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nctnico:

--- Quote from: rsjsouza on March 27, 2023, 10:03:26 am ---Aneng AN888S, for example, which has a much better display and the same convenience features.

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Dang it! Looks kind of interesting to try for kicks. I'm wondering whether the Chinese got wind of improving the WAF of products by integrating things like a Bluetooth speaker and a clock into a DMM. Chauvin-arnoux didn't even got such a bold idea...

donlisms:
I'm glad I have a good sense of what's important to me, and it helps me in the face of vigorous debates on beeping and such.  To each his own, indeed!

I have a 34401a I got within the budget that's been presented, used, from an auction site.  It's pretty terrific.  (The meter, not the auction site.). It has all the things. 

For secondary measurements, I have four 3478a's, also surprisingly not expensive, from an auction site. Three of them work great; one display failed when I left it on continuously, but for what they cost, that's okay with me.  I have never (ever, ever, ever!) whined about not having backlight, and my eyes are not so great.   I honestly don't understand why that's A Thing, unless it's just someone competing to build the longest list of complaints.  I have occasionally wanted continuity or diode test, but I have a hand-held meter that can easily and conveniently serve those purposes if the 34401a is already engaged in some other function.  So I wouldn't want the 3478a as my only meter, but two or three of them and a nice hand-held would be fine.

I've also seen 3456's for nice prices.  Yes, old, but could be a nice meter.

At some point I realized I wanted to partake of a hobby that's all about digging into how things work, and making and/or fixing them, but I was avoiding doing that on the path to acquiring some rather cool, premium test gear from the past.  A willingness to do the work opened doors, especially to learning a lot along the way -- though overall, I haven't had to mess with these things all that much.  So... buy a yesterday-premium instrument worth many thousands in its day, for a few hundred, or a new plastic device worth a few hundred. I rarely use my Siglent scope, but I LOVE my 485.  That's my world.

Fungus:

--- Quote from: tooki on March 27, 2023, 07:01:43 pm ---The scratchiness of unlatched continuity is good for detecting scratchy things (where it’s making and breaking contact many times in a split second)

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tooki:

--- Quote from: 2N3055 on March 27, 2023, 08:06:47 pm ---Well you tested very cheap meter for reference and compared it to superb Fluke latched implementation (yes Fluke did it right on F87V).

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Well, um, yeah. That was the point of the test: to compare an unlatched continuity tester to the best out there.

An unlatched continuity tester is the same regardless of what price of meter it’s in, so it is nonetheless representative. (The resistance threshold might vary, but the principle remains exactly the same.) But very few meters that aren’t “very cheap” have unlatched continuity. All of my other meters are latched, so I used what I had since the price doesn’t matter in this case.


--- Quote from: 2N3055 on March 27, 2023, 08:06:47 pm ---On my BM869S, 1 ms pulse creates clear click, and also clearly audible "dropout click" on 1 ms interruption. Same with BM525S.
If I go over 10 ms you start hearing it as a short tone burst. With some experience you can relatively judge intervals by ear...

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Of course.


--- Quote from: 2N3055 on March 27, 2023, 08:06:47 pm ---On MTX3293 (that has some kind of fast latching type), 1ms pulse is less audible, but dropout is nicely heard. I find it very usable but prefer Brymen type. Mind you, I used F87V for years. I can do job with it's beeper and find it well done. But latching beeper and diode beep is something I never really found really important.. To each its own...

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Well I already explained why it might be crucial in a loud industrial environment.

To be clear, I’m not categorically opposed to non-latching continuity, and I recognize it has uses for things that I guess I wouldn’t consider “classic” continuity testing. I just much prefer latching for everyday use.

tooki:

--- Quote from: Fungus on March 28, 2023, 01:25:24 am ---
--- Quote from: tooki on March 27, 2023, 07:01:43 pm ---The scratchiness of unlatched continuity is good for detecting scratchy things (where it’s making and breaking contact many times in a split second)

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I think I’ll stick to my hi-fi systems. :P

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