Products > Test Equipment

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

<< < (7/11) > >>

BeBuLamar:
My often used meter the Fluke 87V, 189, 289, 287 do turn themselves off but they don't bother me much. When logging the 180,287,289 stay on and don't turn themselves off.

sotos:
My Fluke 233 shuts down and it does not notify you with a small beep that it will go to sleep. I was searching for a fault in a not working machine and I found out that that it had 2-3 shorts and then they went away, but the machine refused to start up, the shorts had gone, meter was in (beep) range.

It took me another 5-10 minute saying to myself, what the f….ck, there were shorts here and now they’re gone, why?

After starting again, swearing with that situation, I found out that the Fluke 233 had fall to sleep without a notice.

So now every time I have the meter stay on continuously, disabling it at startup. Couldn’t the makers make them notify you with a small beep?

Fungus:

--- Quote from: alm on March 31, 2023, 12:34:02 pm ---
--- Quote from: BeBuLamar on March 31, 2023, 11:53:14 am ---But would the rechargeable batteries would last for more than 24hrs?

--- End quote ---
The data sheet specifies battery life as 72h typical on alkaline cells, and modern NiMH batteries have more usable capacity than alkaline (flatter discharge curve). So yes, easily.

--- End quote ---

The 187/189 had a battery pack extension so you could use C cells to power them.

Fungus:

--- Quote from: sotos on April 01, 2023, 05:26:12 am ---It took me another 5-10 minute saying to myself, what the f….ck, there were shorts here and now they’re gone, why?

After starting again, swearing with that situation, I found out that the Fluke 233 had fall to sleep without a notice.

So now every time I have the meter stay on continuously, disabling it at startup. Couldn’t the makers make them notify you with a small beep?

--- End quote ---

When I'm looking for continuity I touch the probes together as a test before a reading just to make sure the meter is working and set up correctly.

joeqsmith:
The free meters from HF have the highest battery life I have measured and a mechanical switch to turn them on and off.  Plus the added benefit of each position of the selector switch has only one function.  It's the perfect meter if this is the only metric used.  And... did I mentioned these are free with purchase....

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page

[*] Previous page

There was an error while thanking
Thanking...
Go to full version
Powered by SMFPacks Advanced Attachments Uploader Mod