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Good multimeter for Industrial use at work (Fluke alternatives)
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Fungus:

--- Quote from: nightfire on December 23, 2022, 09:54:35 am ---One thing to add: In which environment are those UPS used? If they feed into some main distribution cabinet of a sufficient size and short circuit potential, you are easily in a CAT IV zone- and then there is a limited choice of manufacturers I would trust.

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In that case a CAT IV 1000V BM869 would be a step up from the Flukes they're currently using...
BeBuLamar:
Brymen may be just as good or better but if I work for your company and you provide me with Brymen I won't be happy.
MerlijnD:

--- Quote from: BeBuLamar on December 23, 2022, 02:48:05 pm ---Brymen may be just as good or better but if I work for your company and you provide me with Brymen I won't be happy.

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Why not?
MerlijnD:

--- Quote from: nightfire on December 23, 2022, 09:54:35 am ---One thing to add: In which environment are those UPS used? If they feed into some main distribution cabinet of a sufficient size and short circuit potential, you are easily in a CAT IV zone- and then there is a limited choice of manufacturers I would trust. And then, including yearly cal and needed turnaround times, Fluke sometimes offers good longterm value, all costs added over a longer time.

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Yes all mains goes through the UPS by ride through method.  And yes; during maintenance/repairs/overhauls main distribution gets touched but supplies are de-energized and switched through switching procedures. Multimeters are mostly used for cabinet work (LV).
AVGresponding:

--- Quote from: MerlijnD on December 23, 2022, 03:21:06 pm ---
--- Quote from: BeBuLamar on December 23, 2022, 02:48:05 pm ---Brymen may be just as good or better but if I work for your company and you provide me with Brymen I won't be happy.

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Why not?

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Presumably because Fluke have a proven track record in industrial grade TE and Brymen don't, yet.

The scariest thing about working on serious UPS systems for me was always the battery strings; you get a short within the string (fuses are normally only at the ends) on a big one and it can be spectacular, loud, and very dangerous. I don't envy anyone that has to work on modern ones with big lithium strings.

We were always issued with Fluke meters, (I had an 83 and a 95), and though I'm a Fluke fanboy still (too many to list, but 87V daily at work and 289 daily at home), but I also really like my Brymen 869S, it's a damn good bit of kit, and I'd be happy to trust it at work if I didn't already have the F87V.
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