Good point, the Fluke 87 LCD is no longer made - BUT when they repaired
mine - they replaced it (and its backlight) with the current LCD used in the
87 Series V

Ok, well, mine is a 37 - or was it a typo, did you mean that 37 and 87
displays are the same?


a-fluke has an eBay store, for a number of Fluke items
http://stores.ebay.com/Multimeters-a...enameZL2QQtZkm


Thanks, great link.

Better yet, call or e-mail Fluke.

Sorry, forgot to say that I'm in Europe, so US phone numbers are of
little help. I did email the local branch (.se) but no replies so far,
probably because nobody bothered with something this old.

The battery drops from 9,1v to 8,5v or so when I swith the meter on.
This crude test should indicate that a)there is a moderate current
draw and b)the circuitry isn't a dead short - possibly the actual
metering works fine although the display is dead.

So, how does an LCD work? And: *How do I test it and the mystery chip
that drives it?* (I have an old Tek scope and other meters around.)

Martin