[Test-Equipment] Fluke 8699A

[Ron Youvan]

   k2cby wrote:

> I've been trying to calibrate a Fluke 8600A multimeter and literally can't
> get past Step 1.

> Specifically, I can't get the meter to zero on the 200 mV scale with 1 meg
> across the input terminals, and adjusting C24 has no effect at all.

> The service manual (downloaded from Fluke) suggests that one of the FETs
> (Q11, Q13, Q14, Q15, Q16, Q17, or Q21) may be leaking from gate to drain.

> Rather than shot-gunning all of these, has anybody got a suggestion on how
> to narrow things down?

   Test the transistors by substitution.
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