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When I google up Fluke, I get photos like this one with the 87 IV:
When I google up Brymen, I get photos of Kiriakos testing temperature of his kettle with the BM869:
never underestimate the importance of perfect tea steeping temperature
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When I google up Fluke, I get photos like this one with the 87 IV:
When I google up Brymen, I get photos of Kiriakos testing temperature of his kettle with the BM869:
never underestimate the importance of perfect tea steeping temperature
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Brymen may not have taken such photos, but at least one of their ODM customers has.
Greenlee DM-860a
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Glad someone else appreciates the science behind making a cup of tea
, When I go to the states I have a hard time getting a good cuppa When I google up Fluke, I get photos like this one with the 87 IV:
When I google up Brymen, I get photos of Kiriakos testing temperature of his kettle with the BM869:
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If Starbucks buys a BM869 for each of their shops around the world, Brymen will easily buy Danaher Corporation.
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Missed this, thanks for the link.
Are these prices subject to VAT on top or any other charges?I know you are asking for something in the UK, but as Poland ships to the UK and their prices are really good I suggest you just get it from TME:
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I suspect you have to pay VAT (unless you have a business) and postage charges:
They don't have stock, so the price could also change later.
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Thanks for finding that,
So it works out about £174inc VAT + Shipping £6.84 = £180.84 As a comparison works out $284.36 USD $395.24 AusI suspect you have to pay VAT (unless you have a business) and postage charges:
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I wonder how the meters would handle radiated susceptibility.
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After a viewer had pointed out that the Fluke 87V had a peak hold feature, I put together another video showing how it compares with the Brymen crest feature. I thought I would also throw the EXTECH EX540 in the mix too.
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Great video
After a viewer had pointed out that the Fluke 87V had a peak hold feature, I put together another video showing how it compares with the Brymen crest feature. I thought I would also throw the EXTECH EX540 in the mix too.
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Good question. In the archives of eevblog, the 87V went berzerk with GSM phones placed near the LCD, but a board revision fixed this but not sure it was a violation since the source had to be very close to the LCD to cause interference.
True "CE" declaration also includes EMC compatibility.
https://www.adafruit.com/images/product-files/2610/EMCCertificate_of_Conformity.pdf
http://assets.fluke.com/manuals/101_____1aeng0000.pdf
Great video, as always.I wonder how the meters would handle radiated susceptibility.
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I am nearing the end of this little experiment and I hope to have at least one data point that show if the Brymen BM-869S I purchased can survive a transient that the Fluke 87V was damaged with.
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Why does the Brymen BM869s have 2 DC volt measurement options on the main rotary switch?
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One selection is for volts, the other for milivolts. This is to switch in different dividers for these ranges to allow better accuracy. Each of these positions are for AC + DC also. If you look, AC also has two positions for the same reasons.
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Hi, I've just recently purchased a Brymen 867, please let me share few findings:
- the switch is very stiff. Sometimes I have a feeling that something will break apart if I force to turn it to the next position. I will fix it later, because it is hardy usable in this condition
- one of the connectors was decentered to that extent that is was almost impossible to plug the lead in. I fixed it with resoldering. It is okay now, but....
- the beeper is way too loud and it is impossible to switch it off permanently: it beeps as no future with every button press. I found that there is a "390K" labelled power resistor next to the spring of the beeper (0.5W maybe), which is about 3 ohm. I will replace that, hope that will help.
- the device is pretty hefty. I mean, ridiculously large. Not a big deal, though.
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Hi, I've just recently purchased a Brymen 867, please let me share few findings:
- the switch is very stiff. Sometimes I have a feeling that something will break apart if I force to turn it to the next position. I will fix it later, because it is hardy usable in this condition
- one of the connectors was decentered to that extent that is was almost impossible to plug the lead in. I fixed it with resoldering. It is okay now, but....
- the beeper is way too loud and it is impossible to switch it off permanently: it beeps as no future with every button press. I found that there is a "390K" labelled power resistor next to the spring of the beeper (0.5W maybe), which is about 3 ohm. I will replace that, hope that will help.
- the device is pretty hefty. I mean, ridiculously large. Not a big deal, though.
Apart from these, no other problems so far.
