[volt-nuts] Fluke 343 arrived, trip behaviour

[m k]

Hi, Fabio,

Also dont forget that the electroytics will be leaky with not being used for a while. After cleanng, try and leave it on overnight to reform them, unless it seems to be getting hot that is.

M K

> Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 09:08:14 +0200
> From: fabioeb at quipo.it
> To: volt-nuts at febo.com
> Subject: Re: [volt-nuts] Fluke 343 arrived, trip behaviour
> 
> Frank Stellmach <frank.stellmach at freenet.de> ha scritto:
> 
> > Hello Fabio,
> >
> ...
> >
> > On your unit, I suspect the crowbar driver circuitry and/or sink  
> > supply to work incorrectly.
> >
> > Frank
> 
> Hello Frank, thank you, now I don't have time, but I opened
> the unit and saw a lot of dirt, this unit is old ,
> the selectors plastic parts seem a little fragile and
> one was repaired in the past.
> when I have a little time I'll clean it and check the circuitry,
> I downloded the manual, the important is that the matched resistors
> and the voltage reference seem to be ok, the rest should be not hard to fix.
> 
> Fabio.
>