Re: [TCML] DMM Question

[Ed Phillips <evp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

My experience is that they read correctly until the 'low battery' 
indication appears.  They're cheap enough that I scatter them around.

Ed

Yurtle Turtle wrote:

> Thanks, but convenience of changing batteries or fuses are not important. I've read, but have no experience, that Harbor Freight/Home Depot, etc. DMMs tend to give erratic readings when the batts get weak.
>
> 400 Joules! I can do 15 kJwith my Fluke and Wavetek, and they are quite happy at 10 kV, with the appropriate probe. Blowing stuff up for the sake of blowing them up says nothing about the product. I can drop a bowling ball on any TV. Does that make them inferior?
>
> I love aluminium from the down under.
>
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> ________________________________
> From: John Donges <jdonges@xxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 6:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [TCML] DMM Question
>
>
> A lot of what you are paying for with fluke is input
> protection(safety).  If that is important fluke do have the 110 series
> with the 117 and 116 mesuring capacitance. they are made in china, but
> to a high standard using fluke components. to see why input protection
> is important, or just for giggles check out eevblog's high energy
> multimeter destruction on you
> tube.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-FZP1U2dkM  dave also has some
> vids comparing cheaper dmm's
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-_dUB8vy8U&feature=c4-overview-vl&list=PL4F0B97C59B1D2509
> plus others.
>
> On 8/30/13, Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > Sold!
> >
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> >
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> >  From: Stan Gray <wsmg@xxxxxxx>
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> > Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 8:53 AM
> > Subject: Re: [TCML] DMM Question
> >
> >
> > Check out these Metermans buy it now. I think I might get one of the top
> > ones on the list for $25.
> > http://www.ebay.com/bhp/wavetek-meterman
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: "tesla@xxxxxxxxxx" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 6:43 AM
> > Subject: [TCML] DMM Question
> >
> >
> > I have a Fluke that's prolly 20 years old and a Wavetek that's at least 15.
> > I've read that cheap DMMs may give faulty readings when the batteries are
> > dying. That's not true for mine.
> >
> > Is there a good, middle of the road DMM that I can buy for my son, that
> > doesn't get weird when the batteries start going south?
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