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BK Precision 2712 vs Aneng AN8008
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J-R:
Also, the BK Precision 2712 is 40,000 count, the Anengs are 9,999 count.  Many of the recommended Brymens will be 50,000 or 60,000 count.
Mat219:
As stated above in an edited post, The DMM would be used for calibration/verification of the cheaper equipment I have, because right now, I own a Tenma 72-10495 and two AN8008s.

As for the requirements:
I have a budget of 3500CZK or around 150€
It has to be available in my country, which means Farnell is a safe bet, although I might be able to find different distributors as well with some digging.

I need it to be as accurate as I can get, preferably under 0.5% on all ranges
It needs to have small long term drift, as I don't have a reference to calibrate against
Auto-ranging with manual override that's pretty fast
Latching continuity function
capacitance measurement function is nice, but not essential
I don't need a temp measurement function, but it wouldn't hurt to have it
I'd like it to have good input jacks, because I've had to toss a few multimeters because of faulty jacks, and I'd like to avoid that.
It has to be reasonably safe, I don't know what that requires aside from HRC fuses.
Access doors for the fuses and batteries would be real good
I'd like something with over 10000 counts for the increase in accuracy
If possible over 20A max current measurement, the voltage is not that important, but it has to handle mains (230VAC)

That's pretty much it. I'm mostly going off of Dave's reccomendations from his multimeter buying guide, and my preferences.
Again, I'm not that well versed in buying multimeters, so my requirements might be way to high for the price.
coromonadalix:
Not to be rude,  if you do some "serious stuff"   pls  try to search for a good meter, and maybe invest a little bit more if you need to,  "being easily" calibrable will be a key role for you adventure

Check some youtube videos of the models you have interests,    some meters wait a bit to display the read value(s), some of them give a "false zero"  some show everything near zero  ....

Brymen on some models can be user calibrated, dont know for the newest lines ...   and many other meters are based on the same chipsets  ....

Got an Amprobe Am140 for a ridicoulous price, on par with the 857 series

Fluke need special software

Beckman i dont know


and your 20 amps measurements for a meter is not realistic, and can / could be dangerous,   many meters are now 10 amps, because it heat a lot in them, use a shunt resistor in place or a clamp meter
Fungus:

--- Quote from: coromonadalix on September 01, 2022, 11:13:27 am ---Got an Amprobe Am140 for a ridicoulous price, on par with the 857 series

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The AM140 is a Brymen BM857. Brymen do a lot of rebrands. They don't sell the BM857 directly in the USA so if you want one over there you have to get the Amprobe.




--- Quote from: coromonadalix on September 01, 2022, 11:13:27 am ---and your 20 amps measurements for a meter is not realistic, and can / could be dangerous

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Yes. At 20A you should be using a clamp meter.

(or maybe an external current shunt)
Fungus:

--- Quote from: Mat219 on September 01, 2022, 10:40:05 am ---It has to be available in my country, which means Farnell is a safe bet

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That's up to you but you'll definitely get a worse meter if you go down that path.

Brymen.eu and welectron are European and have excellent support.

(I got mine from welectron, they work with EEVBLOG and sell Dave's meters)
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