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Fluke Banana Jack Repair
Ever bought a set of those cheap Chinese-made multimeter probes? They probably had some little plastic inserts in the banana plugs. For what reason I’m not sure, maybe to keep the safety shroud around the plug from deforming. Don’t toss … Continue reading
Tektronix DMM912 Teardown
Tektronix may be known best for their industry-leading oscilloscopes, but they also sell other test equipment, including a line of handheld multimeters in the 1990s. The model documented here is a DMM912, part of a series of multimeters that included … Continue reading
Beckman LCD Assembly Repair
The basic Beckman multimeter design that seems to apply to many of their 3½ digit models from the late 1970s onward include an LCD/processor chip assembly held together by various plastic parts that simply clip together. The later Wavetek-branded models … Continue reading
Fluke 23-III DMM Repair
The first two generations of the popular 70-series Fluke handheld DMMs included the 21 and 23 models, which were the same as the 75 and 77 respectively, except their cases were safety yellow instead of the usual dark gray. The … Continue reading
Beckman Industrial HD140 Multimeter
The HD140 digital multimeter from Beckman Industrial is another in the “heavy-duty” series, very similar to the HD110 in a previous article. Unlike the HD110 however, this is a 20,000-count 4½ digit model with RMS-responding AC capability. Unfortunately I can … Continue reading
HP 3468A Battery Replacement
The HP 3468A multimeter repaired in the last post uses something called “closed-case” or software calibration. Instead of making physical adjustments to controls inside, calibration involves applying known reference levels and having the meter store calibration constants. These are essentially … Continue reading