Need Fluke Voltmeter Help

My guess(tm) is that they did not want you to stand the DVM on end. It might fall over, break something, and cause a warranty issue.

Got a 3D printer? Make your own stand:

On Sat, 9 Apr 2016 19:28:48 -0700 (PDT), mpm Gave us:

PLace it onto a piece of masonite, and then put a bunch of UV cure adhesive around all the points that touch, then fire up the UV lamp and cure it.

There's your cure. Of course, it will take up far more space in the cabinet at that point.

My 29 year old Fluke 75 has needed no maintenance at all, other than 4 (? ) batteries in that time.

Regards, Allan

Yeah, nice idea Jeff, but I'm afraid it's much too far gone to help it. This was a high-mileage field repair meter at one point in it's 25+ year li fe, so it's not like I didn't get my money's worth out of it. I'll miss it (for a while). It had some great standard probes too. I don't really lik e the new ones, but the old ones were showing too much wear for my liking. Better unsatisfied and safe, than dead, I suppose. I'm not even sure tho se were original. Pomona's, maybe?

Update on the unobtanium holster... Here it is Thursday and I still haven't got around to calling Fluke yet. Will put that on a sticky (I hate those things!), and call them first thing tomorrow!

Just closing out this post. I spoke with Fluke Tech Support today and they do not make a holster for the 179.

They do have a magnetic hang strap, but that's not going to get me back to what I enjoyed about the model 77 w/holster. I'm on my own, basically.

That said, it shouldn't be too difficult to cobble something up to counteract the model 179's tendency to want to tip over while it's on the bench.