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Poll: Handheld meters with minimally-annoying auto power off (APO)
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Fungus:

--- Quote from: BillyO on March 31, 2023, 01:38:35 am ---Brymen BM786
Kaiweets HT118E
Surpeer AV4 (don't judge)

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Added.

Doesn't the Surpeer beep on every movement of the dial, too? They really love the sound of the beeper!
BillyO:

--- Quote from: Fungus on March 31, 2023, 03:08:34 am ---Doesn't the Surpeer beep on every movement of the dial, too?

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Yes, it does.

But safety in industrial settings and common sense aside, it's not really that bad.
vk6zgo:
My ancient Fluke 77 will not auto power off unless there is a zero reading on the display AND no other activity for a reasonable length of time.

The first time I ran into an early model UNI-T, I was surprised that it quite blithely shut down right in the middle of testing some equipment ----apparently, it was just a timer.
"Great fun" adjusting something, only to have the DMM shut down, just when you were getting close to the right setting.

The same meter would start giving incorrect resistance readings due to a dying battery well before its "LOBAT" display came up, and it went through batteries a lot faster than the old 77, which is probably why it used the timer.

It put me off UNI-T, but it was, as I have said, an early model.
BillyO:

--- Quote from: vk6zgo on March 31, 2023, 03:57:41 am ---It put me off UNI-T, but it was, as I have said, an early model.

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What put me off UNI-T was the TOTAL lack of any kind of support.  I think that company is run by a bot.  A not entirely intelligent one either.
Psi:
Auto power off doesn't annoy me anywhere near as much as default to AC current. :Rage:   |O
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