Fluke 1653b - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Squirrel
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: March 05, 2010, 08:26:42 pm
content: I make suggest for Fluke 1653b.It is Electrical installation tester. It would be great if it someday is in eevblog review.

author: Squirrel
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: December 01, 2010, 07:29:43 pm
content: So I can realise, that there is no test about Fluke 1653B in eevblogs?

author: DJPhil
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 01, 2010, 09:31:50 pm
content: It has not been reviewed as far as I know.I think that an installation tester is a bit away from the sort of thing Dave usually reviews. It's a specialized unit for electrical trade work, and Dave sticks pretty close to the engineering side of things.

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 01, 2010, 09:48:40 pm
content: Dave's not an electrician, so I think it's outside his area of expertise. Plus I wouldn't be surprised if you would need an electricians license to use it in .au.

author: Kiriakos-GR
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 02, 2010, 02:42:48 am
content: Yea all those similar devices looks the same ..They gather usually less interest as products, as they are targeting an small range of users.It looks fancy , but in action, there is not much to see.Testing it ? yes why not , but what you expect to see ?Accuracy ? All the high price of it, goes that it is triple tested and accurate.In such level of tools , all that maters , are the usability factor,my vote goes on the one who does the job with out to confuse the user.In simple words to be practical and easy to use..

author: Squirrel
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: December 02, 2010, 06:33:30 am
content: Quote from: alm on December 01, 2010, 09:48:40 pmDave has tested electrician special tools before, why not anymore?

author: DavidDLC
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 03, 2010, 02:18:03 am
content: That meter looks like a handheld video game

author: PetrosA
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 03, 2010, 04:53:37 am
content: These aren't even available here in the US (or anywhere in North America as far as I know). I've wondered whether the megaohms functionality on these is a useful as a dedicated "megger," which is what a US electrician/technician/electrical engineer would have if he/she needed one. The mA tests wouldn't do us any good either since our scale would have to start at 5 mA minimum. As far as Dave doing a review, I don't think it would make a lot of sense, since these testers are designed to do a battery of tests and give a pass/fail with some indication of score - IOW, they don't leave it up to the user to interpret the data. They probably need to have up-to-date calibration certificates as well to be qualified for their intended use.

author: Squirrel
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: December 03, 2010, 11:42:56 am
content: Quote from: PetrosA on December 03, 2010, 04:53:37 amHow I got glue that that is bad thing if there is review some equipment, witch are not close to your mind? 1653b does not give any pass fail result, it give result like multimeters and users think are that pass or fail.

author: PetrosA
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 03, 2010, 12:44:55 pm
content: Quote from: Squirrel on December 03, 2010, 11:42:56 amI'm not saying a review wouldn't be interesting, but from the searching I did, it looks like there are only a few manufacturers even making something similar, with the Fluke unit coming in at about 900 GBP for the low end unit and 2000 GBP for the higher end unit. At that price range, I would expect the units will perform very well and will have a very good build quality. It looks like a very different (and very professional oriented) market from the DMM market which is flooded with cheap multimeters.

author: Kiriakos-GR
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 04, 2010, 01:27:39 am
content: Quote from: Squirrel on December 03, 2010, 11:42:56 amAnd so it is called as multimeter , and it must to be tested & reviewed ?Interesting point of view.