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Dropped $600 on a Fluke 787 and it saved my butt on a 737 nav issue last week
I was tracing a bad pitot static line on a 737 at KLAX and my old multimeter was giving me ghost readings. Bought the Fluke 787 from Grainger for $600 and found the break in 10 minutes. That thing paid for itself in one job. Has anyone else had luck with one of these or do you stick with cheaper meters?
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amy_craig2817d agoTop Commenter
Hold up, that 737 nav issue was probably from a bad pitot static line, not a bad multimeter. Your old meter might have been fine, you just needed the Fluke to trace the break. 600 bucks is a lot for a meter, but if it found the problem that fast, I guess it paid off. Still, you could have grabbed a cheaper clamp meter for around 150 and probably gotten the same result. Not saying the Fluke is bad, just that it's a big price tag for a one-job fix.
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fiona_kim17d ago
@emeryj66 paid to play and the Fluke earned its keep.
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emeryj6617d ago
@amy_craig28 nailed it, the Fluke is overkill but when you need it you really need it. I dropped $700 on a Megger insulation tester for one motor repair, never looked back.
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