[volt-nuts] Fluke 5200A repair.

Kgoodhew kgoodhew at iinet.net.au
Tue Jul 8 19:10:43 EDT 2014


Hi Gerd,
	Thanks for the reply.
My mistake I should have said r6 and not r26 as I typed it from memory.
The  voltages that are high are :-

Q2 collector 7.35v
Q3-Q4 emitters 2.0v-3.2v should be nearly equal and about 0.7 to 1.8v
Q5 Q7 collectors -38.0v should be +28.4v
CR3 anode -31.8v should be -20 to -22v

Originally found Q36 and Q37 faulty apparently caused by intermittent bad
contacts on the plug in base  on Q15 as I could hear arcing from here after
powering up the unit and found the plastic plug in base melted, the
transistor tested ok so I just removed the base and soldered it into the
pcb.
During my investigations I found and relaced several out of tolerance
resistors as well as CR19 -CR20 zener's one of which was breaking down well
below it's 20v rating. Also found Q33 faulty.
Originally I had to replace a number of components in the power supply
regulator board including caps and the U2 regulator for the +19v and +5v
supplies as well as a few tracks that had been damaged by someone's earlier
repair attempts, to get the unit to operate at all.
The unit output is pretty close according to my HP3478A, it is just that I
have this 1mv  offset on the output that I cannot adjust out using R6.
As I do not have an extender board to do testing with the board out of the
chassis it has been a long and painful process to remove the board and
solder wires on to each point to make measurements that I need each time.
I even tried to get the sockets to make an extender board but it appears the
43/86 pin sockets at the required pin spacing are no longer available.

BTW the HP8569B you repaired for me some time ago is still going strong.



Today's Topics:

   1. Re: Fluke 5200a (Gerd)
   2. Re: Buying HP-3458A (Todd Micallef)
   3. Re: Fluke 5200a (John Phillips)


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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2014 10:30:31 +1000
From: Gerd <admin at controlelectronics.com.au>
To: volt-nuts at febo.com
Subject: Re: [volt-nuts] Fluke 5200a
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Hello Ken,

 From what I remember of this circuit, R26 is for output stage bias. R6 is
for adjusting offset. By the way, which voltages are high and how much?

The 5200 is an old beast, expect a lot of marginal electrolytics, carbon
resistors that have drifted well out of tolerance and even transistors that
no longer perform any where near what they originally did.

Regards

On 07/07/14 14:56, Ken Goodhew1 wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>                  I am currently repairing a Fluke 5200a ac voltage 
> calibrator.
>
> After pulling cards in and out and soldering multiple wires on to test 
> I now have the unit working about 98%.
>
> Anybody might have or know of where I might be able to obtain an 
> extender card for this unit as it would make it a lot easier to fix 
> the last remaining problem that I have, ie:- I have a dc offset 
> voltage on the output of about 1mv when it should be +/- 100 microvolts.
>
> I am unable to adjust this with r26 adjustment on the power amplifier 
> board as described in the manual. I have followed the troubleshooting 
> guides as per the manual, as well as testing just about all the 
> components around that particular part of the circuit.
>
> The problem appears to be that the input stage is not being turned on 
> hard enough as all the suggested voltages for the input stage 
> (Q1-2-3-4-5-9) are all too high. The supply voltages are all within spec.
>
> Anybody can offer suggestions?
>
> Sorry to put this out there in this group but I cannot find an online 
> group related to fluke test equipment to ask.
>
> Ken Goodhew.
>
>
>
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