He gets over my head a good bit too lol...
It is always possible to ask if you want something clarified.
No, the 189 has more digits. The rated specification will also often also be better for more expensive meter with the same amount of digits, but that do not mean they are more precise, just that they a guaranteed to be more precise (It is not the same).
i.e. A meter rated with 1% /-5 and a meter rated 0.5%/-2 can both show 1.000 volt when you apply 1.000 volt and often will.
Even cheap meters are usual very precise, at least when used indoor at normal indoor temperature.
I have a Fluke 189 and 289. To be honest, I use the 189 most of the time. It’s got an easier to read display contrast wise. It’s been professionally calibrated about a year ago. The 289 was sent back to fluke to have the leaky super capacitor replaced under warranty about 2 years ago. While it was there, they calibrated it and updated the firmware.
Same here, I also prefer the 189 for most tasks.
My 189 which I’ve owned since 1999 still has a good supercapacitor. Have you checked your 289? It is a known issue with that model. Luckily mine didn’t damage the circuit board because it was just starting to leak. Fluke was really good about taking care of the problem.
Not recently, it is probably a good idea to check again.
Definitely a good idea. I mentioned this to BLF member TurboBB73. He made a video on youtube a little over a year ago.
It may be time to remove it:
Wow! Glad I mentioned it to you before it could do damage.
I have one of those fluke IR thermometers glenn in work. Actually got it for bearing temps and flashlight checks……….not used for latter yet.
Keep pondering over the thermal imagining Fluke but too much money.
It needed to leak a lot more before it could do any damage, but now it is removed. It did not work anyway.
This means it looses the time each time I replaces batteries (I already did that) and that is not really a problem for me. If I need to do some offline logging with time stamps I will have to use another meter.
Hi Ven, how are you buddy? I purchased my Fluke 62 Mini years ago before all the cheap Chinese IR meters came out. I remember it wasn’t cheap. I can only imagine how expensive Fluke thermal imaging meters cost. BTW, I purchased my Fluke meters when I had a decent paying job. Today I’m retired, and very careful how I spend my money. If I already didn’t own them, I’d be looking for much less expensive electronic measuring tools.
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It is always possible to ask if you want something clarified.
It’s just a matter of learning what different functions does and learning different terms mean like burden voltage. shunts.
Are these DMM good for the flashlight hobby and are these meter made in the U.S. for the Asian market?
Shunt is often used about a resistor when it is used for current measurement.
Burden voltage is the voltage drop in a DMM when it is used for measuring current. If you are measuring current from a 1.2V battery with a 200mV burden voltage (At the actual current) your load will only see 1V, i.e. the DMM will affect the result.
Yes, but if only used for flashlights you can get something cheaper that is just as good. With the Fluke you also pays for safety when using it at mains voltage.
Probably made in Asia for the Asian market
Thanks for the replies!
What’s your idea of a cheaper DMM that is just as good?
You don’t have to many DMM reviews/test report up yet so I can’t go by that for reference.
The cheap Aneng (AN8008 & AN860B+) looks good, but they do not have the same mechanical quality as Fluke,(that is not a problem on a bench).
I am working on it, I have a couple more ready, they will be published over the next few months.
Nive review, thanks :cowboy_hat_face:
I bought the Fluke 17B+ about over a year ago after AvE´s review.
Mainly, because I had done it all for like 10 years on a 10$ multimeter, so I thought it´s about time…
Has been working well and I like that it is AA-powered and not 9V (which I had to replace to my older MM quite often).
Hey there, OK thanks, hope your doing good :+1: Sorry for late reply, BLF has been down my side for a day or 2 and missed this altogether.
Yep Fluke are certainly not cheap! Case of buy once , cry once……………
I have the little baby 59(just for checking bearing temps…………oh and flashlights when i get chance).
Fluke is very reliable and expensive, but not the only game in town. I have a some of Fluke meters, including 8846A (A very high end DMM) and like them, but recently I have looked more at Keysight, they are also expensive, but not as bad as Fluke and they do also know a lot about making very good test equipment (I do use a lot of other brands).
Just had a quick look at the keysight brand and do look good, Quick look at the U1241C and cost wise seem around Fluke prices here in the UK. Will save for future reference ! Thanks HKJ :+1: my wallet just loves you 