fluke 1653 repair

[gregb]

hi just wondering if any body has any ideas on where the best place to get my 1653 repaired i belive the personb i lent it to blew the motherboard

 

[pennywise]

SIS are pretty good, sounds like an expensive fix

 

[gregb]

cool i check ill check them out i think so .....

 

[High Tower]

how the hell do u blow the motherboard on one of them!!

Try JW instruments, they are good on calibration, should be able to repair!

 

[gregb]

thanks

 

[MarkieSparkie]

Are you getting Error 1 (Self Test Failure) at switch on?

 

[mydigitalhome]

Suggest send it back to Fluke in Norwich they are really good. Found them cheaper that some of the other companies out there. Worth a try.

 

[gregb]

hi yer says error 1

 

[yellowvanman]

Had to send mine back to Fluke - fixed fee at that time wad £221 + handling + vat. Only trouble was i sent them a 1653 and got back a 1652 - eventually found they put it in the wrong body.

 

[MarkieSparkie]

gregb, The GS38 input protection on the Fluke 165x series MFTs is internal because Fluke use unfused leads. When 'Error 1' appears at switch on, this usually means a blown input protection circuit, Fluke use a sophisticated active/passive system which requires specialist components and a firmware reset. There is a fuse in the battery box but when this fails you get a 'Fuse' message at switch on.

 

[mydigitalhome]

Hi MarkieSparkie, I have a fluke 1652 with fused leads as standard. Assume some older testers do not.

 

[megger mark]

The TL165X/UK supplied with 1650 are fused, there are two types of error 1, one is a firmware update (cheaper) one is a repair (expensive)
Is the meter under warrenty (3 years), if so Fluke should deal with it for you.

 

[MarkieSparkie]

Opps! ... sorry guys posted to wrong thread ... appologies.