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Products => Test Equipment => Topic started by: zaoka on April 13, 2015, 05:49:26 pm
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Does anybody know what is the real value of Fluke 192C, brand new condition?
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A new 192C Scopemeter is around 1800USD, depends on your location. Pay attention, the battery packs (NiMH) tend to die after a couple of years and can prevent the scope from working (It will work without the pack and with external DC power).
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How reliable are these? Are they worth keeping?
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Nobody uses these? :o
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Pay attention, the battery packs (NiMH) tend to die after a couple of years and can prevent the scope from working (It will work without the pack and with external DC power).
Hi Gribo Is it just a case of fitting a new battery pack or are there any other things to watch out for? I'm looking at buying a 196c that's been in storage for a while with a dead battery but it does power up on mains.
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I had a 192B (B&W) for a while.
This thing had 2 significant and one mild advantages:
* It's portable. IIRC I had to change the battery.
* The inputs are fully floating catIII rated. So for everyday tasks, it removes the need for a differential probe and you can play with mains / SMPS safely.
* It also works as a DMM.
Apart from that, it is nowhere near any modern scope in terms of functionality.
For a few $100s (bought mine $500 on EBay), it was worth having around (although I sold it after a couple of years of rare use past the initial novelty). At $1800, except if you absolutely need the portability and isolated inputs on a regular basis, I wouldn't do it.