Hello guys,
I recently purchased the UT61E, due not only to its price per performance ratio, but also the mass amounts of praise it has gotten around this forum, as well as on other electronics sites. Even though I live in Germany, I ended up purchasing the Chinese version due to it's much reduced cost. I am currently only working on low voltage electronics, nothing dangerous, but out of a sense of needing the best 61E model, and a love for DIY, I want to modify it to match the german GS version, however I came across joe smiths video on it () and he hyperbolically described the end of the usefulness of the meter once it had been modified. Of course I understand I probably should not stick my probes in a wall outlet, but that's the case for any hobbyist really, can someone give me some better insight into the positives and negatives of modifying the meter vs leaving it alone, from a more unbiased perspective which doesn't expect me to not know that high voltages + not proper certification = dead?