this cal memory, is there a battery I should replace?

I have to admit I haven't had a look inside as of now.

Thank you for replying.

Fungus:

--- Quote from: vinlove on January 06, 2020, 01:16:59 pm ---do they actually work accurately and reliably as the new ones?

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Yes. Back then Fluke was interested in making the best instruments possible. Period. Now they've been bought out by a bunch of bean counters and only want to maximize profits (largely based on the reputation of the meters they were building back then).

The 8060A in particular is very fast on all ranges* and does True RMS up to 200kHz. I've got two and they're bang on accurate with 0.01% resistors, 0.05% voltages, etc.

(*) These were the days when "speed" was part of the specification, the 8060A manual is full of phrases like "One second maximum to rated accuracy".

med6753:

--- Quote from: Fungus on January 07, 2020, 07:34:16 am ---
--- Quote from: vinlove on January 06, 2020, 01:16:59 pm ---do they actually work accurately and reliably as the new ones?

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Yes.

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Absolutely.

GreyWoolfe:

--- Quote from: rsjsouza on January 07, 2020, 02:07:29 am ---Same here; generations of Flukes are still matched quite closely (8020A, 8060A, 8062A, 27/FM, 87V and 189). I would say it is quite useable by today's standards.

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I have a 27 F/M myself and is spot on with my DMM Check+

GLouie:

To clarify, the 8060A true RMS AC is rated up to 100kHz, and the frequency counter up to 200kHz. Still largely unmatched by more than a handful of DMMs, 35 years later. Mine is still in use, after an emergency capacitor swap a few years ago.


--- Quote from: Fungus on January 07, 2020, 07:34:16 am ---Yes. Back then Fluke was interested in making the best instruments possible. Period. Now they've been bought out by a bunch of bean counters and only want to maximize profits (largely based on the reputation of the meters they were building back then).

The 8060A in particular is very fast on all ranges* and does True RMS up to 200kHz. I've got two and they're bang on accurate with 0.01% resistors, 0.05% voltages, etc.

(*) These were the days when "speed" was part of the specification, the 8060A manual is full of phrases like "One second maximum to rated accuracy".

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