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Query: Fluke 85 value

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BillyO:

--- Quote from: Fungus on July 29, 2023, 05:17:28 pm ---Is it an 85, 85 II or 85 III ?

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Just a plain 85.  It looks like new though.  Except for the Tektronix sticker on it.

Fungus:

--- Quote from: BillyO on July 29, 2023, 05:20:12 pm ---Just a plain 85.  It looks like new though.

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I'd still want to know the full history of it if there's a lot at stake.


--- Quote from: BillyO on July 29, 2023, 05:18:19 pm ---Apparently.  It seems the liability can be enormous when these machine fail.  People die, property gets damaged and multi-million dollar projects get held up.  :scared:

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All the more reason not to cut corners. A Fluke 117 would probably do it but you should get something really tough like a new Fluke 87V Max for this sort of job.

(and keep the 85 for yourself  :) )

BillyO:
Okay, I'll tell him to dig deep and get something better.  He makes good money (nearly 6 figures) so he really shouldn't cheap out.

bdunham7:

--- Quote from: BillyO on July 29, 2023, 05:20:12 pm ---Just a plain 85.  It looks like new though.  Except for the Tektronix sticker on it.

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Of course that won't have a CAT rating, which in theory shouldn't matter but in practice IDK? 

AVGresponding:

--- Quote from: BillyO on July 29, 2023, 03:10:49 pm ---
--- Quote from: Fungus on July 29, 2023, 04:56:19 am ---Will that one be traceable? Do you know its complete history with 100% certainty?

Surely he can afford a new meter if he's working on heavy equipment.

(whatever that means - a lot of "equipment" is heavy)

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He's working on things like bulldozers and land graders and the like.

You would not need to know the calibration history.  Just send it in for calibration to a suitable facility.  The item in question was last calibrated by Tektronix in 2017.

I wonder why they did not send it in to Fluke?

New meters are only new for a short while.

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Fluke and Tektronix (and Keithley for that matter) are all owned by the same corporate entity now (Fortive), it might have been the closest in-family calibration facility.

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