Musicmanager
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Hello
Regular visitors will probably recall I was seeking help to recalibrate my Mastech DMM because my Fluke 8840A was showing it suffered a large discrepancy. The remedy came easily when a local retired Tech Services guy recalibrated it for a few pounds.
All was well in the world until just a week later I was using the Fluke 8840A and became aware of an unwelcome odour, looked up at the Fluke display just in time to see it disappear ! Quick power off, odour disappeared, power back on no display but more odour !
I had a good poke around inside but couldn't see anything alarming, but I couldn't see much of the display module without big time dismantling which I was reluctant to undertake.
I did some net searching and on EEVBlog I found a number of references to a Co called Golovatol (AHOL) in the Ukraine; they invited me to view Ebay item No 155514220604 and I placed an order. It took a while to get here but given the situation that's no surprise.
It arrived yesterday, and a couple of hours this morning has resulted in this .. .
Result !
It's not for the faint hearted, much of the plastic surrounding the display unit has gone brittle with age and if you're like me - Sainbury's Pork Sausages for fingers - it's very fiddly, but patience will reap dividends.
MM
Regular visitors will probably recall I was seeking help to recalibrate my Mastech DMM because my Fluke 8840A was showing it suffered a large discrepancy. The remedy came easily when a local retired Tech Services guy recalibrated it for a few pounds.
All was well in the world until just a week later I was using the Fluke 8840A and became aware of an unwelcome odour, looked up at the Fluke display just in time to see it disappear ! Quick power off, odour disappeared, power back on no display but more odour !
I had a good poke around inside but couldn't see anything alarming, but I couldn't see much of the display module without big time dismantling which I was reluctant to undertake.
I did some net searching and on EEVBlog I found a number of references to a Co called Golovatol (AHOL) in the Ukraine; they invited me to view Ebay item No 155514220604 and I placed an order. It took a while to get here but given the situation that's no surprise.
It arrived yesterday, and a couple of hours this morning has resulted in this .. .
Result !
It's not for the faint hearted, much of the plastic surrounding the display unit has gone brittle with age and if you're like me - Sainbury's Pork Sausages for fingers - it's very fiddly, but patience will reap dividends.
MM