Fluke 45, replace dead VFD by 7-14 segment LED display´s

[rsjsouza]

Today I (finally...) received the polyester film for my laserprinter, so I could print a "display mask".

I am not happy yet, because the black around the indicators (m, V, AC, etc.) is not black enough, but it "sort of" works.

Yes, as others have said, toner is not the best if you need to completely block light.

I still remember when I tried to make a PCB and used my laser printer to create the photomask...  What I did at the time was go to a shop that did silk-screen and they printed my stuff in photographic film (or it was a simple transparency - I can't recall).

[nidlaX]

Hey, check out what just showed up on eBay!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fluke-45-Multimeter-Non-Working-for-parts-/112422725263

Seems like somebody's got some ideas for your photos Leo.

[Satbeginner]

Well , well, well, he's a bit cheeky, isn't he??

His bad, there is probably only ONE Fluke 45 in the whole world having a blue LED Display, and he choose these pictures to use......

But this is eBay, this seller is "selling" something that he definitely does not have, so an unfortunate buyer will receive something very different.....
Maybe somebody can ask him for the SN?? Then I can post mine here too, just for fun??

[nidlaX]

Well , well, well, he's a bit cheeky, isn't he??

His bad, there is probably only ONE Fluke 45 in the whole world having a blue LED Display, and he choose these pictures to use......

But this is eBay, this seller is "selling" something that he definitely does not have, so an unfortunate buyer will receive something very different.....
Maybe somebody can ask him for the SN?? Then I can post mine here too, just for fun??

He's added a picture of the actual unit. Not sure why he chose to use your picture in the first place.

[Satbeginner]

Well , well, well, he's a bit cheeky, isn't he??

His bad, there is probably only ONE Fluke 45 in the whole world having a blue LED Display, and he choose these pictures to use......

But this is eBay, this seller is "selling" something that he definitely does not have, so an unfortunate buyer will receive something very different.....
Maybe somebody can ask him for the SN?? Then I can post mine here too, just for fun??

He's added a picture of the actual unit. Not sure why he chose to use your picture in the first place.

We will never know if the "other pictures" are "the actual unit", won't we... 

[bitseeker]

Yeah, that's pretty strange. I messaged the seller to let him know that I know that photo isn't his. His reply was that he doesn't ship outside the US.

"Hello, McFly," I'm in the US.

So, I flagged his listing as potentially fraudulent. Maybe it'll help the high bidder if it ends up not being what he expected and contacts eBay.

[coromonadalix]

i have contacted him too may 29, ive told him the picture is not legit, and taken from this forum, i reported him on ebay ... fraudulent seller and Ebay did  nothing

he said : Sorry about the pic. I took some fresh ones of the item, but Ebay wont let me remove or replace the original listing pic. We will have to bear to the end of the auction I guess.

Sorry



pffffff

[PedroDaGr8]

OP can do a DMCA takedown request on the item. That will take care of the stolen image.

[coromonadalix]

The Ebay sell is still going on   loll  5 bids

[bitseeker]

he said : Sorry about the pic. I took some fresh ones of the item, but Ebay wont let me remove or replace the original listing pic. We will have to bear to the end of the auction I guess.

Pffft is right. What a liar.

The Ebay sell is still going on   loll  5 bids

Yeah, 4 of the 5 bids are from a zero-feedback buyer. We may never know what becomes of it.

[Cubdriver]

I wonder if that might be cause for a 'not as described' case when the meter arrives, as the stolen image purports to show it with all the segments lit, and we ALL know that it will not look at all like what is shown?  Interesting that HIS pics don't show it lit up...   

-Pat

[Ian.M]

http://pages.ebay.com/seller-center/listing/create-effective-listings/vero-program.html

Its still got two and a half days left to run so report it for use of your photo without permission.   Scum sellers like that need to be actively LARTed.

You may need Dave to confirm that  copyright in all media posted to the EEVblog forums remains with the original owner, but that can be dealt with later if EBAY query the report.   Proving ownership of the photo should be fairly easy - another photo of the modded and unmodded Fluke 45 meters side by side on the same test bench with today's headlines of a national paper in the shot, taken on the same camera + the original photo file should be enough to show you have current access to the equipment and location, and the equipment has been uniquely modded.

[bitseeker]

I wonder if that might be cause for a 'not as described' case when the meter arrives, as the stolen image purports to show it with all the segments lit, and we ALL know that it will not look at all like what is shown? 

I'm not sure since "For parts not working" condition does not benefit from eBay Buyer Protection. The spirit of the buyer protection should make this qualify, but it may come down to who you happen to get on the phone when you call in the complaint.

[Cubdriver]

I wonder if that might be cause for a 'not as described' case when the meter arrives, as the stolen image purports to show it with all the segments lit, and we ALL know that it will not look at all like what is shown? 

I'm not sure since "For parts not working" condition does not benefit from eBay Buyer Protection. The spirit of the buyer protection should make this qualify, but it may come down to who you happen to get on the phone when you call in the complaint.

Yeah, I'm not sure how that would work.  Using a stolen picture should certainly count as a big negative in my mind, but we all know that eBay moves in mysterious ways.

Someone got it for $62 plus shipping.  I hope they don't wind up too badly hosed.

-Pat

[bench_knob]

@LowImpedance,
Got any shots of the insides of your 8840? I recently bought an 8840A on eBay, --the seller misrepresented the display quality. The received DMM works well, but the display is almost unseeable in daylight hours. So, I've been thinking about replacing the VFD with LEDs. I did a quick DuckDuckGo (they don't track ya, & disable JS using NoScript) search on the 'Net & up popped your post here. Why reinvent when I can ask? As I understand things, 'ghosting' is purportedly caused by the capcitance between the Fluke VFD elements and which they resolved by incorporating an appropriate blanking period. But I suspect that there might also be a bit of phospher persistence at work as well. LEDs exhibit very fast on/off times, I introspected about that a bit. How did you resolve that matter. You cook up single-shot latch arrangement?   

In any case, your annuciator solution and placement is excellent, the whole remedy is quite good in my opinion. It looks great!
Thanks in advance
bench_knob

[Zucca]

suggestion for the next VFD broken adventure:

https://www.eevblog.com/forum/repair/hp-34401a-dmm-with-leaking-segments/msg1627666/#msg1627666