Fluke 8010A User Manual

HOW TO
USE THE METER
•
To
operate the MIN MAX and RANGE buttons:
press to
select,
press again to
scroll or increment, and press and
hold for
two
seconds
to
exit.
•
To
operate
the Hz button: press
to
select
the
frequency
mode,
press
again to
select duty cycle, and press again
to exit.
•
To operate
the back-lit display,
press the
YELLOW but-
ton. The back-light automatically turns off in
68
seconds
to conserve battery
life.
•
To
operate the
remaining buttons: press to select and
press again to exit.
NOTE
The response
of
the display and the pushbuttons
slows down in
the
capacitance mode.
An annunciator is displayed when
a
mode has been selected.
A quick
way to reset all
the pushbuttons to their default state
is
to turn the rotary switch to an
adjacent function
and then back
to
the
function
you
are
using.
4. To take
a
measurement, use the test lead probes to make
the proper contacts. Remember, insert
the
meter in the
circuit
in parallel
for
voltage and in series
for current
4
measurements.
Read
the
measurement on
the
display. If
you
did
not manually select
a
range (by using the
RANGE
button),
the rangethat provides the
best
resolu-
tion is
automatically selected.
5.
To run
a performance check of
the meter,
turn
the
rotary
switch
to Q arid connect
a
test
lead from the
VO-w-input
to the mA //A
input.
(If
you are using
a test
probe,
touch the half
of the input
contact nearest the
LCD.) The display
should
read
1
.000
kQ
± 5 digits. With
the rotary switch still at
Q,
test
the A
fuse (15A) by
inserting
the
plug
end of the
test lead
into
the A
input
and test
the
mA //A fuse
(1
A)
by
inserting
the plug
end
of the test lead into
the mA
fjA
input.
The
beeper
emits
an Input Alert if the
fuses are
good.
Although this procedure will allow you to
get started quickly,
we suggest that you take the time
to read the remainder of this
manual
so
that
you can
learn to take full
advantage of
your
meter's capabilities.
HOW
TO USE THE
METER
This
section describes
your meter and
how
to
use
it. FOR
EASE
OF
REFERENCE, EACHDESCRIPTIONIS NUMBERED
AND KEYED
TO
THE ILLUSTRATION INSIDE THE FRONT
COVER.

Fluke 8010A Specifications

General

Brand	Fluke
Model	8010A
Category	Multimeter
Language	English