Using The Correct Tools For The Job Are Always Essential!!

[AdmiralCochrane]

I have another story about my original 87.  I was doing an install on a 65 ft yacht belonging to a thoracic surgeon.  Doc was on the boat while I was doing the work and saw my meter and picked it up and looked at it.  He asked me where on the quality hierarchy the Fluke digital meters were.  I told him they were top of the line, state of the art. Politely putting it down he cussed. I asked him why and he told me about his college roommate calling him up and asking him if he wanted to invest in his family business that was about to expand and go digital.  He said "No thanks John. Those Simpson 260 analogs we used in physics class years ago will continue to be the industry standard for decades and decades to come." ... his roomy was John Fluke Jr.

[WRYZ926]

11 minutes ago, AdmiralCochrane said:

I have another story about my original 87.  I was doing an install on a 65 ft yacht belonging to a thoracic surgeon.  Doc was on the boat while I was doing the work and saw my meter and picked it up and looked at it.  He asked me where on the quality hierarchy the Fluke digital meters were.  I told him they were top of the line, state of the art. Politely putting it down he cussed. I asked him why and he told me about his college roommate calling him up and asking him if he wanted to invest in his family business that was about to expand and go digital.  He said "No thanks John. Those Simpson 260 analogs we used in physics class years ago will continue to be the industry standard for decades and decades to come." ... his roomy was John Fluke Jr.

OUCH!!!! I bet the doctor kicked himself over that.

We have an issue with our Motorola Quantar 2m repeater. The inrush when it first transmits will trip the 12v dc to 120v ac inverter. The only way to get around that was to put a line conditioner in between the repeater and the inverter. One of our older club members was trying to catch the inrush to see how many amps it was with an old, but good, analog amp meter. He learned right away that an analog meter was not quick enough to catch the inrush. My new Klein CL800 just barely caught it.

We never did find the exact fix for the inverter throwing a ground fault and shutting down when the Quantar firsts transmits. The Tripp Lite power conditioner is the only way to keep that from happening.  The weird thing is that our older Motorola 70cm repeater and our Bridgecom GMRS repeater are both plugged into the inverter and there are no issues.