How to Adjust Fluke 62 MAX+ IR Thermometer

bAdbOb · 01-04-2016 -- 08:14:39

Does anyone know what the adjustment procedure is for a Fluke 62 MAX+ IR thermometer? The Fluke calibration manual says it must be returned to Fluke for adjustments.

Thank you for your help!!!

metrologygeek · 01-04-2016 -- 14:18:06

If they won't provide the adjustment procedure then stop buying them.

griff61 · 01-04-2016 -- 19:08:44

Quote from: metrologygeek on 01-04-2016 -- 14:18:06
If they won't provide the adjustment procedure then stop buying them.

More labs need to do this, Danaher has become out of control now. You can barely pull specs out of their greedy littl e paws.
Since they bought every cal lab they could get their hands on, and re-branded them Tektronix, they suck wind.
Even more ridiculous, they outsource their own junk, for instance, we sent a couple of their high end oscopes to them and then they sent them out to some other lab in California!
(Guess where we'll send them next time...)
****rant ended*** for the moment

silv3rstr3 · 01-05-2016 -- 07:20:23

I would like to think there are a zero and span pots internally.

"More labs need to do this, Danaher has become out of control now. You can barely pull specs out of their greedy littl e paws.
Since they bought every cal lab they could get their hands on, and re-branded them Tektronix, they suck wind.
Even more ridiculous, they outsource their own junk, for instance, we sent a couple of their high end oscopes to them and then they sent them out to some other lab in California!
(Guess where we'll send them next time...)"
****rant ended*** for the moment

That rant made me laugh. Hopefully that lab wasn't micro precision....lol

griff61 · 01-05-2016 -- 08:11:15

Quote from: silv3rstr3 on 01-05-2016 -- 07:20:23
That rant made me laugh. Hopefully that lab wasn't micro precision....lol

It was a lab I haven't dealt with before. What made it even weirder to me, is that when we sent them out, it went to a lab I worked in way back when it was still Sypris Test & Measurement in Phoenix. It was sort of surreal, like I evac'd it to myself, lol

Hawaii596 · 01-05-2016 -- 12:10:33

Can't think of that model Fluke Temp/RH Hygrometer that doesn't have any adjustments. We even tried opening one and found it looked like a custom software adjustment, with no analogue adjustment capability in it. Some of their newer small handheld products, seems like, are going the way of "Factory Only" adjustment. I'll be interested to hear about this one.

bAdbOb · 01-05-2016 -- 14:24:57

Fluke 62 IR thermometers can be cal'd by pressing a combination of buttons to get to the cal menu. I tried all combinations of buttons hoping the same type procedure would apply, alas, no joy

metrologygeek · 01-05-2016 -- 15:59:38

Jerry - that's the Fluke 971 Temp/RH handheld. What a POS.

bAdbOb · 01-06-2016 -- 07:47:41

Received call from Fluke. No procedure available. Must send back to service center for adjustment

Gimme a break!!!
What metrologygeek said:

Quote from: metrologygeek on 01-04-2016 -- 14:18:06
If they won't provide the adjustment procedure then stop buying them.

Hawaii596 · 01-06-2016 -- 09:46:19

Metrologygeek - I knew that. Just couldn't get it at the tip of my tongue. And didn't want to know quite badly enough to go look it up on Indysoft. We got a few in at the same time from a customer last year, and all of them were out of spec - and I think all almost brand new. Give me a Vaisala or Rotronic (in that order of preference) any day. While I'm off topic...

Found a Vaisala HMI 36 in the boneyard, but don't have a probe for it. Apparently it is only compatible with HMP35B or HMP36B (not A, C, D, E or anything else - just B; at least according to what literature I've found. It takes a DB9 connection.

Anyone with thoughts on this?