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| huggybear404:
no this use 9v batt which is 6x aaa in series so I waste not two but 6 pricy batteries for every use and 20hrs to buy batt is not impressive. and thats what the ad promise so I dont trust it and its twice the price of the 1041 and I not love spend more than 100 euros ,some of my meters cost 5 euros tho ofcoz quality wont quite match on those. All the meters i have today are hand held ones upto a 60 euro biltema one I know there is meters costing 3-400 euros or more but then how will I dare use them , if I check current and then forget to change mode to voltage it goes bang and I need to mortgage house to replace it > not ideal. the 1041 seems a hundred times better and more useful than the one you list and also half price , seems fairly accurate as well is there a better similar option thats not more expensive ? I see some say it has some bugs in the firmware , slow autoranging for caps etc I seldom measure voltages over mains so 500 or 1000v cover most of my needs and If i need more I can use resistor divider |
| BeBuLamar:
--- Quote from: huggybear404 on April 29, 2023, 09:35:32 am ---I repair all kinds of equpment from computers to amplifiers with rails +- over 100volt to crts with high voltage points and thats for sure not when I want meter to beep at me within minutes of turn it on. I like the xdm1041 or 1241 and will probably get one of those. I have never seen any meter with 9v battery last long time, I wish most meters use 2x aa or better yet lithium cell that recharge easy and not micro usb ports that wear out in 10 uses. I hate the aaa with max 100 mah capacity used in all kinds of things, feels like a competition to sell new batteries to get rich... My scale came with 3v clock battery to make sure I keep buy new ones, I modded it with an old mobile phone cell and now it runs years before charge. --- End quote --- So whatever you work on can be placed on a bench? If so get an AC powered meter. Also you do this as a hobby? If you do this for a living you should earn enough that a $1000 DMM won't break your bank. |
| David Hess:
--- Quote from: David Hess on April 11, 2023, 04:56:24 pm ---Older meters, even from Fluke, often ran for 2000+ hours on a 9 volt alkaline battery. I have not seen any modern meters with long battery life. --- End quote --- I should have included that old meters that lasted 2000+ hours were also manual ranging meters. One of the disadvantages at the time with autoranging multimeters was much lower battery life. These days all multimeters have poor battery life though. |
| IanB:
--- Quote from: David Hess on April 30, 2023, 10:46:41 am ---I should have included that old meters that lasted 2000+ hours were also manual ranging meters. One of the disadvantages at the time with autoranging multimeters was much lower battery life. These days all multimeters have poor battery life though. --- End quote --- I don't know about 2000+ hours, but the discontinued RadioShack 22-812 meter is autoranging with a 9 V battery, and it runs for months, even years, between battery changes. I have left it switched on for many hours while data logging without any noticeable impact on the battery. |
| Fungus:
Fluke 27s are autoranging and go for 1000s of hours. |
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