Question with Fluke 17B - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / beginners

author: diracshore
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 22, 2011, 05:19:15 pm
content: Just got this unit in, and first impressions are very good. Its a very nice tool. I have no idea how i might verify it is working correct so I had a quick look around. One thing that bugged me was if i switch to mV the measurement starts falling. First at -001.0 and after 20 seconds -011.0 and so on. Why is that ? Is it a fault ?

author: Kiriakos-GR
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 22, 2011, 05:57:40 pm
content: The most basic DMM test, are to cross the leads, and if it display 0000 you are good to go

author: skipsmoto
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: October 20, 2011, 12:35:03 pm
content: Just bought one too. hope it's ok.

author: Kiriakos-GR
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 20, 2011, 02:51:16 pm
content: The play-up at the mV range ( with the test leads open = no contact between them) its not a sign of damage.

author: RCMR
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 20, 2011, 08:33:16 pm
content: I have had a 17B for a couple of months now and it's a great little meter for the price.Feels like its more expensive brothers but at a budget price. I'm happy to forgo a bit of resolution and accuracy because it's still good enough for 99% of the work I do but it comes with that Fluke "quality feel" which gives me confidence it'll still be working when I need it most.

author: Storeinfinity
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: October 22, 2011, 03:12:39 am
content: I totally agree on the quality of 17B with its budget price.It has been the most popular one in Chinese market.I remember one chinese folk tried to modify 15B into a 17B and he made it.http://www.ourdev.cn/bbs/bbs_content_all.jsp?bbs_sn=1432077this is the bbs page of the whole procedure it takes, please google translate it and if anything puzzles you i would love to revise some translations when needed.BTW 17b has been the star best seller at storeinfinity. Just in case some one might be interested in it, it costs $70 now.Slightly higher in ebay.Enjoy

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 22, 2011, 09:02:51 am
content: Quote from: Storeinfinity on October 22, 2011, 03:12:39 amHi Storeinfinitythe Fluke $17B is listed as $70US yet is $75.33AU. I am curious why the higher price for Australia given $AU is currently above parity with $US.Australia has a free trade agreement with China.Australia is in the same or a closer time zone to China.Freight is charged separately so should be of no consequence to item pricing.These are retail purchases to diverse location so economies of scale discounts to distributors should not apply.Transaction with Australia should have a comparatively low occurrence of fraud and default.Why the proportionally higher prices for Australia? While $5.33 isn't exactly a game breaker a similar margin on a variety of purchases amounts to a lot of cash. This is a common theme in pricing and not restricted to Storeinfinity.What factors are bring about these price discrepancies?

author: Kiriakos-GR
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 22, 2011, 10:11:10 am
content: Quote from: Storeinfinity on October 22, 2011, 03:12:39 amGreat link !! Lots of imagination !!I bet that the one who had stick those LED's , connected them with the Buzzer ?Did he ?

author: amspire
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 22, 2011, 01:00:06 pm
content: Quote from: Uncle Vernon on October 22, 2011, 09:02:51 amWhere did you get the $75.33 from? Isn't the price US$70 which is A$67.48, and if you buy with, say Paypal, then you pay the standard Paypal currency conversion rates?Anyway, you can get is cheaper once you include postage. Shipped to Australia, it is US$88.Here is the same thing for US$86.29 shipped to Australia.http://www.aliexpress.com/product-fm/479107561-FLUKE-17B-F17B-Digital-Multimeter-Meter-NEW-wholesalers.htmlRichard.

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 22, 2011, 02:46:26 pm
content: Quote from: amspire on October 22, 2011, 01:00:06 pmTry selecting $AU on the website which is what you are going to get charged paying in $AU and magically "$7.85AU of not being American" tax is deducted!QuoteAs you should given the logistics and relative transport distances. But unless you are paying from the US you are going to get taxed.

author: amspire
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 22, 2011, 03:53:04 pm
content: I what you mean. So pay in US dollars and you get the US price. It doesn't matter what country you pay from. They just don't like Aussie dollars.Or get it from the other seller cheaper.Richard