Fluke
Fluke
A few things about Fluke.....
The further down the time line we have gotten, the more Fluke's quality and especially customer service has faltered.
Years ago I was able to " persuede " a Fluke Bench Tech to send me a replacement cordset for and 80i-400 current clamp which I then repaired and still have.
It now needs another cordset but " Fluke " will not let me have one......
This is because of both incompetence and resistance to allow a simple repair of a device which is still " repairable " and not necessarily cheap to replace.
The appears currently no way to get in contact with anyone in the organization that can be held accountable and take any real action.
Their manuals have gotten quite ridiculous in comparison to former generations.
Newer technology devices are not backwards compatible with older meters when they could easily be made so.
The latest Fluke product I bought which is a 376 clamp meter is a major disappointment....the main necessary feature being the flex loop
The function keys are set up like some of the other Fluke meters I own but do not work the same way, in fact, stupid would be a good description of the way it works. Instead of making it work like familiar units with the function keys doing the same thing, they reinvent the wheel so the look but do not work the same.
The quality is way down. The first 376 had to be returned due to an unresponsive keypad button.
I have used at least one of the newer generation accessory current clamps to use in my travels and it was utterly unstable and unfunctional. I don't recall the model but it was one of the large yellow AC-DC models.
I am currently looking for alternatives next time I have a metering need.
The 2 80 series units I have are still golden and should remain servicable....hopefully.
If I needed a Megger, I would look to anything " but " Fluke.