Specialty supplier?  Oh, you mean hardware store.

And I've never heard of this "common problem".  And as a ham I know maybe 2
dozen or more people in our radio club that own Flukes.  It's certainly
possible that it's a common problem on a certain model, or maybe a production
run, but not to all of them.

tom
K0TAR

On 18 Dec 2007 at 6:45, Mike S wrote:

> At 09:21 PM 12/17/2007, tom ring wrote...
> >All I have to say is, you get what you pay for.  A Fluke will last 10
> >to 1000
> >times longer than a 10 or 20 dollar meter,
>
> Sure, because it's protected by a couple of $5 fuses, available only
> from a specialty supplier. Buy a $10 el-cheapo, and you might have to
> buy a whole new meter if you connect it wrong (that is, if it's 50 cent
> hardware store fuse doesn't blow).
>
> And if you don't need new elastomeric display contacts, a common Fluke
> problem, add $10 for repair (if you do it yourself), instead of $10 for
> a new meter.
>
> And if you can still close the case because the plastic threads aren't
> stripped due to the lack of a battery door which the cheap one has.
>

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Tom Ring K0TAR, ex-WA2PHW  EN34hx
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