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From: Jan Panteltje on 29 Apr 2010 15:43
On a sunny day (Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:43:54 +0200) it happened Richard Rasker
<spamtrap(a)linetec.nl> wrote in
<4bd9d36a$0$725$7ade8c0d(a)textreader.nntp.internl.net>:

>Jan Panteltje wrote:
>
>> On a sunny day (Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:05:50 +1000) it happened "David L.
>> Jones" <altzone(a)gmail.com> wrote in <5l9Cn.77479$iu2.48516(a)newsfe15.iad>:
>>
>>>Jan Panteltje wrote:
>>>> Blew the fuse in my multimeter, wanted to replace it, grabbed it, but:
>>>> ftp://panteltje.com/pub/multimeter_fuse_img_1953.jpg
>>>
>>>So what POS meter is this anyway?
>>>
>>>Dave.
>>
>> Oh, the price-performance of that meter is excellent,
>> 5 Euro, includuing battery:
>> ftp://panteltje.com/pub/cheap_meter.jpg
>> ftp://panteltje.com/pub/cheap_meter_inside.jpg
>>
>> For that money you also get a beta test for NPN and PNP, and a beeper to
>> test continuity.
>> I cannot possibly make it for that.
>> Oh, and you get a soldered fuse too :-)
>>
>> Next time you need a beeper or battery just buy one of these meters :-)
>>
>> I am happy with it :-)
>
>Great. I once had one of those. After a few months, some copper strands in
>the leads had not just broken, but also worked their way through the
>insulation (if that's what you could call it). I was lucky enough not to be
>measuring a 500 volt plate voltage at the moment that I felt the copper
>poking through.
>
>Richard Rasker

That is right, but I fixed the leads :-)
I also bought better ones.
The meter is great though.
From: Michael on 29 Apr 2010 15:48
On Apr 29, 10:51 am, Jan Panteltje <pNaonStpealm...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> On a sunny day (Thu, 29 Apr 2010 10:19:30 -0700 (PDT)) it happened Michael
> <mrdarr...(a)gmail.com> wrote in
> <41a1da33-449e-4c33-9fe0-9af63460b...(a)j36g2000prj.googlegroups.com>:
>
>
>
> >On Apr 29, 5:34 am, Jan Panteltje <pNaonStpealm...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> On a sunny day (Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:05:50 +1000) it happened "David L. Jo=
> >nes"
> >> <altz...(a)gmail.com> wrote in <5l9Cn.77479$iu2.48...(a)newsfe15.iad>:
>
> >> >Jan Panteltje wrote:
> >> >> Blew the fuse in my multimeter, wanted to replace it, grabbed it, but:
> >> >>ftp://panteltje.com/pub/multimeter_fuse_img_1953.jpg
>
> >> >So what POS meter is this anyway?
>
> >> >Dave.
>
> >> Oh, the price-performance of that meter is excellent,
> >> 5 Euro, includuing battery:
> >>  ftp://panteltje.com/pub/cheap_meter.jpg
> >>  ftp://panteltje.com/pub/cheap_meter_inside.jpg
>
> >> For that money you also get a beta test for NPN and PNP, and a beeper to
> >> test continuity.
> >> I cannot possibly make it for that.
> >> Oh, and you get a soldered fuse too :-)
>
> >> Next time you need a beeper or battery just buy one of these  meters :-=
> >)
>
> >> I am happy with it :-)
>
> >You managed to break off a probe in the 10A hole too, eh?
>
> No I did not, what gave you that idea?


Ah... the pic looked like something was stuck in the 10A port.
Happened to me. But looking at your second pic, I have an idea to
poke it out of the hole from the back now... thanks.

Michael
From: Michael A. Terrell on 29 Apr 2010 17:17

Jan Panteltje wrote:
>
> On a sunny day (Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:05:50 +1000) it happened "David L. Jones"
> <altzone(a)gmail.com> wrote in <5l9Cn.77479$iu2.48516(a)newsfe15.iad>:
>
> >Jan Panteltje wrote:
> >> Blew the fuse in my multimeter, wanted to replace it, grabbed it, but:
> >> ftp://panteltje.com/pub/multimeter_fuse_img_1953.jpg
> >
> >So what POS meter is this anyway?
> >
> >Dave.
>
> Oh, the price-performance of that meter is excellent,
> 5 Euro, includuing battery:
> ftp://panteltje.com/pub/cheap_meter.jpg
> ftp://panteltje.com/pub/cheap_meter_inside.jpg
>
> For that money you also get a beta test for NPN and PNP, and a beeper to
> test continuity.
> I cannot possibly make it for that.
> Oh, and you get a soldered fuse too :-)
>
> Next time you need a beeper or battery just buy one of these meters :-)
>
> I am happy with it :-)


http://www.harborfreightusa.com/usa/itemdisplay/displayItem.do?itemid=90899
is simila and is $1.99 quite often.


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