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- From: agodwin@acorn.co.uk (Adrian Godwin)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Fluke 75 DVM - fault or bug in current measurement
- Message-ID: <17860@acorn.co.uk>
- Date: 18 Aug 92 17:18:50 GMT
- Sender: agodwin@acorn.co.uk
- Organization: Acorn Computers Ltd, Cambridge, UK
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- I've just repaired an intermittent fault on a Fluke 75 DVM (series I), and
- found another peculiarity : but I'm not sure if it's a fault or a bug.
-
- If approx. 3A is passed through the 10A and COM terminals with autorange
- selected, it is measured correctly. The meter selects the xx.xx range.
- However, if the range is forced to xxx.x (I don't think this can happen
- on autorange), the meter displays about 1.4A.
- If 30mA is passed through the 300mA and COM terminals, a correct display
- occurs whichever range is selected.
-
- This doesn't occur on a Fluke 77, but the circuitry differs slightly (the
- 75 has a PCB dated 1983, and 2 fuses - the 77 has a PCB dated 1985, only 1
- fuse, and a different layout). Could the error be due to some peculiarity of
- the resistor network used to provide the 2 current ranges (and ignored,
- as it isn't particularly useful to select this range) or is there another
- fault to fix ?
-
- The previous owner of the meter appears to have deliberately disabled the
- range hold feature by cutting away the conductive rubber pad from the button,
- and had put a blanking plug in the 10A socket, possibly because of concern over
- this misreading - but apart from this peculiarity, it seems to work OK.
-
- -adrian
-