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Snap-On Multimeter
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thm_w:
Whats up with that pricing. 225 USD is 344 AUD. Its telling me 274 CAD which is less than 225 USD.

Still garbage price for a manual ranging meter, even if it has a warranty.
floobydust:
Snap-On Tools repair and diagnostic tools and equipment, are high quality yet very expensive. When the price makes your butthole hurt.
For mechanics, the expense is considered part of a lifetime investment in their tools of the trade.
They give a license to operate a franchised mobile store so the extra markup is for the franchisee I believe. They have phone tech support.

Then there is some other game getting service manuals, schematics for the equipment etc. I've heard they also lock that down so repairs are exclusive and expensive. Not sure about their warranty.
Snap-on goes to an OEM with their own "special features", looks etc. Their custom multimeters are OEM'd out of Korea, have 61010 safety certs. that I can see.

A common application for automotive multimeters is measuring parasite drain, and of course the fuse gets blown so I wonder what they have - Cat. III 600V so it's your usual expensive multimeter fuse. Mechanics would need a bushel of 10x38's UGH.
I recently fixed a Fluke used by heavy duty mechanics and they'd machined brass spacers to accommodate 5x20mm fuses in the 10x38 holder lol. One way to save pain. I should post a pic, start a fad.
Fungus:

--- Quote from: floobydust on March 26, 2024, 02:23:49 am ---Mechanics would need a bushel of 10x38's UGH.

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I never saw a multimeter in a workshop with an intact fuse.

I've seen a lot of tinfoil wrapped fuses though.

Edit: Found a pic of the fuses inside it:
Someone:

--- Quote from: thm_w on March 25, 2024, 11:57:44 pm ---Whats up with that pricing. 225 USD is 344 AUD. Its telling me 274 CAD which is less than 225 USD.

Still garbage price for a manual ranging meter, even if it has a warranty.
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You're not from round these parts. For example Fluke 87V
$529.99 USD vs $1,226.50 AUD
Geographic distribution contracts.
AVGresponding:

--- Quote from: DaneLaw on March 25, 2024, 07:17:25 pm ---
--- Quote from: AVGresponding on March 25, 2024, 08:19:32 am ---I must confess I'm mildly curious to know who the OEM might be

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They got a quite a few models, maybe that could give an indication of which OEM they are using, but they could also just be loose on the tail, and jump from one OEM to the next.
https://shop.snapon.com/categories/675528
Love how the user manual in itself is over 10 bucks for some of these Snap-On-branded meters.  https://shop.snapon.com/product/Automotive-Digital-Multimeters/User_Manual-USB-7-Land/EEDM596F-USB

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It looks vaguely Iso-Tech or Appa design style to me
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