On 03/06/2014 14:57, Michael Black wrote:
On Mon, 2 Jun 2014, wrote:

On Friday, April 9, 2010 3:37:32 PM UTC-5, Paul Hovnanian P.E. wrote:
Need one.

I knocked the damned thing off the workbench and the display cracked
(again). But the usual on-line sources all list this as "out of stock".
It appears that Fluke no longer carries parts for the 87 (original).
From what I can see, all the service outfits that used to carry this
part got cleaned out fast when Fluke discontinued the part. So these
things must break quite often.

If these can't be had, I guess I'll be looking for a new multimeter with
the same specs. But I want one whe 1) high maintenance parts are
going to be kept in stock for the anticipated life of the product or 2)
a unit that is built well enough that the occasional plunge off the
bench doesn't cause irreplaceable parts to break.

I'd buy the the 87 mark 5, but I'm afraid that Fluke may not have solved
the fragile display problem and, in a few years, when that one takes a
tumble, I'll have to drop another $400 on the mark 6 model.



This kit came with the elastomers and good instructions. Worked for
me. If LCD is cracked or broken, then kit won't work:
http://shop.flukerepairkit.com/Fluke...t-87000001.htm

And it's four years since that post, do you really think he needs the
information now? Either he's found it long ago, or moved on.

He may not even be reading this newsgroup anymore, I recognize the name,
but not sure when I last saw a post from him.

But since you did reply to a four year old post, now you've resurrected
this thread, so others jump in, not noticing it's an old thread. And
what solutions were offered at the time? Nobody's going back to check,
not everyone uses google.

Michael


Is it a human or a bot that is resurrecting this stuff, a whole series
of them, always supposed gmail account and no followup from the bot/human.
Whats it all about,? auto content production for some parasitic site
somewhere?