David L. Jones wrote:
On Dec 19, 5:36 am, John Larkin
wrote:
On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:16:13 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"

wrote:
In article .net,
DaveC wrote:
But it must be Fluke (tried a good Chinese
meter but found couldn't adjust to its design quirks)
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?

The Fluke Chinese "market test" started with the experimental Fluke 19
released in the Asia Pacific market. Used the same chipset as the 87
at the time, and offered unbelievable value for money. It was too good
to be true, most Fluke 19's failed with all sorts of problems.
They learned a few things from that and the 110 series is now a lot
better, but still made in China.

They 170, 80, and higher models are all still made in the US last I
checked. Fluke have been careful to keep their Chinese meters separate
from their US made meter range. Only the US meters have the lifetime
warranty.

Dave.
I just skinned the holster off my Fluke 115 that I bought last winter at
Sears on a US trip ( Sears USA has *much* better tools than Sears
Canada, included the true laser distance meter that I picked up last
year) and all the meter says on the back is "Designed in USA" - which I
am sure means "Manufactured in China". Might not be a high end meter,
but it doesn't feel flimsy and it's really very good at verifying that
the wall plug is still 60.00 Hz and that a fresh battery is around 1.5
volts. It's certainly better than the 15-year-old Radio Shack multimeter
that used to be my bench meter...I seem to have good luck with these
things, I still have a 40 year old analog meter I was given as a kid.


Bill