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Best handheld dmm, at any price?
RoGeorge:
It was interesting at the beginning, but it became strange starting from the minute 09:05 and strait hilarious at 12:13.
:-DD
The battery life is almost the same as in the CEM DT9889, but Fluke has less features, is more expensive ($1000 + $200 current probe), more locked into proprietary/expensive accessories, no amps measuring.
Fungus:
--- Quote from: RoGeorge on April 05, 2018, 01:53:49 pm ---It was interesting at the beginning, but it became strange starting from the minute 09:05 and strait hilarious at 12:13.
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Oh, dear.
That makes those Agilent OLED multimeters look like a sensible purchase. :scared:
It's ridiculous that a device like that can't be charged through an external connector, even if it's via the input jacks like some other meters.
The short battery life isn't just inconvenient, it also makes it next-to-useless on a bench. They could probably sell a whole lot more of those if they could be powered by a charger connected to the input jacks and left running all day as a remote display camera (with image on your smartphone so you can be doing something else across the room).
bd139:
Ugh that's awful. TI jumped that shark already with the nSpire calculators. Yes I want to wait 30 seconds for my calculator to boot and half the time I pick it up, the battery is dead and it takes overnight to charge. This energy management model doesn't work for any handheld or portable device that is essential, other than phones and that's only because we're addicts.
Fungus:
--- Quote from: bd139 on April 05, 2018, 04:16:06 pm ---Ugh that's awful.
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I bet almost everybody who buys one will regret it. Much better to get a separate camera.
Fungus:
Speaking of battery life: I see that Hioki makes a solar powered DMM. I guess this would be a good choice for a desert island.
CAT IV rated, for measuring industrial power lines.
And... built-in light meter. :) (via the solar panel?)
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