Pissed off today. Outlook no longer signs in to any of my email accounts. Tells me my password is incorrect. I log on and change it and now none of my devices can log into one of my primary accounts.
@@12voltvids One part of the issue, is having multiple devices automatically attempting to login, whilst you are busy changing the password on one of them.. can see the password automatically (protectively!) locked out for an interval of time.. It may help to take all but one device offline whilst you change password.. or for long enough that the one device with corrected password successfully logs in.. then change the stored password on one device at a time, preferably only taking it online after that password is changed.. else account lock will occur again.
my fluke 83 has suffered this problem for a long time (I got it in 1995 or so). I found someone on ebay selling a "permanent" fix for the elastomer issue. it's a thicker piece of zebra strip and made of silicone instead of the pink foam rubber. I put that in 10 years ago and haven't had any more issues. it was nearly an annual event to take it apart and clean the elastomer to get all the segments back. I ended up breaking the snaps on the inner plastic chassis from the multiple cleanings I had to do but fortunately found another of them for cheap. I suspect the failure mode is the sulfur in the rubber slowly reacts with the tin-lead plating on the PCB contacts (why no gold plating fluke?) making lead sulfide which increases the resistance over time. I suspect the replacement elastomer made of silicone prevents that from happening. We have one of thsoe 175's at work. it's a decent meter but the one thing that annoys me greatly is the current mode defaults to AC, and you have to press the button to do DC. Also the auto power off timer is pretty short, around 15 minutes. at least you can press the button to turn it back on- the 179 you have to turn the switch off and back to the range you want. very annoying.
Your reserve Fluke is the one I have had for 17 years. Only ever had to change the batteries and I used it every day until this year when I finally stopped being an engineer and went into network consultancy.
@@12voltvids You've got me thinking now. I'll have to check the model number on my Fluke again next time I use it, but it has the same features I can see on yours. With the capacitor mode on the ohms setting when you press the yellow button.
My fluke 12 went like that. I replaced them with tact buttons, bit of a bodge but it works fine, Infact the actual carbon membrane had failed,. Great vids
I have to do this same thing with some of my devices especially the ones with the carbon buttons because they don't work unless you press really hard. I have to do this to one of my TV remotes because it is filthy and the last channel button barely works unless you press it hard.
I had an affordable but nice DMM some 30 years ago where half the display went out due to the elastomer connector failing. No matter what I tried I could not get it to work right again. I don't think they designed the casing to put enough pressure across it evenly. I ended up replacing it, the failing one was an automatic ranging one, and they weren't that good back then (slow and tedious), so it was worth buying a manual selected meter instead. Rubber buttons can be a pain too, with the disintegrating carbon pads behind them, or the flexible parts going gooey and sticky. Had to clean up the TV remote for that problem about a month or two ago. At least that repair went well.
Funny. I have the exact same Fluke which I only rarely use. I only use it when working with mains power, which is 230VAC, over here. My daily multimeter is a cheap no-brand and I have a some others in case I need to measure multiple values at the same time.
I have a unrelated question. I have a 16 chevy Colorado. While traveling in the city, with the radio OFF I hear a sound like a old Xerox copier, dot matrix type. It happens in certain areas. I can duplicate the sound by driving to the exact location. It happens by the off ramps on the freeway, city libraries, certain buildings. I assume its some type of interference, but it makes no sense being the radio is off.
I have had similar experience. It may come from a cell phone that is getting a signal from a cell tower. Sort of like a PING locator does sonar. Try shutting off your cell phone and see if it still happens.
The radio in your truck is never really off when the ignition switch is on. The audio amplifier and microcontroller are still running because they are used to generate any chimes or beeps that other systems in the truck may request. They may also be used for any Bluetooth/Onstar functionality that your truck may have, and of course, there's also the clock display. It's easier to just leave them running, and the small amount of electrical energy they use won't ever be missed. Something in those places is causing interference with the circuitry in your radio. It may not even be the tuner circuitry picking it up. You might even be able to pinpoint the source with a portable AM radio if you have one.
@@12voltvids True, perhaps it's just me. I like to keep my equipment clean. I was always brought up to believe if you look after your equipment, it will look after you. I've had my Fluke 289 for years, yet it still looks brand new.
@@TheDigitalAura that's just the case. The meter itself looks like new. My tools also look like new. I don't have OCD so i don't care. My son has it, but he won't admit it. He uses a fork to eat cheezies our if the bag and if anyone reaches in to grab one he will throw the rest of the bag away. Couldnt go thought life like that.
