Does anyone have any surplus (or for sale) of the bifurcated contacts used
on the PCB assemblies in a Fluke 332B DC Voltage Standard?  They're
identified as
ELCO/AVX Varicon Series 5208 contacts, p/n 02-016-013-5-200.

Need at least 16 of them for an upgraded chopper amp replacement board,
needed to get my 332B back in operation.

Dave M

I tried quite hard to find some of these some years ago without luck. I have
some strips (see photo) removed from a card, but there is a problem with
re-use because of the way the pins are splayed after insertion, as can
(just) be seen in the photo (sorry about the clarity - I had to restrict the
size). A reused pin would rely on the solder joint only for mechanical
strength (the splayed bits break off if you try to straighten them) -
probably ok for a small number of insertions, but not ideal. If you want to
play with this I have a spare 20 way (easy to cut) which you can have for
the cost of postage, but I am in Australia, so that  may be not worth the
quality of the result. Let me know.
All my (extensive) mods so far to my 332 have involved either a daughter
board piggy-backed onto the original, or a straight out re-purposing of the
original (cut tracks, extra holes, etc).

Roman

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Subject: [volt-nuts] Need Fluke 332B PCB contacts

Does anyone have any surplus (or for sale) of the bifurcated contacts used
on the PCB assemblies in a Fluke 332B DC Voltage Standard?  They're
identified as ELCO/AVX Varicon Series 5208 contacts, p/n 02-016-013-5-200.

Need at least 16 of them for an upgraded chopper amp replacement board,
needed to get my 332B back in operation.

Dave M

Dave,
Re your chopper board upgrade - are you looking at the design from
friedrich-messtechnik.de? I have been thinking about the chopper as part of
my ongoing project to "improve" my 332B. I have some questions about the
chopper - is this a good place, or is it better to start a thread on eevblog
(or somewhere else)?
Roman

-----Original Message-----
From: volt-nuts [mailto:volt-nuts-bounces@febo.com] On Behalf Of Dave M
Sent: Sunday, 30 July 2017 5:45 AM
To: FEBO Volt-Nuts; Yahoo Fluke_DMM
Subject: [volt-nuts] Need Fluke 332B PCB contacts

Does anyone have any surplus (or for sale) of the bifurcated contacts used
on the PCB assemblies in a Fluke 332B DC Voltage Standard?  They're
identified as ELCO/AVX Varicon Series 5208 contacts, p/n 02-016-013-5-200.

Need at least 16 of them for an upgraded chopper amp replacement board,
needed to get my 332B back in operation.

Dave M

Hi Dave,
Did you ever find contacts to build your board?  I've uncovered some documentation and deciphered the part number structure, and have put in for multiple p/n quotes at a surplus/parts hunter company I've dealt with in the past.  IF some of these contacts are located and available, the minimum order amount is typically around $100...  So depending on unit price, this may or may not be a cost effective venture...  Would like to hear your thoughts on this.
Regards,
Chris kc9ieq

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Subject: [volt-nuts] Need Fluke 332B PCB contacts

Does anyone have any surplus (or for sale) of the bifurcated contacts used
on the PCB assemblies in a Fluke 332B DC Voltage Standard?  They're
identified as
ELCO/AVX Varicon Series 5208 contacts, p/n 02-016-013-5-200.

Need at least 16 of them for an upgraded chopper amp replacement board,
needed to get my 332B back in operation.

Dave M

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Hello Chris,

the same question was asked in the EEVBlog forum:

https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/fluke-332baf-in-the-slaughterhouse/msg761177/#msg761177
(scroll down)

I think if you want to have these contacts, you should look out for
a broken 332, 3330B or similiar.

Andreas