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| mikeselectricstuff:
--- Quote from: nctnico on March 31, 2018, 12:16:32 pm ---However if it is for use on a bench I wouldn't want a handheld DMM anyway: 1) Because they need a change of batteries at the least convenient moment. My bench DMMs are on for entire days when I work on a project. 2) Because they get in front of other equipment if you tilt them up to read the display. 3) A handheld isn't stackable with other equipment so ends up taking lots of desk space. --- End quote --- I much prefer handheld for bench use as you can put it wherever convenient. Most gear is on a shelf above so getting in front isn't an issue. |
| joeqsmith:
--- Quote from: mikeselectricstuff on March 31, 2018, 03:15:53 pm ---I much prefer handheld for bench use as you can put it wherever convenient. Most gear is on a shelf above so getting in front isn't an issue. --- End quote --- And which meter do you personally favor and why? |
| TheAmmoniacal:
cozzy.org.. I don't understand people who buy the Fluke 87-V, it's no an electronics meter, it's an electricians meter! All it really has over other meters is "brand recognition", but at the expensive of many useful functions, higher accuracy, more counts, better screen... And I'd bet you most brand meters are just as safe, be it Brymen, Hioki, Sanwa, Gossen, Amprobe, Flir, Kyoritsu...). We had them at university, would personally never buy one. Not the mention the $700 USD price tag in Norway. |
| joeqsmith:
--- Quote from: TheAmmoniacal on March 31, 2018, 03:44:24 pm ---cozzy.org.. I don't understand people who buy the Fluke 87-V, it's no an electronics meter, it's an electricians meter! All it really has over other meters is "brand recognition", but at the expensive of many useful functions, higher accuracy, more counts, better screen... And I'd bet you most brand meters are just as safe, be it Brymen, Hioki, Sanwa, Gossen, Amprobe, Flir, Kyoritsu...). --- End quote --- In general, I've seen companies who have a product certified, then change the design and not want to pay to have it certified again. I wonder with UNI-T for example, they have certified some of their meters. You can pick up two UT61Es, one with MOVs, one without. IMO, these practices dilute the value of having a product certified. I suspect (again no data) that larger companies will keep up with their certifications. We know Brymen for example released the S version of the 869 to support the current standards. I suspect the Fluke 87V has also evolved to meet changes to the standards. Again, just a guess on my part. |
| janoc:
--- Quote from: Fungus on March 31, 2018, 01:20:37 pm ---Yes it does. You can attach two temperature probes to it simultaneously with dual display (select T1/T2 range on the dial) --- End quote --- Yes, corrected that - 867 (which looks almost identical) doesn't measure temperature and VFD, 869 does. --- Quote from: Fungus on March 31, 2018, 01:20:37 pm ---Moot, because the other ranges aren't 0.02% accurate* so the extra digit wouldn't do anything anyway. 50,000 counts is still a lot of accuracy in a handheld. --- End quote --- Sure, no issues with that but the 500 000 counts are being mentioned as a major selling point of this meter. |
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