I was on the phone to Fluke, preparing to send in
my old meter and get an updated model for another
$300, $100 off the retail price. I got suspicious
of the leads while on the phone, and cancelled
the RMA. Replacing the leads with another pair
solved the problem. Continuity testing the old
leads showed no clear results. The meter has
worked flawlessly with the other leads.
I think the advice or replacing the leads yearly
is good. The ironic part is that I always short
the leads together for a continuity beep before
making any test. This did not alert me to the emerging problem.
Thanks,
Drake
At 07:39 AM 9/23/2016, you wrote:
AS a matter of course we always replace leads in
our meters once a year and send them in for
calibration ~ every 3-4 years. Fluke is VERY
good at there service and I would suggest that
perhaps the cost is 1/2 as much as a new one. We
will send the old ones in and replace it w/ a
new one. Sometimes we need more then 1 clamp on.
Check the DC amp rating on your exisiting meter
& the new one, seems like some of them are only rated for 400A.
On Sep 22, 2016, at 8:46 PM, Benn Kilburn
<<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote:
Ya know what....i'll echo Ron's comment. Check
the leads. I was also questioning an
intermittent working Fluke...switched out the
leads with one that was working fine and found
that one of the leads was the problem.
FWIW, I found the loose connection was where
the wire went into the moulded section of the plug that plugs into the Fluke.
âBennâ
On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 6:18 PM, RM You
<<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Drake, you might want to check the leads. I
had an intermittently working Fluke where the
leads looked perfectly good but they were the problem.
Ron
On Sep 13, 2016, at 2:24 PM, Drake
<<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]>
wrote:
Hello Wrenches,
My old Fluke 337 is working intermittently,
and it needs to be replaced. (An
intermittently working meter seems like a deadly thing to keep around).
It looks like the 337 was replaced by a 337A
(now discontinued) which in turn was replaced
by a Fluke 376. I am still able to find a 337
to buy. Is there any reason to get the 376 instead?
Thanks,
Drake
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