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What budget multimeter for occasional use in the 20-40€ range is no utter crap?
tooki:
--- Quote from: py-bb on November 06, 2022, 12:39:56 am ---
--- Quote from: tooki on November 06, 2022, 12:33:31 am ---
--- Quote from: py-bb on November 06, 2022, 12:06:10 am ---Pro-tip: Get a fused one
Otherwise you can't go wrong really....
My friend has a bluetooth one that has a sort of trace feature (can show a graph of the last 1 to 10 seconds) - total solution looking for a problem.
Literally £20 for a fused on, job done.
--- End quote ---
1. That’s incomplete advice at best, bad at worst. “Fused” doesn’t tell you whether it’s safe, and you most definitely can go wrong with a bad meter that does have fuses.
2. The OP already bought a suitable solution. What good is advice (whether good or bad) after the fact?
--- End quote ---
That's being somewhat pedantic. Yes there are QC issues with anything - cheap multimeters are generic and often just have labels slapped on them or colours in the case.
[blah blah blah]
Don't overthink it.
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Oh shut up.
This forum's community places a high value on safety, especially for beginners. Your recommendation is, simply, not an adequate one.
Especially in the low price market, there are HUGE differences in meter features, performance, and safety, and the whole point of this thread is to get recommendations. "Anything with a fuse" doesn't really help.
tggzzz:
--- Quote from: tooki on November 06, 2022, 07:34:38 pm ---
--- Quote from: py-bb on November 06, 2022, 12:39:56 am ---
--- Quote from: tooki on November 06, 2022, 12:33:31 am ---
--- Quote from: py-bb on November 06, 2022, 12:06:10 am ---Pro-tip: Get a fused one
Otherwise you can't go wrong really....
My friend has a bluetooth one that has a sort of trace feature (can show a graph of the last 1 to 10 seconds) - total solution looking for a problem.
Literally £20 for a fused on, job done.
--- End quote ---
1. That’s incomplete advice at best, bad at worst. “Fused” doesn’t tell you whether it’s safe, and you most definitely can go wrong with a bad meter that does have fuses.
2. The OP already bought a suitable solution. What good is advice (whether good or bad) after the fact?
--- End quote ---
That's being somewhat pedantic. Yes there are QC issues with anything - cheap multimeters are generic and often just have labels slapped on them or colours in the case.
[blah blah blah]
Don't overthink it.
--- End quote ---
Oh shut up.
This forum's community places a high value on safety, especially for beginners. Your recommendation is, simply, not an adequate one.
Especially in the low price market, there are HUGE differences in meter features, performance, and safety, and the whole point of this thread is to get recommendations. "Anything with a fuse" doesn't really help.
--- End quote ---
py-bb has a somewhat strange (and intermittent) posting history, and has rubbed several people up the wrong way in at least one two other threads.
It is simplest to let his record speak for itself, and for any reader to draw their own conclusions...
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/building-my-own-scope/msg4477636/#msg4477636
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/building-my-own-scope/msg4477927/#msg4477927 (wryly amusing in the context of tooki's response!)
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/building-my-own-scope/msg4477969/#msg4477969
And https://www.eevblog.com/forum/beginners/nooo!-rs-components-what-have-you-done-ruined-my-with-new-delivery-charge/msg4478236/#msg4478236
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