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Fluke 8021B LCD Repair

2016/04/21 By staze 2 Comments

8021BA coworker recently gave me his Fluke 8021B to repair as it had taken a fall ages ago, and the LCD had been damaged. Having seen a post ages ago on Mr. Modemhead’s site, I knew repairing the screen on the 8020A was doable, and figured the 8021B would be identical as far as screen.

The problem, actually, is the LCD holder is surprisingly different (much more sturdy). So after I ordered and received the LCDs, I went about “machining” the LCD holder to let it fit. This took grinding off part of the “top” where the pins would lay, and several other ribs to allow the LCD to sit “flat” on the holder ((As noted later, I actually didn’t do enough the first go around)). Wiring the LCD, I used two colors of 30AWG wire, and a wire wrap tool (that I hadn’t used before). I used two colors of wire to help differentiate between the bottom and top pins. I also, breaking from Mr. Modemhead’s page, drilled small holes in the LCD holder to feed the “bottom” wires through, and to help keep them in order. Stripping the wires, then soldering to the PCB was annoying, but not overly time consuming. I also had to re-solder the “COM” jack on the unit since it had worked loose enough to “spin”. This is very easy to do, as you just put the soldering iron IN the jack, let the whole thing get nice and hot, and then touch solder to the bottom side, then the top side, and let it cool. I did have to “machine” the plastic of the top case a bit to let it clear the new solder, but it worked just fine, and was now solid. =)

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Filed Under: Electronics Tagged With: 8021B, Fluke, LCD

Fluke 12 repair

2015/06/01 By staze

Fluke 12Another meter repair everyone! Anyway, as usual, I purchased a Fluke 12 off eBay listed as the buttons not working, but the meter itself worked as long as you were measuring diodes, or VDC. After a quick search online, this appeared to be due to the elastomeric strip between the buttons PCB and the main PCB being dirty, or failing. I contacted the seller to make sure the case wasn’t broken (as this meter seems to be on Fluke’s “Repair by Replace” list, I didn’t want to fall into that trap again), and after he said it was all intact, I ordered the unit for $30 + $6 shipping.

The meter arrived, and indeed, the buttons didn’t work. Nice “click” when pushing, but no registration. I pulled the screews from the back of the unit, and the main PCB clips into the case in a rather awkward way (really Fluke?). After getting that out, there’s a plastic/metal shield that holds the LCD and button board in place, and a cutout for the two elastomer strips to pass through. I cleaned the main PCB real well hoping that would help, but sadly, it still doesn’t work. I grabbed my meter, and checked the strip it came with, and it registered in 5 mega-ohms. Well, that’s not right. Online I found some references to stealing the elastomer strips out of a Harbor Freight cheapo multimeter. As luck would have it, I had one of those I got for free a while back. Indeed, it has two strips between the board and the screen, and while the height of them is right, the thickness is off (they’re just over 1/2 as thick is the stock strip). So, I cut two to the right length, and measured their resistance: about 5-10 kilo-ohms. Much better. I doubled them up and managed to shove them into the space where the old strip was, and closed the unit up. Once the screws were in (and therefore pressure applied to the strips), it worked! Total repair time, less than 10 minutes. Cost, free!

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Filed Under: Electronics Tagged With: Fluke, Fluke 12, Harbor Freight, Multimeter, repair

Fluke 322 (failed) Repair

2015/04/26 By staze

Fluke 322I recently, mistakenly, purchased a Fluke 322 off eBay for far more than I should have paid (paid about $35 for a broken one). I thought it would be an easy repair, but sadly, the issue was that the case was broken (guessing it got dropped from some height, or was partially crushed). The self-taping screws all screwed into the plastic casing front, and several of those threaded lugs were broken, so the case wasn’t being held together fully, which results in the contacts from the rotating switch not making contact enough to turn the multimeter on.

My first thought was to contact Fluke and ask about purchasing a replacement front case. Thankfully, they got back to me quickly and said this unit is on their “repair by replace” list. Meaning for $90, I could send it in, and they would send me the new model of this unit, which is also on the “repair by replace” list, and also means they have no parts available.

My second attempt was to use some JBWeld to repair the broken lugs. Sadly, this resulted in the lugs being the wrong height such that the board, even though it would screw in at that point, still didn’t provide enough pressure to the contacts to power on.

So, sadly, this one is a loss. I’ve kept the unit in the parts drawer incase I ever see one for cheap… or I manage to see someone interested in one for the main board, clamp, etc. down the road.

Filed Under: Electronics Tagged With: 322, Fluke, repair

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