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| Wytnucls:
Yes, they are as rare as hen's teeth. I haven't seen any on international eBay for the past 3 months. TX3s might be easier to get, but most of those I saw were in a sorry state. RS did sell them in the UK: http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/digital-multimeters/4070772/ http://docs-europe.electrocomponents.com/webdocs/0082/0900766b80082638.pdf codeboy2K has a TX3: |
| Wytnucls:
The meter, like the Fluke 289, has an unusual 50 Ohm range, where it prompts the user to short the test leads for automatic zeroing and then increases the test open voltage to 1.2V instead of 300mV, presumably for better accuracy. I couldn't see much difference in accuracy between the two resistance measuring modes. Measuring a resistor of 5.615 Ohms (4W value), gave me fluctuations between 5.58 and 5.62 Ohms in both modes, giving the meter 5 minutes to settle down. |
| helius:
Having Tek choose them as a manufacturing partner could have been a PR coup, being a "prestige" brand. By comparison most of Tek's other "DMM" branded meters are made by APPA in Taiwan. |
| codeboy2k:
--- Quote from: Wytnucls on January 02, 2015, 11:10:15 am ---codeboy2K has a TX3: --- End quote --- It's a great meter ! I love the fact that it has a single Amps input jack. By the way, that PC board is an exact duplicate of mine. I bought mine back in the late 90's I think, at Fry's Electronics in Palo Alto, back when I lived there. Original cal date on the certificate is Oct-29-1998. --- Quote from: retiredcaps on January 02, 2015, 06:14:19 am ---I have always wanted one of these. I love the bigger digits and AA batteries :-DMM Two things that would "bother" me are that it defaults to ACV (I think) and the slow higher resolution update speed. --- End quote --- I love the AA batteries too, and I use Sanyo Enerloops in my meter. Yes, it annoys me that it defaults to ACV, as I almost never use it. I suppose that an electrician might want that, but everything I do is DC. The meter speed on hi-res mode is not that bad, but perhaps I'm used to it now. Usually by the time I place the probes and look at the meter, it's done already. |
| Wytnucls:
Common A/mA jack is the way to go, assuming it doesn't affect safety and accuracy. Gossen has seen the light and all their modern meters have the feature. Fluke seems to be ambivalent about it, with the more recent meters having 3 jacks only, like the 233 and 117. |
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