Fluke 87 age?

[Laro13]

Today I bought a broken Fluke 87 multimeter for 7,50 euro's( $10).

It was dead when I got it, but luckily it was an easy fix.

A lot of times the fuse is broken, but that was not the case.
When I pulled it apart, I saw that the battery-leads where loose.
After some soldering, it came to life.

Then there was a second problem, a common problem with the older fluke's.
It had a bad display. I remembered something I read on our fine forum, about this problem.
So after cleaning the contacts, the display looked like new.

I was wondering when the Fluke 87 mark 1 was produced. I think it was somewhere in the nineties.

Thanks!

 

[canbug]

I bought my first Fluke 87 in 93.

Tim.

 

[scaron]

man, that is a very nice score indeed! i always love a quick solder joint fix. i believe the 87 mk 1 dates from the mid nineties.

 

[Laro13]

At first glance, I did not think it was that old.
Probably the previous owner took good care of it.

 

[zkling]

It should have a serial number sticker. Just give fluke a call, they will give you an exact DOM. Good deal on a nice meter BTW

 

[royesses]

Remove the display and clean the Zebra strips and the mating pads with some alcohol. There is a Fluke repair kit usually available on ebay to replace the display with new. I purchased mine in 1991 and have cleaned the Zebra strips 3 times. The zebra strip issue shows up as missing segments or very low contrast segments. After cleaning it is as good as new.

 

[saturnman]

mine was a donation/promotion to our g.m. asep( technician ) class of 98....

 

[Laro13]

Remove the display and clean the Zebra strips and the mating pads with some alcohol. There is a Fluke repair kit usually available on ebay to replace the display with new. I purchased mine in 1991 and have cleaned the Zebra strips 3 times. The zebra strip issue shows up as missing segments or very low contrast segments. After cleaning it is as good as new.

Yes, that is what I already did. It was a big improvement.

Thanks.

 

[Coolguy83]

I have one for sale