[volt-nuts] Affordable batteries for Fluke 732A DC Reference Standard?

Ed Palmer ed_palmer at sasktel.net
Tue Aug 11 06:36:36 UTC 2009


Hi Greg,

Do you have to use the Fluke battery?  Can't you use a regular one?  
When I looked at Newark for 4 to 5 AH @ 6V lead acid, I found 6 
batteries priced from $8.17 to $38.65 each.  Digikey has two in the $10 
to $12 range.  In any case, you might find that shipping costs make a 
mail order purchase unattractive.  You should definitely compare prices 
at a local battery store.

Ed

Greg Burnett wrote:
> Re: Fluke p/n 739961 6V 4.5AH lead-acid batteries for Fluke 732A DC 
> Reference Standard
>
> Does anyone know of an affordable substitute for these batteries? Fluke's 
> web site doesn't even recognize their own part number for these batteries, 
> but Newark lists them at $67.49 each. The unit uses qty 4, so at Newark's 
> price a set of four would cost $269.96!
>
> According to Newark their physical size is 70x45x107mm.
>
> The old set that were in my 732A are marked, "PT56 6V 5AH Made in China". So 
> someone installed these as substitutes. I searched the internet for "PT56" 
> but didn't see anything linking that number to a standard or generic 
> battery.
>
> Thanks,
> Greg 
>   



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