Experimenting with Thermistors – Grand Prize Pt.2: Fluke 279 FC/iFlex DMM Review

RE: Experimenting with Thermistors – Grand Prize Pt.2: Fluke 279 FC/iFlex DMM Review

Gough Lui — Sun, 22 Oct 2023 05:27:50 GMT

A bit of an update - I got a bit tired of the "chunky" charger as the 279 FC is pretty power hungry, so I used a USB-C PD Trigger/Decoy board and a barrel jack to fashion a quick USB-C PD charging cable for the BP500. Best of all, this means that I can charge it while on the go from any power bank that supports 15V (and, if I had used the other decoy board, perhaps even as low as 9V/12V).

More information: https://goughlui.com/2023/10/22/tested-project-usb-c-pd-trigger-decoy-boards-yzx-studio-zypds-zy12pdn/

- Gough

RE: Experimenting with Thermistors – Grand Prize Pt.2: Fluke 279 FC/iFlex DMM Review

dougw — Sun, 27 Nov 2022 16:55:16 GMT

Pretty extensive list of features.

RE: Experimenting with Thermistors – Grand Prize Pt.2: Fluke 279 FC/iFlex DMM Review

maxpowerr — Sun, 27 Nov 2022 15:33:09 GMT

I am impressed. Good review.

RE: Experimenting with Thermistors – Grand Prize Pt.2: Fluke 279 FC/iFlex DMM Review

baldengineer — Sun, 27 Nov 2022 02:18:59 GMT

I am torn on the idea of a combined DMM and Thermal Imager.

A thermal view can be such a helpful step in troubleshooting. However, I don't know that I need it anywhere near as often as I do DMM functions.

Then again, if I were doing maintenance or repair in an industrial environment, by the opposite would be true?

It's a shame to see the requirement to log in to use the mobile app. I'm finding it increasingly frustrating that anything that connects to a Bluetooth device needlessly requires a login to a cloud service. I'm not sure why that has become the norm. (Okay, maybe I know why, but I still do not like it.)