Pah you lot and your fancy meters. Mine had 2 entire KΩ per volt.
If you put it inside a battery transistor radio the battery would go flat on the radio before you got a reading. It could measure frequency though by counting the puffs of smoke when you put it on the mains
Dave, sure nothing wrong with 10000, but for electronics I wolud say 50000 is minimum. Those days even 10000 for car electrician it may be too short, eg. for some AMG car battery charging circuit 15.000 and 15.002V makes a significant difference ... which is clearly out of that range not mentioning plenty of typical examples from electronics world.
Try measuring say 6V with your 50,000 count meter, oops, it's now no better than that 10,000 count meter. Both show 6.000
What's all this count rubbish? I started with a VTVM then my trusty Radio Shack analog meter. The free HF meter would have been a big step up.
You started fancy there. Mine was an ICE Supertester 680R 20kΩ/V.
I guess I had the fancy one...
I have a printed Conrad catalogue from year 2004. Fluke 179 is there! So bear in mind that it is an old product. It is only a 6000 count DMM.
If a model stays relevant this long, it''s probably fairly useful.
I had a 179, a U1233A and currently have a 87V, 189, U1273A and U1282A.
IMO, if you intend to use the meters in a rough environment, both the 179 and the 87V win - they are solidly built and have a proven record of surviving (it is not uncommon to see beaten models of these two for sale that are still in spec). The 189 and the U1282A have a very solid feel as well, although a notch down from the other two. The U1233A and the U1273A feel a bit less solid of these but the build quality is still palpable.
With regards to features, the U1241C seems to have a well round collection of features. If it has Autohold, then it would be almost the same.
The U1272A/U1273A and U1281A/U1282A have autohold. The Keysights also win over the 189 in triggering options for datalogging, but that is another realm.
U1241C autohold is dire.
I actually did one ages ago wide by side with an 87V on this but Google terminated my account after they fucked up my GSuite account. I don’t own the meter any more. I ended up hitting it. It was the worst.
The hold window and threshold made it impossible to use plus it had a manual initiation required.
I had a 179, a U1233A and currently have a 87V, 189, U1273A and U1282A.
IMO, if you intend to use the meters in a rough environment, both the 179 and the 87V win - they are solidly built and have a proven record of surviving (it is not uncommon to see beaten models of these two for sale that are still in spec). The 189 and the U1282A have a very solid feel as well, although a notch down from the other two. The U1233A and the U1273A feel a bit less solid of these but the build quality is still palpable.
With regards to features, the U1241C seems to have a well round collection of features. If it has Autohold, then it would be almost the same.
The U1272A/U1273A and U1281A/U1282A have autohold. The Keysights also win over the 189 in triggering options for datalogging, but that is another realm.In my experience the U1272A/U1273A autohold isn't anywhere near in the same league of those of the Flukes.
I was planning for the next year to buy the Fluke 179 (as 2nd dmm for electronics hobby), but after seeing that the Keysight offers more than the Fluke for less money, I think I will change my mind. I need to admit that some features are not really useful for me like: flashlight, AC measurements, high-end input protection, drop-proof, IP67 ... but even without them, I still see the same winner.
I had a 179, a U1233A and currently have a 87V, 189, U1273A and U1282A.
IMO, if you intend to use the meters in a rough environment, both the 179 and the 87V win - they are solidly built and have a proven record of surviving (it is not uncommon to see beaten models of these two for sale that are still in spec). The 189 and the U1282A have a very solid feel as well, although a notch down from the other two. The U1233A and the U1273A feel a bit less solid of these but the build quality is still palpable.
With regards to features, the U1241C seems to have a well round collection of features. If it has Autohold, then it would be almost the same.
The U1272A/U1273A and U1281A/U1282A have autohold. The Keysights also win over the 189 in triggering options for datalogging, but that is another realm.