FLUKEs are everywhere - electrical engineering on container vessels

[Herr R aus B]

Just returned from one of my voyages on container vessels (http://blogs.herrrausb.de/fotoblog/?page_id=5850) and what do you know? also there they are using FLUKE multimeters. in this case wile fixing the ship's intercom and some problems with the navigation signal lights - neat!  see attachments...

[vinicius.jlantunes]

if my wife saw this meter she would not regain piece of mind until it looked yellow again.

[saturation]

Fluke DMM's are popular in marine use from its bullet proof reputation, particularly in electrically dirty shipboard environments.  Add to it gear cannot be replaced until you reach port, and that erroneous readings in mission critical electronics can be a catastrophe, highest reliability is required.

https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/hear-kitty-kitty-kitty-nope-not-that-kind-of-cat/msg823175/#msg823175

Some explanations of this need.  Now, from all the vendors in the above thread it appears Brymen design can be a true competitor for such use, if it competes well in production batch defects and survives ship conditions such as high humidity and temperature shifts from port to port.

[Lightages]

If you want a meter for mining, on board ships, trips to completely inaccessible areas with extreme environments, then the options are probably the Fluke 28IIEX, Amprobe HD160, and maybe a Brymen. Brymen does not make intrinsically safe meters, nor are they IP rated so their suitability in extreme environments are not guaranteed. They are not suitable for mining operations where intrinsically safe ratings are needed. They are very well sealed and protected from environmental contamination though.

[Herr R aus B]

if my wife saw this meter she would not regain piece of mind until it looked yellow again.

Jep - the first thing i thought was: man, this piece of equipment looks used ;-)

[nanofrog]

If you want a meter for mining, on board ships, trips to completely inaccessible areas with extreme environments, then the options are probably the Fluke 28IIEX, Amprobe HD160, and maybe a Brymen. Brymen does not make intrinsically safe meters, nor are they IP rated so their suitability in extreme environments are not guaranteed. They are not suitable for mining operations where intrinsically safe ratings are needed. They are very well sealed and protected from environmental contamination though.

I'd add the Gossen Outdoor (IP65) and suspect the new the Agilent U1282A would hack it as well (IP67 rated).