...Seeing as they are only 16 miles from me I offered...
When I'm not sure whether to have something posted, I calculate the travel cost as 20p/mile. That's ~12p/mile for petrol, and 8p/mile for depreciation and insurance. On that basis, 32 miles = £6.40.
True, but economy, that could take 5 working days, I wont to crack on with it, bad enough waiting for the MPSH81's coming from Hong Kong.
I got to thinking that maybe I did this when testing for shorted tants using the Keithley 160 so I did voltage check on it in the resistance ranges and I can say that wasn't the cause of the failing, it only gives out on the lowest range 1.3V and on the 1000M range, a staggering low value of 1.4mV. This then got me thinking out of the box and checked my other bench meters and the results are amazing.
Kikusui 1502 Low range 430mV High range 215mV
Iso Tech IDM-203 Low range 400mV High range 200mV
Philips PM2521 Low range 3.8V Auto 1V
HP 3466A Low range 4.6V Auto 1.1V
So the Iso Tech and the Kikusui seem to be the best ones in circuit testing.
I wonder how the Fluke 8505A will compare, when it finally arrives, it still sits in Heathrow according to the tracking info.