Here are a bunch of the multimeters I have had throughout my life.
On the left is my first one I got as a kid from my dad. I did some projects with the boy scouts with it. Its a Hung Chang HC-213.
Next is a GB Instruments GDT-11 I got as a teenager to put together an intercom kit and trouble shoot a doorbell with.
The green one is a Greenlee DM-40 home depot special cheapo meter I use to check mains voltage at work. I also use the ohms and continuity on it.
The big yellow one on the end is what I purchased recently for $40 on ebay. Its a BK test bench 389.
I have been using it building a bunch of kits and just starting to really learn about electronics and I like it!
Ok now show me what you got!!
dare we ? you might get upset when you see those lovely flukes, I have the VC99 and the AM220
Mine Uni-T UT71A, Sunwa DT-890G, Sanwa YX-360TRD (Analog), and other dead DMMs (similar to your GB Instruments GDT-11)
*chuckle*
Seriously, I have two Fluke 77's that are probably 20 years old, work great, are still in cal, and I see no need to replace them.
(and yes, that's really one of my meters in the photo)
Personally , after all this gear that I recently own or build , about multimeters accuracy verification,
I do not throw my hat , if I do not test first the meter .
I am less sentimental ..
JohnS_AZ sweet nixie tubes!
Hey Mike, whats that blue one in the middle on the bottom? Looks like a big blue clamp?
I've had too many to count I think.
My Agilent u1242B
I've had too many to count I think.
No such thing as to many multimeters!
This is my Mastercraft meter
from Canadian Tire it is auto ranging. Though nothing special it was twenty dollars which i think is pretty value.
Hey Mike, whats that blue one in the middle on the bottom? Looks like a big blue clamp?
you are definitely right! thats the clamp meter!
Hey Mike, whats that blue one in the middle on the bottom? Looks like a big blue clamp?
Yes - it has a built-in AC/DC current measuring clamp. Very handy for diagnosing car electrical problems.
BTW the small blue Pantec Zip pen-style unit has to be about 20 yrs old now. As far as I know, nobody makes something this small today - the nearest I've found so far is the one above it in the pic.
Finally gathered them to "family" portrait. Shown in age order, oldest in the left:
Regards,
Janne
And my pile of them ...
The last picture its not an accuracy test,
its more like, 6 meters of cables or more ,running around the multimeters
Here are my two, the Fluke 117C and the B&K Precision 2709B, with a Minichamp and Wiha #0 Phillips for size comparison;
with a Minichamp
You have lost the toothpick .
Hoping to get a fluke soon...
We have at my work, this 3246 -- HIOKI PENCIL HITESTER (Japan) , actually its on our tool box ( industrial electricians) .
I like it allot , but I would never get one for my self, I dislike tiny things ..
That's a Mastech MS8226T I got for college and my dad's old Fluke 8021B. They are the only meters I have that measure properly in the presence of strong harmonics. In the picture, they are being used to measure the impedance of a transformer out of an old UPS, which has an AC impedance of 814 ohms at 100Hz. (I'm using my PC as a DDS function generator, and my best friend Tiffany Yep, a digital communications engineer/model, says hi...)
@NiHaoMike: you should learn more on photography, coz you have a very confusing subject matter in your picture. me eyes tend to linger more toward the wallpaper. i think i'm going to be able to work really
"hard" all day and night long if that wallpaper is infront of me everytime
and i dont see she's pronouncing "hi". i heard "Cheese!?"....anyone?