[sdiy] OT: DMM recommendations

[Tom Wiltshire]

I don’t agree. Many people are test equipment snobs. The fact is there’s cheap stuff out there which is 99% as good as the vastly more expensive stuff in 99% of the situations. Maybe you’re that 1% user, but probably you’re not and you’d just like to think you really need that really nice bit of test equipment (I know I would). But you probably don’t, and you’ll find out that 9V is 9V or that that 10K resistor is actually 100K just as easily with something that cost £15 as £150.

After all, these days a multimeter isn’t exactly rocket science. It’s a decent ADC and a uP and a bit of software. How hard is that? £200 hard? Really?

My 2 eurocents,
Tom

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> On 5 Mar 2018, at 19:14, Byron G. Jacquot <thescum at surfree.com> wrote:
> 
> I agree with Alexandre - if the alternatives are Fluke and import meters of questionable provenance, Fluke wins by a long shot.
> 
> Used Flukes are findable - check craigslist.
> 
> The Fluke 115 is a general purpose meter that also fits your price range - there's a kit with a case and an assortment of probes for just a hair over $200.  Don't confuse it with the other 11x meters, which are tailored for specific applications - electricians and HVAC.
> 
> Amprobe meters (formerly Wavetek/Meterman) are also pretty good, but I'm not up on their latest offerings.
> 
> -Byron Jacquot
> 
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