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AN8008 US $19, 9999count, 1uV, 0.01uA, 0.01Ohm, 1pF resolution meter
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cjs:

--- Quote from: floobydust on August 15, 2019, 05:59:41 pm ---Na, it's not worth gold leads because the rotary switch is crap and always has several ohms resistance.

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Yeah, but the gold-plated leads still greatly reduce contact problems with the leads themselves. It's nice to know that when I touch the leads to something and don't get an immediate continuity beep I don't need to go jiggling and moving them a bit to make sure it's really not just a lead contact problem.

I have a couple of sets of "good" leads (gold plated, very pointy, silicone) I almost always use with whichever multimeter I'm using. (These aren't truly great leads by any means, but they're a lot better than what come with almost any <$100 multimeter and they were under $10/set, IIRC.) It's one of the better investments I've ever made.
djos:

--- Quote from: cjs on August 25, 2019, 03:12:40 am ---
--- Quote from: floobydust on August 15, 2019, 05:59:41 pm ---Na, it's not worth gold leads because the rotary switch is crap and always has several ohms resistance.

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Yeah, but the gold-plated leads still greatly reduce contact problems with the leads themselves. It's nice to know that when I touch the leads to something and don't get an immediate continuity beep I don't need to go jiggling and moving them a bit to make sure it's really not just a lead contact problem.

I have a couple of sets of "good" leads (gold plated, very pointy, silicone) I almost always use with whichever multimeter I'm using. (These aren't truly great leads by any means, but they're a lot better than what come with almost any <$100 multimeter and they were under $10/set, IIRC.) It's one of the better investments I've ever made.

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Totally agree, I find they reduce connection latency substantially.

My aneng is just my go anywhere, take loads of abuse meter, I also have a couple of others, including a BM235 from Dave.
GreyWoolfe:

--- Quote from: cjs on August 25, 2019, 03:12:40 am ---
--- Quote from: floobydust on August 15, 2019, 05:59:41 pm ---Na, it's not worth gold leads because the rotary switch is crap and always has several ohms resistance.

--- End quote ---

Yeah, but the gold-plated leads still greatly reduce contact problems with the leads themselves. It's nice to know that when I touch the leads to something and don't get an immediate continuity beep I don't need to go jiggling and moving them a bit to make sure it's really not just a lead contact problem.

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I agree, there was a real difference between the OEM leads and a set of Brymen gold plated leads measuring a 1R1 5% resistor.  With the Brymen leads, it was almost dead on, with the OEM leads, the reading was just over 2R.  I originally purchased it and an 8009 for low resistance measurements for work but ended up getting a Fluke 101, again swapping out the OEM leads with the Brymen.
floobydust:
I have trouble taking the AN8008 seriously, it's no good for low ohms use.
It does not have a zero/null feature, so I have to mentally subtract ohms offset in the meter and leads.

What does it matter then, with gold ends verses chrome-plated steel? The rotary switch is copper. The input banana jacks are chrome-plated steel. You end up subtracting ohms of copper, steel, chrome anyhow.
001:

--- Quote from: floobydust on August 25, 2019, 04:22:31 pm ---I have trouble taking the AN8008 seriously, it's no good for low ohms use.

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man
it is only cheapish meter it is not 4-wire milliohmeter
A few years ago you could say that it has fantastic characteristics for beer price
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