- you can turn the beeper off by pressing the range button when swithing the meter on. The setting is however not remembered, its only for the current measurement session. But if you make ik a habbit of pressing the range swith when turning on the meter, it is ok :-) -
- you can turn the beeper off by pressing the range button when swithing the meter on. The setting is however not remembered, its only for the current measurement session. But if you make ik a habbit of pressing the range swith when turning on the meter, it is ok :-)
It that's true then I'd be looking at a way to short out the range button during power-up (or only connect the buzzer when the meter is in continuity mode).
Even better: Send the meter back...
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Most meters have a high impedance on low DC volt and mV ranges (2.5GOhm) to prevent loading low voltage high impedance circuits. Could someone confirm that the Brymen 869 has the same feature? All I can find is 10MOhm on those ranges (Brymen site).
The docs are probably wrong, as, surely, Brymen owners would have complained about it by now.
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Most meters have a high impedance on low DC volt and mV ranges (2.5GOhm) to prevent loading low voltage circuits. Could someone confirm that the Brymen 869 has the same feature? All I can find is 10MOhm on those ranges (Brymen site).
The docs are probably wrong, as Brymen owners would have complained about it by now.
It's actually 10Mohm for all ranges as written in docs, verified on mine 896S right now.
I was aware about that before purchase, so i do not complian.
Fluke's 87V standard voltage reading loads 10Mohm as well, the "high impedance mode" is only for 500mV range and is unspecified for both actual impedance and precision (and has to be engaged with a key press on DMM's turn-on).
My meter's rotary switch is on the stiff side but still acceptable, no problem with beep sound level and instrument size, both are comfortable to me (and yes, my hearing is good).
I often use the double temperature reading function with differential readout, a neat feature not found in most competitor devices.
I found AC TrueRMS voltage reading very accurate in audio freq. range as well as DC current accuracy and resolution on both 10A and 0.6A ranges.
What i dislike is the LCD backlight, quite uneven on left side, plus the PC cable interface that miss standard USB COM profile adopting a bugged HID interface mode (it fails when you attempt ot import it under NI-VISA standard HID driver profile) and a ridiculous way to transmit the DMM readings (display's segments bit mapping), that translates into a huge PITA when you have to write your own logger application.
But considering Fluke's ripp-off EU street's prices (official distributors please, not buy&die ebay sellers), i'm happy to have spent 230E (VAT included) for this one. -
Actually, the high impedance on mV ranges is not as common as I thought.
Confirmed meters with an impedance over 1GOhm are Gossen 30M, Hioki 4282, Chauvin Arnoux MTX 3293, Protek 608, UNI-T UT71 (2.5GOhm mV range) and UNI-T UT61 (>3GOhm mV ranges).
A few others go up to 100MOhm on mV ranges.
Bench meters often have an option for a >10GOhm impedance, when required, like the Rigol 3058 or Keithley 2000 (permanent on 10V and below ranges)
I don't know about the alleged high impedance mode on the Fluke 87V. I can only find a selectable low impedance feature. Normal mode is 10MOhm.
From the 87V manual:
When measuring voltage, the Meter acts approximately
like a 10 MOhm (10,000,000 Ohm) impedance in parallel with
the circuit. This loading effect can cause measurement
errors in high-impedance circuits. In most cases, the error
is negligible (0.1% or less) if the circuit impedance is
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I don't know about the alleged high impedance mode on the Fluke 87V. I can only find a selectable low impedance feature. Normal mode is 10MOhm.
From the 87V manual:
When measuring voltage, the Meter acts approximately
like a 10 MOhm (10,000,000 Ohm) impedance in parallel with
the circuit. This loading effect can cause measurement
errors in high-impedance circuits. In most cases, the error
is negligible (0.1% or less) if the circuit impedance is
10 KOhm (10,000 Ohm) or less.
From the user manual :
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Gee, they really buried that one! Grazie. Would be nice to know what the impedance increase is. Anybody measured it?
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Gee, they really buried that one! Grazie. Would be nice to know what the impedance increase is. Anybody measured it?
The Fluke 185 has the same feature.
Just tried it. Using my DE-5000 LCR meter I measure around 10.000 megohms in normal mode and over limit with the Fluke in Hi-Z mode ... so that would be over 200 megohms?
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Why would you bother to measure the impedance of a DE-5000? It is not a passive device. It is a pointless and meaningless measurement.