Anyone know anything about the new Fluke Multicalibrator 5522A?

Started by USMCPMEL, 03-08-2011 -- 12:54:50

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USMCPMEL

03-08-2011 -- 12:54:50
Just wondering. Anyone have one yet?

Hawaii596

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03-09-2011 -- 08:55:59
I must be getting behind the times.  I hadn't even heard of it.  I suppose having 2x 5720A/5725A, 1x 5520A/SC1100, 1x 5500A/SC600 that are all working fine kind of precludes my even looking into other calibrators.  I'll have to check that one out.
"I often say that when you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagre and unsatisfactory kind."
Lord Kelvin (1824-1907)
from lecture to the Institute of Civil Engineers, 3 May 1883

USMCPMEL

#2
03-09-2011 -- 10:35:09
I did a little looking yesterday and the DC volts section seems to be the exact same accuracy. The big thing seems to be better input protection to avoid people frying boards when they accidently hook it up to an output instead of an input. Anyone else know anything about these?

CalLabSolutions

#4
03-09-2011 -- 13:00:37
I am going to get myself in to a little trouble here, but I am an ex-Army calibrator.  I have a couple ex-Marine calibrator friends of mine and we are always in a branch rivalry.  One of whom I gave a nice little shooting lesson too a couple years back.

So I am going to tell them this new 5522A is geared  towards Marine Calibrators.  It is a more ruggedized version of the 5520A.  Harder to blow up if you use it as a load resistor with a new and improved carrying case.

The repair of a Fluke 5520A, when a user pumped voltage back into the calibrator is something like a $12,000 dollar repair. 


Mike Schwartz
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metrologygeek

#5
03-09-2011 -- 14:00:31
Ahhh, yes. The knuckle-dragger version...

msrichmond

#6
03-09-2011 -- 18:01:58
Ha, ha, ha...very funny, guys...  :-P

P.S. There are no ex-Marines.

P.P.S. Our 5520A was blown up by a flyboy.

MIRCS

#7
03-10-2011 -- 07:04:47
What is all this new stuff y'all are talking about.  Navy METCAL has just decided to upgrade us Navy folks to the state of art 5100B.

USMCPMEL

#8
03-10-2011 -- 07:52:38
Lol ya right we had 5500A in the Marines back when I was in 1992 so I know the navy has better than that. Everyone knows the Marines are the last to get anything.

USMCPMEL

#9
03-10-2011 -- 08:02:37
Here is what the Fluke rep had to say about it.

The major difference between a 5520A and 5522A is the input protection circuitry.  The 5522A provides reverse power protection, immediate output disconnection, and/or fuse protection on the output terminals for all functions. This protection is for applied external voltages up to ±300 V peak.  Additionally the handles are different which allow you to easily get cables into the connectors.

The price is slightly lower than 5520A series. The only spec difference is the low range capacitance which went from 190pF to 210 or 220pF.

Hawaii596

#10
03-10-2011 -- 13:06:12
Sounds like a ruggedized 5520A. 

Aaaahhh, bring back the good old Fluke 760A (lets see how many on here have ever even seen one).  We used the 760A to calibrate the AN/PSM-4's Tripletts and Simpson 260 (before the 6XLP).  I am REALLY showing my age (hint:  my avatar photo is circa 1995 or so; I was so handsome back then).
"I often say that when you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagre and unsatisfactory kind."
Lord Kelvin (1824-1907)
from lecture to the Institute of Civil Engineers, 3 May 1883

metrologygeek

#12
03-10-2011 -- 16:51:15
When I got to my first duty station out of Lowry and got my start as a meter maid I learned on the HP 745A AC calibrator - back when HP was still competing with Fluke in the primary DC/LF AC arena. The DC calibrator was a 332A. Good times! We were still supporting 524 counters.

Hawaii596

#13
03-14-2011 -- 09:45:20
For the record, in 1959, I was in diapers.  At my first PMEL duty station, we had Fluke 760A's, and we got new Fluke 5102B's while I was there.
"I often say that when you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagre and unsatisfactory kind."
Lord Kelvin (1824-1907)
from lecture to the Institute of Civil Engineers, 3 May 1883
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