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| Simon:
--- Quote from: Amarbir[Lynx-India] on October 27, 2012, 06:46:41 pm --- --- Quote from: Simon on October 27, 2012, 06:33:05 pm ---Haven't read all of the thread but people saying its good, you kidding ? they are a hapless piece of shit ! don't buy one if you want reliable measurements. You can get an amprobe AM220 for about the same price --- End quote --- Well, Simon everything in The Vichy VC99 Seems Better Then The Amprobe .The Only Thing Is Safety At Higher Voltages and if someone can remain careful or does not intend to do those measurement its not a bad multimeter ,Plus BTW the amprobe is ugly looking to me Yukkk . --- End quote --- Mine always had problems with the resistance measurement, it was very slow to react and auto scale and was not acurate. the selector soon started playing up and needed some turning up and down to clean itself before use. I was a pile of shit, the AM220 is much more reliable, I'd never be able to trust the VC99 so why buy it if i need another meter to back up it's results |
| Amarbir[Lynx-India]:
--- Quote ---Mine always had problems with the resistance measurement, it was very slow to react and auto scale and was not acurate. the selector soon started playing up and needed some turning up and down to clean itself before use. I was a pile of shit, the AM220 is much more reliable, I'd never be able to trust the VC99 so why buy it if i need another meter to back up it's results --- End quote --- Simon , Might be a little deoxit kinda contact cleaner on the pcb track for selector switch does the trick .Also I Still Rate is Very good multimeter reason . 1 : Vichy "Possibly is sold much more worldwide then many many brands " |
| Simon:
--- Quote from: Amarbir[Lynx-India] on October 28, 2012, 02:42:11 pm --- 1 : Vichy "Possibly is sold much more worldwide then many many brands " --- End quote --- Why does that make it any better ? if you want to be a sheep be my guest, it makes a half decent backup meter but no more, I would not rely on one. I reflogged mine, didn't have the time of day for it ! Look at dave's under $50 meter shootout, he didn't think much of the one he got, i think it was at the bottom of the scale overall and i agree with his assessment. |
| Amarbir[Lynx-India]:
--- Quote ---Why does that make it any better ? if you want to be a sheep be my guest, it makes a half decent backup meter but no more, I would not rely on one. I reflogged mine, didn't have the time of day for it ! Look at dave's under $50 meter shootout, he didn't think much of the one he got, i think it was at the bottom of the scale overall and i agree with his assessment. --- End quote --- Well, Correct me if you want to .Whats the percentage of users of advanced safety featured multimeters ? .In my country i would say less then 10% .So from those 90% multimeters meters like the vichy should and will be rated high .Atleast they are better if not in safety then accuracy wise .I would say that a very very large percentage of people out there use that wasp coloured dirty looking 4 dollar multimeter .Atleast this is better then those .Try n understand we cannot and will not compare these meters with the flukes and the agilents . PS : On the lighter note simon i just nailed this On Ebay ;D -> http://www.home.agilent.com/en/pd-1765026-pn-U1253B/handheld-digital-multimeter-45-digit-with-organic-led-display-oled?nid=-34618.920237&cc=IN&lc=eng For Just USD 210 + Shipping |
| Simon:
As you say this multimeter cannot be compared a a fluke 17B but is was made to imitate one and lead into the false illusion that it is as good. I would not like to stake anything on that unit maintaining accuracy over time. As noted the calibration trimmers are not even fixed in place. as I said my own one was not reliable for resistance measurements, I had to buy another meter because i was finding i could not rely on it. If your happy to work with such unreliability then that is your affair. |
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