[sdiy] cheap little meters

[Ken Stone]

I have four digital meters - 

1)Fluke. Needless to say, the best I have.
2)Standard. Cost more than it should have going on its performance. Piece of
junk. Supposedly worth $200, though I certainly didn't pay that for it.
Currently "thrown in corner".
3)Tiny little $40 RS pocket meter. Pretty good, all things considered.
4)$9 cheap and nasty. This thing beats the Standard in all categories, and
for it's price is a pretty amazing piece of equipment. I'd rate it second to
my Fluke.

>Ok,  so this isn't at all in the same class as those Flukes and other stuff 
>you guys were talking about...
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>Harbor Freight,  today,  got these little yellow meters on sale.  With a diode 
>test function and even measures transistor beta if you can figure out the 
>socket on the front of it -- runs off a 9V battery so you don't need to be 
>hunting down some weird smaller stuff.
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>Best part,  though,  is the price -- $3.99 each!  Which is why I bought two of 
>them...		:-)
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