WTF happened to this poor Fluke 77 - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / testgear

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 01, 2020, 03:56:44 am
content: WTF happened to this poor Fluke 77?https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Fluke-77-IV-Digital-Multimeter-Free-Shipping/153900111776

author: stafil
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 01, 2020, 04:02:17 am
content: Let me guess, it is advertised as "New - Open box"Edit: guys = guess

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 01, 2020, 04:04:02 am
content: Quote from: stafil on May 01, 2020, 04:02:17 amQuote

author: james_s
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 01, 2020, 04:07:29 am
content: Looks like it was owned by an industrial electrician or automotive technician. Probably spent its life bouncing around in a tool bag full of dirty tools and handled by grubby hands. I've seen worse.

author: retiredcaps
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 01, 2020, 04:10:49 am
content: When the CAD $ was on par with USD $ and shipping was cheap, I would buy these type of meters, usually not working for about $20 and then clean and fix them.And the pictures show what I would typically buy. The dirtier, the better as I could get it at a cheaper price.Then I follow modemhead's bloghttp://mrmodemhead.com/blog/dirty-multimeter-clean-up/

author: mc172
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 01, 2020, 04:10:58 am
content: What's going on with the silk screen printing? It's blurry, can't decide which is on top and isn't aligned correctly.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 01, 2020, 04:14:51 am
content: Quote from: mc172 on May 01, 2020, 04:10:58 amThat's the WTF part for me. As for the abuse, I've seen much worse.Got to be some sort of chemical thing, but how it got that weird effect is beyond me.

author: james_s
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 01, 2020, 04:22:43 am
content: I thought that was some kind of weird artifact with the photo but it does look like a physical defect. Is the printing on the underside of the lens on these? It almost looks like someone stuck a decal with a new logo on top of the worn off original printing.

author: ataradov
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 01, 2020, 04:25:51 am
content: It is probably aftermarket plastic replacement. The original printing was probably on the dark plastic. The new one overlaps.

author: mc172
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 01, 2020, 04:28:34 am
content: How does that even make sense? None of the possibilities line up correctly.

author: masterx81
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 01, 2020, 04:43:02 am
content: I do my bet:The meter worked a lot with broken lcd protector. Then they decided to replace lcd (and not the surrounding plastics) and glue a new trasparect protection. Glued also new graphics on the new trasparent plastic screen to hide the ruined graphics under.The display plastic is in too good condition compared to the rest of the meter.

author: Fungus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 01, 2020, 06:28:31 am
content: Quote from: stafil on May 01, 2020, 04:02:17 amAnd only $20 less than a new one.

author: AVGresponding
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 01, 2020, 09:47:08 am
content: Clearly it's simply been tortured half to death by joeqsmith

author: Electro Detective
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 01, 2020, 09:58:07 am
content: What a shocker!Do ya reckon that EEVblog Youtube bloke will buy it, and do aautopsyteardown ?EDIT: Looks to me it's done the Cashies rounds (tune: I been everywhere man..)had a few 'suss tradie' owners,been sitting in a metal toolbox with tools and chemicals, in an open ute in Darwin,attacked with a Sharpie marker once or twicethe meter front cleaned and buffed with 120 grit sandpaperDid I miss anything?afaict this meter features TRMS, and bonus TWTF mojo

author: shakalnokturn
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 01, 2020, 10:02:00 am
content: Rare holographic display model?

author: james_s
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 01, 2020, 08:44:02 pm
content: Quote from: Fungus on May 01, 2020, 06:28:31 amThat is a bit silly. There's a Make Offer link though, so maybe they'd take considerably less. If not, it's going to sit there for a while.