I had a nice old Fluke 8000A benchtop multimeter until I accidentally bridged the base of the transformer with direct mains current and popped the thermal protection hidden in the primary coil. I was moving a little too fast and popped the thing. I make the same mistake about every 5 years, has something to do with a narrowing distraction quotation.
As a matter of making things right, I feel I owe it to the thing to repair it. After all, it has been in my family since the 70's and was still my main benchtop DMM before I screwed it up. I'm not going to unwind it and replace the Thermal Fuse so I'm in the market for a transformer.
Is there a transformer type that is quieter and smoother than average? I would like to give it the best I can afford, within limits.
The current transformer is: Input 110/120 and output of: +15, -15, +5
Suggestions please.
Dave
As a matter of making things right, I feel I owe it to the thing to repair it. After all, it has been in my family since the 70's and was still my main benchtop DMM before I screwed it up. I'm not going to unwind it and replace the Thermal Fuse so I'm in the market for a transformer.
Is there a transformer type that is quieter and smoother than average? I would like to give it the best I can afford, within limits.
The current transformer is: Input 110/120 and output of: +15, -15, +5
Suggestions please.
Dave