so I took the bait.
so I took the bait.
I always move away from the bait ... I will advice you to do the same from now and on.
so I took the bait.
I always move away from the bait ... I will advice you to do the same from now and on.
Spoken like a wise man.
Vichy isn't trustworthy.
I would not be afraid to use this in Mains , speaking about in door home use, so to verify 220V on the Mains plug.
The golden rule is to double check every mains source with a volt-stick too.
The UNI-T 15C it is the safest made volt-stick up to date, in the most friendly price.
Hey alm, just spent 17$ to find out of how safe is this volt stick.
You can even do a video review of it .. and become famous if you manage to destroy it !!
And in this case I prefer to not speak to me again .
In my part of the world even the worst DMM it can measure safely 380V AC.
And as risky considered any measurement above the 600V AC.
About the Vichy specifications it claims 1000V Max.
And so yes it can do even the half safely.
I can not tell about the trustworthy part.
But today it is so easy to build an almost accurate unit on the DC range, Ohms it is easy too.
This DMM was build with CAT I in mind, and so other than old technology ( slow in operations) they follow an ancient CAT rating too.
I would not be afraid to use this in Mains , speaking about in door home use, so to verify 220V on the Mains plug.
But the major problem with those, are that if they hit the floor for some reason, you can not tell if they do operate correctly after that.
Dave offers one major contribution in the world by performing live the "1 meter drop test ".
But he should test the operation at 220V AC after the drop.
The most risky part is to measure mains, the DMM to not show anything because it has some sort of damage,
but the Mains socket to be live ( active) with 220V on it !!
The golden rule is to double check every mains source with a volt-stick too.
The UNI-T 15C it is the safest made volt-stick up to date, in the most friendly price.
And if I could offer one suggestion to every one who gets an low priced DMM,
it would be to get and the UNI-T 15C volt-stick so to have them as pair.
The volt-stick it will lead the attack at the mains plug, and the cheap DMM will follow, as soon there is no danger around.
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I can not tell about the trustworthy part.
But today it is so easy to build an almost accurate unit on the DC range, Ohms it is easy too.
This DMM was build with CAT I in mind, and so other than old technology ( slow in operations) they follow an ancient CAT rating too.
I would not be afraid to use this in Mains , speaking about in door home use, so to verify 220V on the Mains plug.
But the major problem with those, are that if they hit the floor for some reason, you can not tell if they do operate correctly after that.
Dave offers one major contribution in the world by performing live the "1 meter drop test ".
But he should test the operation at 220V AC after the drop.
The most risky part is to measure mains, the DMM to not show anything because it has some sort of damage,
but the Mains socket to be live ( active) with 220V on it !!
The golden rule is to double check every mains source with a volt-stick too.
The UNI-T 15C it is the safest made volt-stick up to date, in the most friendly price.
And if I could offer one suggestion to every one who gets an low priced DMM,
it would be to get and the UNI-T 15C volt-stick so to have them as pair.
The volt-stick it will lead the attack at the mains plug, and the cheap DMM will follow, as soon there is no danger around.
True. It's not a bad multimeter overall, but a bit too fragile. As for super-duper mains stuff, I don't do it.
Speaking of low-priced DMM, who knows a cheap and cheerful (but nice) pocket DMM they'd recommend? No, I am not looking for pocket-sized version of Fluke 87V, but don't want to get rubbish either. Something like Uni-T or Extech would suit me nicely.
I have the latest hard copy of the complete Agilent catalog printed 12 May 2011.
( came to me before three days ago from Germany)
The U1232A looks nice, and the U1233A ( Perfect) it is one U1232A Plus V-sense = non contact detection of voltages.
The retail price looks to be at 130$.
And I think that this DMM plays alone in the market with no competition,
it is second to none.
Before you get a DMM try to find a store that haves it, and just touch it.
And come back and tells what you think.
Regarding pocket multimeters, I'm using a Meterman PM53, now available with the Amprobe label:
http://amprobe.com/cgi-bin/pdc/viewprod.cgi?pid=2164&tid=1&type=elec
It's really small, actually a "shirt pocket" multimeter, and I owned it for more than 5 years, without problems.
It incorporates a non contact voltage detector, that senses even low voltages, an automatic mode, and can measure volts (ac and dc), ohms, frequency, capacitance, with full autorange.
The only dislike are the non removable test cables, but it's so small that there is no room for sockets.
RS sells it for 49 euros + VAT, but maybe you can pay it less.
It's slightly big (89x169x50ish) for a pocket meter, but the smaller ones I saw on the net yesterday were UniT 10 or 20 and not much else.
By the way, nice photo - orange is definitely your colour.