Ripped off ?

[mikep]

Went to use my Fluke 1652 the other day but would not zero, so thought I would send it away for calibration anyway, courier picked it up and I googled the fault online to find it was a common thing when the batteries got low they won't zero, got a call from the company who does the calibration to say it was

 

[Andy™]

the guy just kept saying it was guaranteed if it goes wrong again.

on the bright side, you wont have to buy any batteries again...

 

[betty swollocks]

I wish you had posted this earlier

I could have saved you some money because

I'm selling battery packs for

 

[Manator]

You could have saved yourself some money if you had sent it to Megger Mark

 

[alpha spark]

Should of got a megger lol

 

[batty]

This is the problem of these calibration companies. I have said this before but here goes again. I sent a Megger cm500 to a company in Cambridge to sort the low current trip on the Megger as it was miles out and this was at the suggestion of Megger themselves. Now they had it for months and I finally got it back with a bill for a couple of hundred pounds. The loop readings were actually worse than when it went away. I am fed up with wasting money on the said meter. I put it down to experience. If I have any problems with meters I will send them to Megger Mark as he has always been honest and I feel you can trust him.

 

[kme]

This is why MeggerMark is a sponsor of the forum -

There are a lot of us that use his company, for both new kit, repair, cal. etc.

If he wasn`t reliable (and he`s a nice guy, too), I wouldn`t go there..........

So the moral of the story - use the power of the forum. Its what its here for.

edit: It doesn`t help anyone else, as you haven`t told us who you DID use!!!!!

 

[batty]

Calibration services, instrument repairs and electronic test equipment sales - Industrial Calibration

And they were recommended by Megger.

 

[kme]

Calibration services, instrument repairs and electronic test equipment sales - Industrial CalibrationAnd they were recommended by Megger.

I was referring to the O/P mate - but thank you

 

[batty]

`You know me easily confused.com

 

[Evans Electric]

I have three seperates not a multi , I usually pay

 

[Jono Pashley]

reminds me to get them at work to pay for my tester to be calibrated, bet they dont wanna pay...

 

[Manator]

I have three seperates not a multi , I usually pay

 

[m4tty]

That's good but tbh I wouldn't ever post my tester and trust the postage companies not to kick the box around. Iykwim. Think I'm gonna try get mine calibrated at elex at sandown park

 

[steptoe]

try using your battery check next time,

anythime I get a dodgy reading the first thing I do is check the battery voltage,

Flukes have an inbuilt ability to show the battery voltage.

 

[Andy™]

get a megger - shows battery voltage when switched on

 

[Andy™]

Best use for megger is a door stop :slap

i guess even that is still more useful than a Fluke

 

[Sharpend]

I'll bet its a Fluke if a Megger works!!!

 

[brummydave]

Calibration services, instrument repairs and electronic test equipment sales -*Industrial CalibrationAnd they were recommended by Megger.

They're offering a kewtech acc kit for

 

[Manator]

Anything you buy at a show is massively discounted, almost free.