On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:06:13 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
John Larkin wrote:
Think you'll find the Fluke *is* a Chinese meter...;-)

All of my Flukes, including my very nice new 8845A, say
"made in USA."

ftp://jjlarkin.lmi.net/MadeInUSA.JPG

Are any of their low-end things actually Chinese?

I got a flier from an electronics company the other day with some Fluke
models on special offer and that said they were made in China. They could
have been wrong, of course - you'd need to see the actual unit to be sure.

Everybody else - Agilent, Keithley, BNC, Wavetek - are selling their
names and shipping Chinese junk. The low-end Tek scopes are made in
China, but I think they're still Tek designs.

Just because it's designed/made in China doesn't make it junk. They are
perfectly capable of making high quality stuff as well as rubbish. You
need to blame the brand name if they allow crap to be sold using their
logo.


A lot of people are rebranding the Array boxes...

http://www.array.com.cn/yq-3400e.htm

http://www.berkeleynucleonics.com/pr...model_645.html

http://www.keithley.com/products/pul...rator/?mn=3390

http://www.picotest.com.tw/product03.html

http://www.google.com/url?sa=U&start...vzAUnHeYAvFmqw


I haven't used their arb, but their benchtop DVM (aka Keithley 2100)
*is* junk.

John