Fluke 378 FC Clamp Meter | Power Quality Indicator

[@energolikbez]

I need your clothes, I need your motorcycle, I need your Fluke 378FC Clamp Meter. Send it to the most popular electrical engineering blogger in Eastern Europe for testing).

[@williemasonjohnson]

Another fantastic addition to the FC team! Glad to add these to my bag!!!!

[@Old-Expert]

For measuring the AC voltage “120V _ L-N” & cable size “≥4/0 AWG” AC Voltage - Field Sense: the reading can be [from 109 to 131 V_L-N]. - on the app [189 to 227 V_ L-L]. The accuracy - 5 % ±5 digits (45 Hz to 66 Hz) “the resolution 1V” Compared to AC Voltage -Test Leads: The reading can be [from 118.3 to 121.7 V_L-N]. The accuracy - 1 % ±5 digits (20 Hz to 500 Hz) “the resolution 0.1V” Conclusion: Its inaccurate & has limitation [frequency range, can’t be used for DC measurement or with iflex] The power quality thing is just marketing thing “useless”. If you were at substation or any important point at the network you would find the right devices already installed "for monitoring". For example if you would check an electrical panel “3-ph” for house and you have this fancy device to tell that there is something wrong with PF that you can’t even measure it as a number you only getting indication - who cares about low PF for the house's load as you cant tell about the PF correction “compensation” - or if the house's load is unbalanced at certain point in time who cares you cant tell the user to power on 3 air conditioners at the same time to keep the load balanced... let alone speaking about crest factor or the total harmonic distortion. Some would say hey for industrial use they will pay for low PF and they pay for VAR. its correct but at this point in the network you will find pre-installed device to monitor these and mainly there will use a certain way for PF compensation such as capacitor bank. And for unbalance load issue - mainly they use big machine which powered by 3-phase. Actually if i bought this fancy device i would never justify the purchase by saying thing about the fancy features as i would give 3 main reasons behind making the purchase decision [1- i can afford it , 2- its nice to have, 3- its reliable ]

[@markoradic1577]

I have it, I love it!! Wonderful clamp!

[@sheldonsutherland7927]

I bought one for my electrical program, and my instructor said that it doesn’t measure low voltage, is that true?

[@Aetius42]

Do you have a version that uses the flexible donut for multi conductor readings?

[@ArkamasRoss]

If you mean iFlex the 377fc and 378fc both come with it

[@williamcal5378]

What’s the difference between 377 and 378? I just bought 377 couple of days ago.

[@Strike0_]

Power quality gimmick I think

[@shantk7378]

@@Strike0_ It's not even a real power factor measurement function. It's just a threshold alarm.

[@faradayera]

Really Very Nice Meter

[@Yootjoob]

Fluke i am confused, what is the backlight colour is it blue or green.

[@fluke]

Hi there - The screen backlight is a green color. Thanks!

[@joker14n]

Dont buy !! Fluke is no longer supporting their own equipt

[@JohnMaxGriffin]

@@joker14n I’m certain Fluke provides support for all their equipment just as they always have.

[@andyandy7968]

backlight is white. It turns green only when you doing field-sense or checking continuity

[@raindropsrising7662]

When will this be available?

[@fluke]

Hi there - Available for purchase now from fluke.com and Certified Fluke Distributors: www.fluke.com/en-us/product/electrical-testing/clamp-meters/378-fc

[@MuhammadIshfaq-r2b]

Price

[@Selcuk_e]

Hardwares are fantastic but software such as connect app for ios is a totally garbage. And fluke doesn’t care about it!