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From: Paul Hovnanian P.E. on 22 Apr 2010 13:52
So I received the new LCD and installed it. Meter works fine now. But I
noticed a flaw in the design of the meter: The corners of the LCD glass
project beyond the corners of the plastic retaining bezel. Now I'm not
certain what the clearance will be once the assembly is installed in the
meter case. But its possible that, due to a violent shock, the meter
innards could shift inside the case resulting in the LCD glass corner to
strike the inside of the case. That's what appears to have happened when I
dropped my meter.

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Have gnu, will travel.
From: N_Cook on 23 Apr 2010 03:42
Paul Hovnanian P.E. <paul(a)hovnanian.com> wrote in message
news:7fidnWrKZarNEU3WnZ2dnUVZ_vgAAAAA(a)posted.isomediainc...
> So I received the new LCD and installed it. Meter works fine now. But I
> noticed a flaw in the design of the meter: The corners of the LCD glass
> project beyond the corners of the plastic retaining bezel. Now I'm not
> certain what the clearance will be once the assembly is installed in the
> meter case. But its possible that, due to a violent shock, the meter
> innards could shift inside the case resulting in the LCD glass corner to
> strike the inside of the case. That's what appears to have happened when I
> dropped my meter.
>
> --
> Paul Hovnanian paul(a)hovnanian.com
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Have gnu, will travel.


Preemptively grind into the bezel corners with centrided burr in a dremmel


From: Paul Hovnanian P.E. on 26 Apr 2010 23:45
Meat Plow wrote:
>
> On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 08:42:42 +0100, "N_Cook" <diverse(a)tcp.co.uk>wrote:
>
> >Paul Hovnanian P.E. <paul(a)hovnanian.com> wrote in message
> >news:7fidnWrKZarNEU3WnZ2dnUVZ_vgAAAAA(a)posted.isomediainc...
> >> So I received the new LCD and installed it. Meter works fine now. But I
> >> noticed a flaw in the design of the meter: The corners of the LCD glass
> >> project beyond the corners of the plastic retaining bezel. Now I'm not
> >> certain what the clearance will be once the assembly is installed in the
> >> meter case. But its possible that, due to a violent shock, the meter
> >> innards could shift inside the case resulting in the LCD glass corner to
> >> strike the inside of the case. That's what appears to have happened when I
> >> dropped my meter.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Paul Hovnanian paul(a)hovnanian.com
> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> Have gnu, will travel.
> >
> >
> >Preemptively grind into the bezel corners with centrided burr in a dremmel

If they were not so expensive (and difficult to come by), I'd try it. I
may practice on the old one to see if it can be done without cracking
it.
>
> Or simply don't subject your Fluke 87 to "violent shock".

A fall off a workbench while its in its yellow rubber case shouldn't
result in this kind of damage.

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From: bz on 27 Apr 2010 09:13
"Paul Hovnanian P.E." <Paul(a)Hovnanian.com> wrote in
news:4BD65DBF.F9F6D967(a)Hovnanian.com:

> Meat Plow wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 08:42:42 +0100, "N_Cook" <diverse(a)tcp.co.uk>wrote:
>>
>> >Paul Hovnanian P.E. <paul(a)hovnanian.com> wrote in message
>> >news:7fidnWrKZarNEU3WnZ2dnUVZ_vgAAAAA(a)posted.isomediainc...
>> >> So I received the new LCD and installed it. Meter works fine now.
>> >> But I noticed a flaw in the design of the meter: The corners of the
>> >> LCD glass project beyond the corners of the plastic retaining bezel.
>> >> Now I'm not certain what the clearance will be once the assembly is
>> >> installed in the meter case. But its possible that, due to a violent
>> >> shock, the meter innards could shift inside the case resulting in
>> >> the LCD glass corner to strike the inside of the case. That's what
>> >> appears to have happened when I dropped my meter.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Paul Hovnanian paul(a)hovnanian.com
>> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >> - Have gnu, will travel.
>> >
>> >
>> >Preemptively grind into the bezel corners with centrided burr in a
>> >dremmel
>
> If they were not so expensive (and difficult to come by), I'd try it. I
> may practice on the old one to see if it can be done without cracking
> it.
>>
>> Or simply don't subject your Fluke 87 to "violent shock".
>
> A fall off a workbench while its in its yellow rubber case shouldn't
> result in this kind of damage.
>

How about packing some kind of 'shock absorber' or immobilizing material
around the mechanism so that a drop won't shift it?

Shapelock plastic seems to come in handy for many such tasks. If I don't
want it to stick to nearby plastic, I put a barrier of saran-wrap between
them. The shapelock WILL stick to the saran-wrap but the saran-wrap won't
stick to the other plastic.



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