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Good multimeter for Industrial use at work (Fluke alternatives)
rsjsouza:
Just one aspect in favour of Brymens is that a very reputable tools supplier in the USA (Greenlee) has been using their rebranded meters in OEM and features lifetime warranty. This partnership comes from more than one generation of Brymen's product line and the first I saw was at least ten years ago. That debunks the myth that Brymens do not have a track record as well - a higher failure rate would probably not make Greenlee move to a second generation of products from the same OEM.
As for my own experience, I have a 2003-built Brymen BM857 that sees heavy use for ten years and is still accurate and solid as a rock. I recently got a smaller Greenlee DM-200A (Brymen BM251) that is extremely well built.
For the industrial segment, the only Uni-T that I would consider (with heaps of caution) is the UT195 family, with a small window for the UT139C. But track record of their models is quite poor.
Klein meters are rugged and survive quite the abuse - despite I have never used one, I have seen many in quite rough shape but still very accurate and still felt mechanically sound. They are also a reputable brand of tools in the US. They seem an original design and not an OEM.
Good luck with your procurement!
Tomorokoshi:
In case you hadn't noticed it, there are two pinned threads specifically about multimeters:
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/multimeter-spreadsheet/
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/a-list-of-multimeters-that-do-not-appear-to-meet-their-claimed-safety-specs/
james_s:
How much do the Fluke meters cost over there? How much is the salary of one of the people using the meters? There are other good meters out there besides Fluke, but none of the ones I'd trust to use on industrial equipment is cheap. How much is the life of one of your technicians or engineers worth?
BillyO:
--- Quote from: james_s on December 24, 2022, 02:10:15 am ---How much do the Fluke meters cost over there? How much is the salary of one of the people using the meters? There are other good meters out there besides Fluke, but none of the ones I'd trust to use on industrial equipment is cheap. How much is the life of one of your technicians or engineers worth?
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Point taken.
But let me play devil's advocate. Can you provide a link or a citation to any kind of a record or an article of or about someone being killed by their modern multimeter in the last decade? I have done Google searches and can't come up with anything, but may not be all that good at it. In fact I usually suck at it. I'd be interested to understand the circumstances.
bdunham7:
--- Quote from: BillyO on December 24, 2022, 02:38:51 am ---Can you provide a link or a citation to any kind of a record or an article of or about someone being killed by their modern multimeter in the last decade?
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Links in this post. Not quite killed (in this case) and not Brymen, but CEM rebadged as a USA brand. This is what a long-time Fluke user that isn't a multimeter enthusiast is going to worry about. THey aren't going to know the difference between CEM, UNI-T and Brymen.
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/hear-kitty-kitty-kitty-nope-not-that-kind-of-cat/msg3714598/#msg3714598
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