I know this is another $25 meter ($24.99 actually) but this coming Saturday, ALDI is offering this one.
Wonder what it would be like inside....?
Instead tell people "don't touch mains until you've had some minimal proper training,"
I was over at Aldi today and whilst there I picked one of these meters up and then promptly put it back down again
Instead tell people "don't touch mains until you've had some minimal proper training,"Or use their brains properly and think.
Instead tell people "don't touch mains until you've had some minimal proper training,"Or use their brains properly and think.
Good luck with that plan.
Instead tell people "don't touch mains until you've had some minimal proper training,"Or use their brains properly and think.
Btw, in a lot of countries you don't need any qualifications to work on mains (after the main fuse)
Their is also nothing super dangerous about it.
Instead tell people "don't touch mains until you've had some minimal proper training,"Or use their brains properly and think.
Btw, in a lot of countries you don't need any qualifications to work on mains (after the main fuse)
Their is also nothing super dangerous about it.you seem to underestimate the general level of competence.
To criticise people for not using their brains is grossly unfair when they do not have the information necessary to do so.
If we want to inform beginners, we should instead help them to ask themselves "why would I like to poke my multimeter into the wall socket when I know nothing about electricity?"
I know this is another $25 meter ($24.99 actually) but this coming Saturday, ALDI is offering this one.
Wonder what it would be like inside....?
I was over at Aldi today and whilst there I picked one of these meters up and then promptly put it back down again , I even have the receipt to prove that I didn't buy one, I did however purchase a bag of muesli and two boxes of apple and blueberry tarts.
The meter if used properly in the right pair of hands is probably going to be OK, the most likely thing wrong with it is that little adaptor for the thermocouple that is likely to get lost before you need it.
The meter if used properly in the right pair of hands is probably going to be OK, the most likely thing wrong with it is that little adaptor for the thermocouple that is likely to get lost before you need it.
It will be the Kia Rio of the multimeter world.
There's nothing actually wrong with it, but you wouldn't want to own one.
http://www.kia.com/us/en/build/rio/2017/trims?trim=2&model=603
the quality must be there as they offer it with a 10 year or 100,000 warranty
versus the meters 1 year?
Even in Europe with our 230/240V mains I have still not heard about exploding meters in the hands of beginners being a big thing.
Even in Europe with our 230/240V mains I have still not heard about exploding meters in the hands of beginners being a big thing.
North American mains are 240 volt also, they're just center-tapped with the tap grounded for the typical residential installation. It is still 240 volt....
Even in Europe with our 230/240V mains I have still not heard about exploding meters in the hands of beginners being a big thing.
North American mains are 240 volt also, they're just center-tapped with the tap grounded for the typical residential installation. It is still 240 volt....Well if we are going that route, ours are 415 with an earthed center tap.
North American mains are 240 volt also, they're just center-tapped with the tap grounded for the typical residential installation. It is still 240 volt....Well if we are going that route, ours are 415 with an earthed center tap.
Even in Europe with our 230/240V mains I have still not heard about exploding meters in the hands of beginners being a big thing.
North American mains are 240 volt also, they're just center-tapped with the tap grounded for the typical residential installation. It is still 240 volt....
the quality must be there as they offer it with a 10 year or 100,000 warranty
Maybe it's just not exciting enough to wear itself out.
The sales bullet points are:
* It has an engine (and it's economical!)
* It has brakes (on all four wheels!)
* It has a radio
That's it. That's literally the most interesting things even the sales team could find to say about this car.
Does that make you want to rush out and buy one?versus the meters 1 year?
I'm sure that Aldi meter would outlast most of us if we bought it.
(and for the same reasons)
Just maybe the sales blurb is uninspiring because thats they way that they think cars should be sold, based on ethical things rather than making claims about its performance such as 0-60mph time, its go design language etc etc. and instead pushing its green credentials etc
Much the same as when it comes down to choosing a multimeter, I look at it, its ranges, specification, and evaluate it and the useage that I'm going to be subjecting it to and then make, hopefully a well informed decision rather than buying something that is over engineered and thus over priced for the function its going to be used for.
Even in Europe with our 230/240V mains I have still not heard about exploding meters in the hands of beginners being a big thing.
North American mains are 240 volt also, they're just center-tapped with the tap grounded for the typical residential installation. It is still 240 volt....Well if we are going that route, ours are 415 with an earthed center tap.
Ours are 400kV at the substation. I'm not sure where they put the taps.
The proper tools for mains are a Duspol or similar voltage indicator with a switchable low impedance mode for usual tasks, a rugged DMM for sparkies without current measurement, a clamp meter for current measurements (the 10 or 20A range of an electronics DMM is laughable) and isolation/wiring testers. The Duspol needs two hands for operation, a DMM three.