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Big Clive's "Trashy" meter, unboxed ( Duratool D03047 multimeter )
Fungus:
--- Quote from: joeqsmith on April 12, 2023, 02:17:18 am ---Never seen a sleeve on a shunt like that. In this case may the owner grabs a deep banana jacked leads (or a nail) and shorts the shunt to common. The sleeve may help prevent that, once....
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That's Clive's theory, too, see his video at 21:16 onwards.
The shunt's quite a long way off to the side of the input jacks though (see video). An extra long banana plug wouldn't touch it.
If people are poking mains wires directly into the input jacks of multimeters then most bets are off anyway. I wonder if Flukes protect people from that?
NoisyBoy:
Everyone has a different use case, priority, budget, and economic resources. While this may not be the preferred meter for someone who frequent this forum, it may be perfectly adequate for many. I am sure the existence of such meter enabled many to become interested in electronics and turned it into a career. So I am grateful of such meters, I have no problem with them as long as they state the limitations properly, so informed buyers will not doing something stupid with them and get hurt as a result.
But I do agree with many of you that I would not use it for high voltage work, I got about 4 of such meters from Harbor Freight (3 of them were free), the leads from each of them broke in different fashion, with wires coming out from either end, and that’s with minimal use. User can easily get a shock if it is used in HV scenario.
--- Quote from: David Aurora on April 12, 2023, 12:00:09 am ---I don't get it- why do people buy stuff like this?
I mean, I'd get buying one for a kid that wants to measure a few batteries I guess, but do people get this stuff for morbid curiosity, or to collect, or for doing actual work? I genuinely don't understand the appeal :-//
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Fungus:
--- Quote from: NoisyBoy on April 12, 2023, 03:04:47 am ---I got about 4 of such meters from Harbor Freight (3 of them were free), the leads from each of them broke in different fashion, with wires coming out from either end, and that’s with minimal use.
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The typical "Harbor Freight" leads are very weak. The probe handles are hollow tubes (see pic above) so the wires can twist around inside them and eventually break off.
The secret is to inject a bit of hot glue in the end of the tubes. :)
David Aurora:
--- Quote from: Fungus on April 12, 2023, 12:26:23 am ---
--- Quote from: David Aurora on April 12, 2023, 12:00:09 am ---I don't get it- why do people buy stuff like this?
I mean, I'd get buying one for a kid that wants to measure a few batteries I guess, but do people get this stuff for morbid curiosity, or to collect, or for doing actual work? I genuinely don't understand the appeal :-//
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Me? I can't imagine a world where not a single person would want to own one just for the fun of it.
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Yeah I guess I just don't get what "the fun of it" is supposed to be with these things? Like is it the "I got a bargain" feeling if it works or something?
David Aurora:
--- Quote from: NoisyBoy on April 12, 2023, 03:04:47 am ---Everyone has a different use case, priority, budget, and economic resources. While this may not be the preferred meter for someone who frequent this forum, it may be perfectly adequate for many. I am sure the existence of such meter enabled many to become interested in electronics and turned it into a career. So I am grateful of such meters, I have no problem with them as long as they state the limitations properly, so informed buyers will not doing something stupid with them and get hurt as a result.
But I do agree with many of you that I would not use it for high voltage work, I got about 4 of such meters from Harbor Freight (3 of them were free), the leads from each of them broke in different fashion, with wires coming out from either end, and that’s with minimal use. User can easily get a shock if it is used in HV scenario.
--- Quote from: David Aurora on April 12, 2023, 12:00:09 am ---I don't get it- why do people buy stuff like this?
I mean, I'd get buying one for a kid that wants to measure a few batteries I guess, but do people get this stuff for morbid curiosity, or to collect, or for doing actual work? I genuinely don't understand the appeal :-//
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Yeah I can totally understand someone going "I have X dollars, this is literally my only option", 100%. It just baffles me that anyone else would buy one. Having owned shit like that myself when I was broke and starting out I was so glad to get rid of it at the first chance I got and be able to actually trust my tools. But hey, people collect shit like stamps and spoons, to each their own, I'd just love to know what the draw of these things is?
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