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Fluke, need some advice
GW
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I lost (for the moment) my Fluke multimeter that could utilize this clamp on set up.
I can't get the clamp on set up to work with this Fluke
Do I need another Fluke (like the one I lost), or should this set up work? It won't show temp no matter what setting or button i push; it's got a new 9v battery too.
Thanks, Gary
I can't get the clamp on set up to work with this Fluke
Do I need another Fluke (like the one I lost), or should this set up work? It won't show temp no matter what setting or button i push; it's got a new 9v battery too.
Thanks, Gary
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Or any meter that has the "K" terminal connection.
I have a $50 Field Peice DMM that I've had for years that I plug my Fluke clamp directly into. Works great.
Other than wanting to sell another component, IDK why Fluke won't offer the direct "K" connection on their meters.Bob Boan
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thanks, that set up i have 'should' work; it certainly fits. I just don't know if i have some sort of compatibility issue or if my 80TH stopped working. I need a guy with vast multi meter knowledge to chime in!
I may just by a cheap Fieldpiece unit to get me through. When you need a clamp on, you really need it!0 -
I ordered this form the local vendor
https://www.amazon.com/hilmor-Dual-Readout-Thermometer-1839106/dp/B00FMFM272
Costs more but hey whatever
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Hilmore's good stuff.GW said:I ordered this form the local vendor
https://www.amazon.com/hilmor-Dual-Readout-Thermometer-1839106/dp/B00FMFM272
Costs more but hey whatever
If anyone has any input on my existing fluke set up please let me know
Bob Boan
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well after i ordered the new clamp on thermometer i found my missing Fluke, of well. I don't know why this Fluke works with the k couple adapter and the other Fluke doesn't
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It may have been the scale you set it to. Something in the back of my mind says that you have to use something other than the temp scale.Bob Boan
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Yes the fluke 16 works in DC scale. The Fluke 324 I tried all sorts of settings, zip. I need to chat with a multimeter geek0
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Ah. Were you, perchance, using the temp scale on the 324? The 80TK is a K-type thermocouple temperature-to-volt adapter. You'd need to use the DC volt scale, then it'd be one volt per ° F (or C if, you know, metric). Since the 324 has a temp scale, I'd imagine that you could use one of these as well, but the 80TK will work on any meter with a DCV scale that you could plug the adapter in to.0
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Ok thanks I’ll try again for basic curiosity. I thought I did that but I’ll try again0
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Flukes thermometers are great thermometers
Flukes DMM's are horrible thermometers
Fluke told me that after complaining about the inaccuracies of 2 #16's and 2 # 116's ive owned. i now have a very accurate albeit expensive #54 thermometer
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When I'm looking for accuracy, I use my Fluke 724 temperature calibrator...
It'll read or simulate a dozen kinds of thermocouples and a handful of RTD sensors. Sometimes it's nice to be able to fool the controls, to see what it's going to do. If it did the high-resistance thermisitors (like 10 & 20 kΩ) it'd be perfect.
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my new Hilmore is 1 or 2 degrees off (two clamps, same pipe). Oh well. I don't require super accuracy, often times i just need a basic contract.0
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Yah, if you read the specs, most consumer-grade temp stuff is only good for ±2°—I'm always
violently angryamused when customers complain that the thermostat and thermometer right beside it don't agree to 1000 PPM.I truly think the industry as a whole would be well served to go to an arbitrary scale of say "A, B, C, D" on thermostats.
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@GW The problem you may be having is the meter you tried to use doesn't have a low enough DC volts scale. I have one of those Fluke temperature probes and it works fine with all my digital multimeters (Fluke 8060's, 8100, and a 75).
On some autoranging meters you have to manually nudge the meter into the lowest scale where it would work with that Fluke temp probe.
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Vaporstat with a 12oz cut-out and 4oz cut-in
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