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| raptorzoz:
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? |
| HB9EVI:
My advice: if you want a DMM with VDE specs, buy a Fluke on the local market - no chinese import. Leave the UT61E how it is, use it for mcu projects, your solar project, even your audio amp and rf projects - just avoid mains - and everything is fine. it's a not too shabby DMM, I'm using one when I want to work on my mcu projects somewhere else than in my lab. For mains a bought me a simple Fluke - just to be on the safe side. |
| raptorzoz:
Ok, thats reasonable, I'll stick to that, do you think the backlight mod could be an exemption, as its simply a quality of life improvement and doesn't really interfere with the workings of the meter, or am I wrong in that assumption? |
| mcinque:
If you buy an Uni-T from a "serious" EU reseller, you'll find inside much more MOVs and input protections. Of course there is too much difference with Fluke, but Uni-T chinese versions are almost without any input protection. |
| 001:
--- Quote from: mcinque on November 05, 2018, 09:55:25 pm ---If you buy an Uni-T from a "serious" EU reseller, you'll find inside much more MOVs and input protections. Of course there is too much difference with Fluke, but Uni-T chinese versions are almost without any input protection. --- End quote --- Any ideas about UT71C upgrades? |
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