Author Topic: Is this a good budged begginer multimeter safety wise? (Ignore the bodge)  (Read 751 times)

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Offline FileNotFound__Topic starter

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Here is a multimeter I've been given few years back when I started with arduino.
So recently I've been getting into repairs lately and I heard a lot about safety concerns about equipment.
What I want to know is is this multimeter safe for high voltage use, repairs and stuff.
The fuse bodge is my masterpiece from when I menaged to short the current range over a car battery.
The fuse I added on current range, I've seen EEV Blog's video on fuses and decided to put an 8A fuse in a 10A current meter,
 was that a smart thing to do?
The reason I didn't mention the multimeter model number or brand is because I want to know about this specific multimeter, not really about the brand.
I will later show the brand.
 

Offline Ian.M

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Glass fuses do not inspire confidence.  If the lower one is original, I certainly wouldn't want to use the meter for anything over Cat I 300V, and I doubt it even meets that standard.   With your modification its certainly unsafe for use on any circuit that doesn't fall in the SELV category.  Your bodge was a bad idea - you should have bought a set of fused test leads.
« Last Edit: January 09, 2022, 07:49:55 pm by Ian.M »
 

Offline Hannibal_Hector

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Could not resist Googling...

Uni-T UT108/UT109, board manufactured by Jiaxin
« Last Edit: January 09, 2022, 07:55:22 pm by Hannibal_Hector »
Rigol DS1054Z, Circuitmate DM25xl, Aneng 8008, Logic Probe
 

Offline Ian.M

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Ah, thats interesting.  The UT108/UT109 current ranges are labelled 250V max, which is consistent with glass fuses.  That also makes the claimed CAT IV 600V, CAT II 1000V rating for  the Volts/Ohms & other functions jack moot as one moment of inattention with the leads could result in shorting a high energy supply via one of the non-CAT rated current ranges and an exploding meter.
« Last Edit: January 09, 2022, 08:26:25 pm by Ian.M »
 

Offline Hannibal_Hector

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Hmm...  I could be very wrong on the UT108/UT109. The hit I got was on the E210448 and the KS symbol, and that might only be a generic ID for the JIAXIN PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD MFR.

My new guess is a Uni-T 30 Series, like the UT39A, which matches the jack positions, transistor test point, capacitance test, power and hold buttons: https://www.uni-t.cz/en/p/multimeter-uni-t-ut-39a
« Last Edit: January 09, 2022, 08:20:23 pm by Hannibal_Hector »
Rigol DS1054Z, Circuitmate DM25xl, Aneng 8008, Logic Probe
 

Offline FileNotFound__Topic starter

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It is indeed an UNI-T UT39a
 

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I didn't know fused test leads were a thing.
 


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