Enhanced Battery Compartment Contact Piece for FLUKE187 87/89 4Generation 189: Secure Power Supply for Precision Performance Review

Excellent fit. There are no instructions, so here are a few tips. Leave old contacts until new ones arrive. Use a thin screwdriver to loosen the retaining tabs on the old contacts. This will keep the plastic case intact and allow the new pins to snap into place. Note that the end of the positive contact protrusions are bent as shown. Do this by pushing the double contact parts into place, otherwise you will have to do it again.

The dimensions of these clips are slightly different from the OEM but it's enough to drive you crazy. Swapping out the old clips for the new ones took 10 minutes, and SHINEY took over an hour to set up - and it's not ideal. They work but don't lock the ears properly and don't hold the clips in place so the positive tabs don't stay tucked in. And the positive tabs aren't folded properly, so they barely fold in from the start. The ends of the brushes that come in contact with the board are sharp…

Batteries have leaked and corroded the battery terminals in my Fluke 189 gauge Even after cleaning the terminals the gauge would not boot up reliably. I believe Fluke charged around $60 for 5 small pieces of bent stamped sheet metal. I bought them from Revain for a lot less. I would recommend not removing the battery clips in your meter until you get new ones. You will be able to learn new ones. They have one-sided, fishhook-like notches that allow them to be inserted and held in the plastic…