[sdiy] Multimeter advice?

[Sam Ecoff]

Hi Paul,

Sorry to hear of your loss. That sux. (Someone ripped off my laptop from my place of business two years ago, so I feel your pain!)

Anyhoo... I love my Fluke 117. I picked it up used on ebay for $105 about a year ago. It is nice and accurate, has 10MΩ internal resistance, and even has a semi-usable frequency counter. 

AVOID this one that Harbor Freight (and other Chinese products stores) offer:
http://www.harborfreight.com/ac-dc-digital-multimeter-37772.html
The power button is located in a place where it gets pressed in when you have the front of the case on for transport, and then it dies while in your backpack. A friend bought one the same time I did, and his flip up screen shorted two weeks after he bought it. I guess it was a good purchase for an electronics student, however, as it gave him his first opportunity to troubleshoot and repair something! ;-)

HTH

Sam E.


On Dec 12, 2010, at 8:18 PM, Paul Perry wrote:

> Haven't been doing any electronics for a while - and then suddenly
> I noticed that none of my multimeters were to hand.
> A few moments later, it occured to me that the sneak thief that
> crept upstairs & took 2 phones & 2 cameras and a set of very high end
> earphones must have taken my  multimeters as well.
> 
> Damn.
> 
> So, if anyone has advice on what I should get, for general analog
> pokery, I am all ears.
> particularly,
> 1. any good secondhand models to be found regularly on ebay?
> 2. any reasonably OK Chinese types?
> 3. Any amazing deals to be had?
> 
> I'm in Australia, which means it's going to come from somewhere more than 6000
> miles away, anyhow. At least the $Australia is high at the moment.
> 
> paul perry Melb Australia 
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