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| chickens_are_flying:
Hi all, I'm thinking to get a another meter around the range of US$150 and through some reading, found the BM867s being decent in terms of features to price. However I realized this meter has been out for some time and wondered if there are any newer/better models to consider that is around this price range? Likes: Dual display, 500k count mode Dislikes: 9V battery instead of AA/AAA Side notes: - Would likely be getting from tme (is there a coupon or better deal out there?) - There seems to be a Brymen branded silicone lead sold at welectron (https://www.welectron.com/Brymen-BL21S2-T4SC-Silicone-Test-Leads). Are these any good? Is this the equivalent at tme despite the part number difference (https://www.tme.eu/en/details/pp-bm10a/test-leads-sets/brymen/pp-bm-10a/)? Many thanks in advance! |
| coromonadalix:
Search the chipset ic number in other brands Amprobe Brymen as you know,, you have the older series with S suffix = better backlight like 859S who's still very good and hold better on a bench Greenlee etc ... You may find some deals ?? |
| Specmaster:
Nothing wrong with having a 9v battery, AA and AAA cells can leak and do some serious damage, never seen that with a 9v battery and also don't forget that Fluke used them for years on their 25 and 27 series meters, which have a few over the years and still have a couple and have never had any battery issues. Likewise my Brymen 867S uses 9v and not a problem. Edit: Just checked on my Fluke 85, and that also uses the 9v PP3 and so I think that most of if not all Fluke meters will also use the same battery. |
| AVGresponding:
--- Quote from: Specmaster on December 03, 2022, 04:22:02 pm ---Nothing wrong with having a 9v battery, AA and AAA cells can leak and do some serious damage, never seen that with a 9v battery and also don't forget that Fluke used them for years on their 25 and 27 series meters, which have a few over the years and still have a couple and have never had any battery issues. Likewise my Brymen 867S uses 9v and not a problem. --- End quote --- I have seen PP3 leakage, maybe two or three times in my life (52 now). It's vanishingly rare compared to AA/AAA, but it can happen. |
| skander36:
"..Dual display, 500k count mode..." Hard to find this combination today. Even new series from Brymen (7XX) does not keep this. The question can be: "Why aren't modern altenatives to Brymen 867S?" The silicone leads from Brymen are the best in that price. You won't be disappointed. |
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