Recall of some Fluke T110, T130 and T150 two-pole Voltage Testers

Another one...looks like a new recall notice as it is dated today (08/05/2019)

That's rather nice for me, my old T150 qualifies. It has had loads of use.

Morally, should I accept a new one though?

I've certainly had my moneys worth out of it.

Ah. but...

Would you ever use it again ? .... if so, you need a trusted instrument...

and Fluke have already made the call that any existing unit is not to be trusted as of now.

You have after all, kept it

 - so one has to assume that you 'would' use it (if the opportunity arose)

else you would have binned it...by now.


If you then immediately sold it 'as profit' over it's current 2nd hand value, now that might give you moral qualms...

YOU however, should have a trusted unit in your bag, old box or whatever, in case you needed it.


(Fluke/their insurance be it self or actual insurance, have already have accepted the need and cost of the recall, your one unit compared to the 100's in active use ....lost in the noise, as they say)

 

How big the real risk is rather depends how you use it - if as a matter of routine you use it to show the thing you are going to work on is live, and then note that the indication stops when the circuit is isolated, this is a lot safer than turning off the circuit first, and then just noting no indication - getting  a live indication as well as a dead one shows that the leads are intact, or at least were at that point.


Actually any meter with flexible leads is vulnerable to the lead failing - quite often problems with all sorts of test gear, not just voltage indicators can be traced to dicky cables or probes making poor contacts, so for example when measuring any sort of resistance, the first thing to do is short the probes and verify the leads are OK.