Fluke PRV240FS Proving Unit Battery Consumption

RE: Fluke PRV240FS Proving Unit Battery Consumption

three-phase — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 21:22:48 GMT

Updated today with the switch installed to stop the battery drain, as long as I remember to use it!

Kind regards

RE: Fluke PRV240FS Proving Unit Battery Consumption

jw0752 — Fri, 13 Apr 2018 14:55:10 GMT

Hi Donald,

How about inserting a thin insulator with a contact on each side into the battery circuit. You could then run wires from the contacts to a switch and never have to mess with cutting traces or tampering with the circuit board.

John

RE: Fluke PRV240FS Proving Unit Battery Consumption

shabaz — Thu, 12 Apr 2018 22:19:50 GMT

That really sucks when manufacturers put so little effort into reducing the off/standby power. I have a portable ham receiver that does that, and the manufacturer states that's the way it is - and they supply rechargeable batteries with it. But I rarely use it, so inevitably each time I do want to use it, the batteries are flat : (

Hopefully you can find some space to mount the switch, even though you shouldn't have to.

RE: Fluke PRV240FS Proving Unit Battery Consumption

genebren — Wed, 11 Apr 2018 20:42:36 GMT

Donald,

That is clearly sub-standard performance for a tool battery pack. I guess the manual could be right if you just ran 1100 test right out of the box before the batteries drained due to storage. Is there any convenient way to add a power switch to disconnect that batteries during storage?

Gene