Some time ago a friend had sent me some pictures which included their Fluke 189. You can tell the meter was not used for high voltage high energy work. When member EVAVA had posted about a problem with the Brymen meters giving false readings:
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/brymen-multimeters-fault/I had asked my friend if I could borrow this meter to check it. Well, they showed up with it this week! They are aware of the testing I have been running and of course I promised no harm would come to their meter but I did warn them that it may come apart for a good cleaning and checkout. I think this one has some sentimental value.
For it's age, IMO this is a really nice general purpose meter. I would take it over the 289 if it were still offered. Fluke 87V, the gold standard, HA! This was by far a better meter IMO.
Would like to have found a new lens for it. It's in pretty rough shape with scratches and chemical etching. The battle scars give it character. Some pictures showing my checkout.
Also, for what ever reason, I have been unable to get this meter to give false readings like I have seen with so many of them (basically all of them except my oldest HP bench meter). If anyone owns the original 189, I wonder it you could confirm this.
And no I did not spray it down with WD-40 or Windex!