Fluke 753 User manual

July 2011 Rev. 1, 8/12
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Table of Contents
Title Page
Introduction .................................................................................................................... 1
How to Contact Fluke ..................................................................................................... 1
Safety Information .......................................................................................................... 2
Standard Equipment....................................................................................................... 6
Functions........................................................................................................................ 9
Get Started..................................................................................................................... 11
Operation Features ........................................................................................................ 13
Input and Output Jacks.............................................................................................. 13
Buttons ...................................................................................................................... 15
Display....................................................................................................................... 18
Strap and Stand......................................................................................................... 21
The Battery..................................................................................................................... 22
Charge the Battery .................................................................................................... 22
Battery Charge Level................................................................................................. 23
Battery Life ................................................................................................................ 23
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Preserve Battery Life ................................................................................................ 25
The Battery Charger ................................................................................................. 25
Display Languages ........................................................................................................ 26
Display Intensity............................................................................................................. 26
Date and Time ............................................................................................................... 26
The Backlight ................................................................................................................. 28
Personalize the Product................................................................................................. 28
Measure Mode............................................................................................................... 29
Measurement Ranges............................................................................................... 29
Electrical Parameter Measurement........................................................................... 30
Continuity Test .......................................................................................................... 32
Pressure Measurement............................................................................................. 32
Temperature Measurement ...................................................................................... 36
Thermocouple Use............................................................................................... 36
Resistance-Temperature Detectors (RTDs) ......................................................... 39
Measurement Scale .................................................................................................. 43
Linear-Output Transmitters .................................................................................. 43
Square-Law Process Variables ............................................................................ 43
Measure or Source with Custom Units...................................................................... 44
Using the 700-IV Current Shunt ................................................................................ 44
Damping Measurements........................................................................................... 45
Source Mode ................................................................................................................. 45
Source Electrical Parameters ................................................................................... 45
4 to 20 mA Transmitter Simulation............................................................................ 48
Supply Loop Power................................................................................................... 50
Source Pressure ....................................................................................................... 52
Thermocouple Simulation ......................................................................................... 55
RTD Simulation......................................................................................................... 56
Source Temperature with a Hart Scientific Drywell ................................................... 59
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Source Scale ............................................................................................................. 61
Linear-Responding Transmitters........................................................................... 61
Square-Root Process Variables............................................................................ 61
Step and Ramp the Output Value.............................................................................. 62
Manual Step Use .................................................................................................. 62
Auto Step Use....................................................................................................... 62
Ramp the Output .................................................................................................. 63
Simultaneous Measure/Source ...................................................................................... 66
Process Instrument Calibration ...................................................................................... 69
Generate “As Found” Test Data ................................................................................ 69
Transmitter Adjustment ............................................................................................. 74
“As Left” Test Run ..................................................................................................... 75
Test Comments ......................................................................................................... 75
Calibrate a Delta-Pressure Flow Instrument.............................................................. 75
Switch Calibration...................................................................................................... 76
Transmitter Mode ........................................................................................................... 79
Memory Operations........................................................................................................ 80
Save Results ............................................................................................................. 80
Review the Memory................................................................................................... 83
Log Data.................................................................................................................... 83
Record Min and Max Measurements......................................................................... 86
Run a Preloaded Task............................................................................................... 87
Clear the Memory...................................................................................................... 87
The Calculator................................................................................................................ 87
Save to and Recall from the Registers ...................................................................... 88
Use the Calculator to Set the Source Value .............................................................. 88
Quick Guide to Applications ........................................................................................... 88
Communication with a PC .............................................................................................. 101
Maintenance................................................................................................................... 101
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