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Good cheap multi-meter?
bluey:
The trickiest bit to figure for long-term ownership is stability and calibration/adjustment cost. I havent managed to find any specifications for this for the usual chinese dmm chips. Chip on board designs may suffer more from drift and random failures. There are threads here of complete losses of cheap fluke meters i presume is a chip on board connection failure.
Typical bandgap voltage references have long term stability around 25ppm per 1000 hours. My 30 yr old fluke 87 unadjusted measures same as my new Hioki. I guess integrated voltage references on well made dmm chips would be in the same ballpark of long-term stability.
de_light:
I have the Brymen TBM807 I bought used which I am pleased with. Nice, sturdy build. Good safety features. Excellent customer service.
Also received a cheap Richman 113D today in the post (actually got it refunded from Aliexpress as it took three months to arrive....)
We shall see how that turns out.
joeqsmith:
--- Quote from: zabov on July 09, 2020, 12:23:03 am ---Rather than opening a new thread, I decided to reply here.
Not looking for a cheap DMM but not going to spend a kidney on it either. My thoughts were to get a fluke 117 but then found out I can get a brymen 869s for the same price. Any advice? I’m a mechanic and have a cheap innova multimeter. Looking for something better.
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Most of the people I know working in automotive are using the MODIS. I looked at a few low cost automotive meters that would do some of the basic timing calculations. I picked up an old Fluke 97 scopemeter that had the original training tape. Fluke allowed me to post it free of charge.
John B:
--- Quote from: zabov on July 09, 2020, 08:35:12 am ---Getting the BM235 or 257 imported in Australia will cost me $AUD 220, not far from the imported 869 price.Haven't thought about clamp meters.
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Where are you buying the BM869s from? (As in, is it the updated "s" model, not multiple of them)
Even sub $300 AUD is pretty amazing for one of them. I had to pay much more for that a few years back, even for a second hand/ex demo type unit.
At that price, there's pretty much no competition as most of the main brands like Agilent and Fluke come with a hefty premium. (In Aus that is)
zabov:
Welectron website mate. it's euro 184 which converted will be aud 298 plus 10% GST once it arrives in Australia and shipping.
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