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Gyro:

--- Quote from: Fungus on March 26, 2023, 05:10:53 pm ---...
Plus: You can get a Brymen with real safety rating and input jack alert for about the same money.

eg. https://brymen.eu/shop/bm805s/

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Although, looking at the BM805/806/807 datasheet, they only have 250V rated fuses (breaking capacity and AC/DC unspecified). Granted the jack alert helps avoid accidents but like most DMMs the CAT ratings only apply to the voltage jacks (as indicated by the silkscreen, no attempt at deception there). I don't smell a rat until I see Cat IV on a meter in that price bracket!

elias87:

--- Quote from: mwb1100 on March 25, 2023, 09:12:39 pm ---As far as I know, Amazon is no longer selling meters.


--- Quote --- I might need to measure mains. so I am looking something safe
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I think that would leave out the Aneng's, though for electronic/low voltage stuff the AN870 gets pretty good comments on the forum.

The Uni-T UT161D has decent protection and decent (but not top-notch) specs.  You should be able to find it on places like Aliexpress for less than 50 EUR.  It's sibling, the UT61D+, is a bit cheaper but I'm not sure if it always has the protection.  I think Uni-T may play the game they did with the UT61E where in some markets the protection was provided and in others mostly left out.

For somewhat more money there's the UT161E (or UT61E+) with much better specs (but no temperature range).

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Yes the still do. I have found 90dm600 for less than 50 euro and 90dm150 for less than 40.are these considered safe to work with since they have been tested independently?

mwb1100:

--- Quote from: Gyro on March 26, 2023, 06:12:24 pm ---looking at the BM805/806/807 datasheet, they only have 250V rated fuses (breaking capacity and AC/DC unspecified).

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brymen.eu have an old datasheet (for the BM800 series). brymen.com has the updated data sheet (BM800s series), which have 1000V rated fuses with an IR of 20kA or 30kA depending on the range.

brymen.com's [url-http://www.brymen.com/images/ProductsList/BM800s_List/BM800s-manual-print1-IEC61010-1-3rd-r1.pdf]manual download[/url] also indicates where changes were made with a red font, which is a nice touch.

mwb1100:

--- Quote from: elias87 on March 26, 2023, 06:48:33 pm ---Yes the still do. I have found 90dm600 for less than 50 euro and 90dm150 for less than 40.are these considered safe to work with since they have been tested independently?

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Maybe it was only Amazon US that ditched the multimeter line?  I'll let others speak to the quality of those meters.  I'm pretty sure if you do a forum search on the model numbers there will be a fair amount of info.

elias87:

--- Quote from: Fungus on March 26, 2023, 05:10:53 pm ---
--- Quote from: mwb1100 on March 26, 2023, 04:35:05 pm ---Since elias87 specifically asked "I am looking something safe", I leaned toward excluding meters that have little protection.

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I'm just pointing out that owning a Fluke doesn't magically make you safe. At best you're safer.


--- Quote from: mwb1100 on March 26, 2023, 04:35:05 pm ---Generally when reading/watching reviews of meters lacking much in the way of PTC or MOVs done by people who know more than I do, there are comments like "this meter is fine for electronics work, but I wouldn't used it on anything more than 30V" or that the meter is "good for use on the bench".

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Fact: Harbor Freight has given away millions of DT830s to non-qualified people in a very litigious country.   :popcorn:


--- Quote from: mwb1100 on March 26, 2023, 04:35:05 pm ---I have a UT161D (I opted to pass on the UT161E's 22000 counts to save $30 or so).

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I'm just not a Uni-T fan.  :-//

Plus: You can get a Brymen with real safety rating and input jack alert for about the same money.

eg. https://brymen.eu/shop/bm805s/

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i would like to thank everyone for their help. Fungus in every post about multimeters your expertise is present.. so you recommend brymen? wouldn't mind to try an870 if you vouch for it(everyone seems to praise it) .. half the cost from the brymen.Uni-t I believe are like tossing a coin. plus the ones recommended previously cost more than 50. What is your opinion about amazon multimeters(rebadged cem)? any other to recommend?

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