Tegam Budget 874F, Budget 874C, Budget 875F, Budget 875C, Budget 878 Instruction Manual

Budget Series
Digital Thermometer

Instruction manual
Models 874F/C, 875F/C, 878 and 879

TEGAM is a manufacturer of electronic test and measurement
equipment for metrology, calibration, and production test. We
also provide repair, calibration, and other support services for
a wide variety of test and measurement equipment including
RF power sensor calibration systems, RF attenuation meas­urement systems, resistance standards, ratio transformers,
arbitrary waveform generators, micro-ohmmeters, LCR
meters, handheld temperature calibrators, thermometers,
humidity and temperature control devices, and more.

TEGAM also repairs and calibrates test and measurement
equipment formerly manufactured by Elcto-Scientific
Industries (ESI), Gertsch, Keithley Instruments, Lucas
Weinschel, and Pragmatic Instruments. A complete list can be
viewed on our Product Service Directory at www

.tegam.com

For more information about TEGAM and our products, please
visit our website at www

.tegam.com: or contact one of our
customer service representatives at [e-mail] or
800-666-1010.

Ten Tegam Way,
Geneva, Ohio 44041

Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

This owner’s manual was as current as possible when this product was manufactured.
However, products are constantly being updated and improved. Because of this, some
differences may occur between the description in this manual and the product you
received.

TEGAM, INC.

TEN TEGAM WAY
GENEVA, OH 44041
TEL: [phone]
FAX: [phone]

www.tegam.com

Publication Date: Nov. 1996

Document Number: 874-901-02A

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

Manual Addenda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Unpacking and Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Preparation for Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Environmental Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Safety Symbols and Terms . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Maintenance Information . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Functionality Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Performance Verfication . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Battery Installation/Replacement . . . . . . .6

Optional Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Warranty Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Statement of Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Custom Probes to suit your special temperature measurement appli­cations are also available from T egam, Inc. Please call or send your cus­tom probe design to Tegam for price and delivery information.

Additional Instruction Manuals are available. Order the manual
package, T egam Part Number 878-901-01, for a manual and any appli­cable addenda.

Calibration Instructions, are available upon request. Please call or
write.

WARRANTY

Tegam, Inc. warrants this product to be free from defects in
material and workmanship for a period of one year from date of
shipment. During the warranty period, we will at our option,
either repair or replace any product that proves to be defective.

To exercise this warranty, write or call Tegam, Inc. in Geneva,
Ohio. You will be given prompt assistance and return instruc­tions. Send the instrument, transportation prepaid, to the indi­cated servive facility. Repairs will be made and the instrument
returned, transportation prepaid. Repaired products are war­ranted for the balance of the original warranty period, or at least
90 days.

LIMITATION OF WARRANTY

This warranty does not apply to defects resulting from unautho­rized modification or misuse of any product or part. This war­ranty also does not apply to fuses, batteries, or damage from
battery leakage.

This warranty is in lieu of all other warranties, expressed or
implied, including any implied warranty of merchantability or fit­ness for a particular use. Tegam, Inc. shall not be liable for any
indirect, special or consequential damages.

STATEMENT OF CALIBRATION

This instrument has been inspected and tested in accordance
with specifications published by Tegam, Inc.

The accuracy and calibration of this instrument are traceable to
the National Bureau of Standards through equipment which is
calibrated at planned intervals by comparison to certified stan­dards maintained in the Laboratories of Tegam, Inc.

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