[sdiy] OT: DMM recommendations

[sleepy_dog at gmx.de]

 >  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?

Adhering to good engineering practises & not lying about compliance with 
the safety norms suggested on the stickers apparently is somewhat hard.
I only ever bought 30 to 70 buck-ish meters myself,  but I will not for 
a  second believe I should e.g. be measuring high voltages with that.
I have seen teardowns of meters which had smaller distances, and/or 
weaker fuses than needed to fulfill a certain norm, or fuses that should 
have had sand for absorbing heat but didn't (no idea whether that's part 
of a norm or just good practise). I don't know all that much about those 
kinds of things, but I didn't leave the forums where experts were musing 
about those things while laughing at fotos of offending gear with a good 
impression :-)


Tom Wiltshire wrote:
> 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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