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From: Mark Zacharias on 7 Mar 2010 09:13 "Jan Panteltje" <pNaonStpealmtje(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:hn0430$v62$1(a)news.albasani.net... > On a sunny day (Sun, 7 Mar 2010 16:21:35 +1100) it happened "David L. > Jones" > <altzone(a)gmail.com> wrote in <BJGkn.72617$K81.22212(a)newsfe18.iad>: > >>The title says it all really. >>See what happens when I try to destroy Fluke's new 28-II Multimeter: >>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlA7-fh5nDQ >> > > Well, why bother, I have a 5 Euro multimeter, > if it blows I will get an other 5 Euro multimeter. > But it says it is 100% protected. > Why burn so many $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$? Just for the show??? > Makes no sense to me. If you had seen some of his earlier videos, you'd know why. By all means use your cheaper meter if you like, but there is such a thing as, "measurement confidence". If your work is important, perhaps with lots of money or even someone's life potentially at stake, which meter would I rather rely on? I think the answer is pretty obvious. I own meters large and small, el cheapos and better ones. But when I really need to know, right now and with no bullshit, I reach for the Fluke. Mark Z.
From: Baron on 7 Mar 2010 09:17 David L. Jones Inscribed thus: > The title says it all really. > See what happens when I try to destroy Fluke's new 28-II Multimeter: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlA7-fh5nDQ > > Dave. Nice field trip. Most impressive ! I did think that the LCD would have broken much sooner though. The inductor failure could have been prevented. Good one. -- Best Regards: Baron.
From: William Sommerwerck on 7 Mar 2010 10:10 > If you had seen some of his earlier videos, you'd know why. By all > means use your cheaper meter if you like, but there is such a thing > as, "measurement confidence". If your work is important, perhaps > with lots of money or even someone's life potentially at stake, which > meter would I rather rely on? I think the answer is pretty obvious. > I own meters large and small, el cheapos and better ones. But when > I really need to know, right now and with no bullshit, I reach for the Fluke. I bought an expensive Fluke multimeter 20 years. It continues to work well, and has only needed to have the LCD contacts cleaned (twice). I'm almost 63, and if I live to be 90, I expect it to continue to work. Harbor Freight sometimes sells their cheap multimeter for $2 (!!!). I gave one to a friend for Christmas, because he needed one for occasional work. I can see taking such a meter into places it might be damaged or destroyed. But I wouldn't use it for daily work.
From: fritz on 7 Mar 2010 13:19 "William Sommerwerck" <grizzledgeezer(a)comcast.net> wrote in message news:hn0flj$bdj$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> If you had seen some of his earlier videos, you'd know why. By all >> means use your cheaper meter if you like, but there is such a thing >> as, "measurement confidence". If your work is important, perhaps >> with lots of money or even someone's life potentially at stake, which >> meter would I rather rely on? I think the answer is pretty obvious. >> I own meters large and small, el cheapos and better ones. But when >> I really need to know, right now and with no bullshit, I reach for the > Fluke. > > I bought an expensive Fluke multimeter 20 years. It continues to work > well, > and has only needed to have the LCD contacts cleaned (twice). I'm almost > 63, > and if I live to be 90, I expect it to continue to work. > > Harbor Freight sometimes sells their cheap multimeter for $2 (!!!). I gave > one to a friend for Christmas, because he needed one for occasional work. > I > can see taking such a meter into places it might be damaged or destroyed. > But I wouldn't use it for daily work. > I bought a Univolt DT-830 around 1984, and it is still working well too. The only gripe is that the slide ON/OFF switch corroded and became intermittent (because I used to live by the sea, I think) so I replaced it with a toggle switch. The DT-830 uses a 40-pin DIL ICL7106 and other readily available components like LM324's etc on a normal (not surface mount) PCB, so if it does break down I should be able to fix it myself. It does lack auto-off, but it draws SFA power anyway.
From: Jim Yanik on 7 Mar 2010 14:00
"Mark Zacharias" <mark_zacharias(a)sbclobal.net> wrote in news:0072e6b7$0$2885$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com: > "Jan Panteltje" <pNaonStpealmtje(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:hn0430$v62$1(a)news.albasani.net... >> On a sunny day (Sun, 7 Mar 2010 16:21:35 +1100) it happened "David L. >> Jones" >> <altzone(a)gmail.com> wrote in <BJGkn.72617$K81.22212(a)newsfe18.iad>: >> >>>The title says it all really. >>>See what happens when I try to destroy Fluke's new 28-II Multimeter: >>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlA7-fh5nDQ >>> >> >> Well, why bother, I have a 5 Euro multimeter, >> if it blows I will get an other 5 Euro multimeter. >> But it says it is 100% protected. >> Why burn so many $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$? Just for the show??? >> Makes no sense to me. > > > If you had seen some of his earlier videos, you'd know why. By all > means use your cheaper meter if you like, but there is such a thing > as, "measurement confidence". If your work is important, perhaps with > lots of money or even someone's life potentially at stake, which meter > would I rather rely on? I think the answer is pretty obvious. > I own meters large and small, el cheapos and better ones. But when I > really need to know, right now and with no bullshit, I reach for the > Fluke. > > Mark Z. > > what's the point of destroying a multimeter? -- Jim Yanik jyanik at localnet dot com |