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Brymen BM789 continuity tester response
BeBuLamar:
I have the Fluke 189 and I don't find it's continuity feature is anything special. Just the beep doesn't sound good to me.
slavoy:
--- Quote from: coromonadalix on July 17, 2024, 12:42:48 pm ---war on the continuity, that's a first loll
fluke 189 are very fast
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Meh... latched Flukes... ruled out right from the start xD
//That's why I will never buy one (aside from the price)
coromonadalix:
eh i wont argue loll
some love em some hate em, as many brands out there ... find what you love, hate the others loll
nctnico:
--- Quote from: shapirus on July 17, 2024, 02:31:33 pm ---
--- Quote from: coromonadalix on July 17, 2024, 12:42:48 pm ---and i love the fact they could screech while sliding probes against the other ...
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that's actually a killer feature (which the brymens have too). every continuity tester must be like this.
I have no idea who and why would in their mind prefer the painfully slow, stupid, non-informative latched response.
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I agree. For me continuity must be instant otherwise I start to wonder whether the probes are plugged in OR which one of the past 5 points I tested actually had a short. In bench DMMs it gets even worse compared to handhelds. I've been looking at a whole bunch of these (including the ones from the A-brands!) and so far I have found only two with instant continuity: VC8145 and UNI-T UT8805E.
EEVblog:
--- Quote from: nctnico on July 17, 2024, 09:51:50 pm ---I agree. For me continuity must be instant otherwise I start to wonder whether the probes are plugged in OR which one of the past 5 points I tested actually had a short. In bench DMMs it gets even worse compared to handhelds. I've been looking at a whole bunch of these (including the ones from the A-brands!) and so far I have found only two with instant continuity: VC8145 and UNI-T UT8805E.
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That's because bench meters usually do not use a dedicated multimeter chipset that has an optimised continuity function. It traditionally just uses the high resolution dual slope integrator and implements a software continuity function.
Newer ones are better:
The Keithley DMM7510 is instant and latched, but it's got this weird buzzer type sound which is kinda strange.
The Keysight 34470 is also instant and again latched and has a much nicer tone than the keithley.
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