My old Fluke meter started giving me crazy readings on a service call

It was a panel upgrade in a 1970s house last Tuesday. The thing kept showing 140 volts on a 120 leg, which obviously wasn't right. I had a backup Klein meter in the truck, so I swapped it out and finished the job. Has anyone else had a Fluke 87V just decide to quit like that? Wondering if it's worth fixing or if I should just replace it.

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val2238d ago

You said it was showing 140 volts on a 120 leg, but that could have been a real reading. Old houses can have some wild voltage issues from bad neutrals. Might not have been the meter's fault.

umaprice8d ago

Oh man, that's a good point. I had a bad neutral once that made my lights go crazy bright. I ended up checking voltage at the main panel and then at a few outlets to see where the drop was. It was a real pain to track down.