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Which Bench multimeter to choose?

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BeBuLamar:

--- Quote from: nctnico on December 17, 2022, 03:17:20 pm ---
--- Quote from: BeBuLamar on December 17, 2022, 01:30:59 pm ---I use my handheld DMM sideway. It would fit on the shelf. I would not buy a bench meter due to shelf space. Sure I would buy bench meter for the accuracy but then they are more than $500.

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How about never needing to change the batteries and it never shuts off automatically? For me these two features alone are reason enough to get a bench DMM  ;D

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Battery on a lot of DMM last a long time. I doesn't bother me to change it. (of course you can run it on AC with some source of adapter). Many meters can be set so that it doesn't turn itself off.

nctnico:
That will be different if you have a DMM switched on all day, every day. It will deplete a battery pretty quick.

BeBuLamar:

--- Quote from: BillyO on December 17, 2022, 03:34:52 pm ---
--- Quote from: J-R on December 17, 2022, 08:01:25 am ---Can't see the Fluke 8050A making much sense unless you're just nostalgic.  It's not auto-ranging and uses flaky push button switches for everything instead of soft keys.

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Hmm, I have both a 8010 and an 8050A and the push buttons on neither are flaky.  Also, auto-ranging has it's down sides not the least being the time it takes when doing repetitive measurements.  Generally you know pretty well what range you should be on before taking a measurement.

All that aside, should we then just assume the 1.5763V my 8050A reads on a battery is to be treated as rubbish compared to the 1.57627V my SDM3055 reads because one has soft buttons and the other does not? :-DD

Good to know.

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I said I wouldn't want to buy a bench meter for shelf space but I bought an 8050A for $20. It works great for me. Manual ranging is fine I have no problem with that.

BillyO:

--- Quote from: BeBuLamar on December 17, 2022, 06:03:54 pm ---I said I wouldn't want to buy a bench meter for shelf space but I bought an 8050A for $20. It works great for me. Manual ranging is fine I have no problem with that.

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Compared to bench meters of today, they are pretty compact and are just about the best bargain in a highly reliable and accurate 4.5 digit meter.  Mine cost $35 so you got a fantastic deal.  I see people on eBay paying over $100 for them and asking over $200 for them too.

I wonder who would pay over $200 when you can buy then for less than half that?  It seems a lot of eBay sellers do not do their homework.

AVGresponding:
TE prices can be so volatile, I saw a Tek 224 make £450 the other day, loads of bidders. Madness!

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