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From: Jim Yanik on 2 Feb 2010 23:13 D from BC <myrealaddress(a)comic.com> wrote in news:MPG.25d26f49d606f283989683(a)209.197.12.12: > In article <p7qgm598r4tjkffr4in0n2na963iknvsir(a)4ax.com>, > jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com says... >> >> On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:36:38 -0500, PeterD <peter2(a)hipson.net> wrote: >> >> >On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 23:54:20 -0800, D from BC <myrealaddress(a)comic.com> >> >wrote: >> > >> >>The UT804 bench multimeter.. >> >>It's got Farrari racing red! >> >>Ebay item 270516514042 >> >>http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270516514042 >> >> >> >>But it's $275 with free shipping off Ebay.. :( mmmmmm >> >> >> >>imo it's got a beautiful front panel design including the display. >> >> >> >>I might buy it. >> > >> >From Hong Kong? A cheap chinese knockoff? Buying something like that >> >takes guts! >> >> >> Hey, the Keithley 2100 is a cheap Chinese knockoff! >> >> John > > > I spotted a Keithley 2000 bench multimeter 6.5digit on ebay selling for > $850US. > For general use, I suspect this is not cheap. > > > 11 years ago,the HP 14401A 6.5 digit DMM was only $900,ISTR. It was a pretty good meter. -- Jim Yanik jyanik at localnet dot com
From: JW on 3 Feb 2010 05:52 On Tue, 2 Feb 2010 10:40:18 -0800 "Joel Koltner" <zapwireDASHgroups(a)yahoo.com> wrote in Message id: <ok_9n.148477$er1.130137(a)en-nntp-07.dc1.easynews.com>: >Slightly off-topic, but... does anyone know of a multimeter that can read out >in dBm and lets you specify the reference impedance? Yup. A Keithley 2000 will do that. A beautiful meter - it's what's on my bench. Picked it up for $300 on Ebay.
From: Mike Warren on 3 Feb 2010 08:52 Tim Watts wrote: >Mike Warren <miwa-not-this-bit(a)or-this-csas.net.au> > wibbled on Tuesday 02 February 2010 13:31 > > >>Yeah, I have one of those. The first one made a loud bang and fried itself >>the first time I tried to measure mains with the USB connected to my >>computer. >> >>I was very lucky not to lose my computer or fry myself. >> >>www.mike-warren.net/tmp/Q1520c.jpg >>www.mike-warren.net/tmp/Q1520d.jpg >> > >That's bad. > >Mike: is that a metal case the switch is bolted to? Did the instrument have >an earth connection? The back panel is metal but not grounded except though the USB cable. >Just thinking that if so on both, why didn't it go bang when you applied >mains to the probes? It did. -- - Mike
From: Joel Koltner on 3 Feb 2010 12:31 "JW" <none(a)dev.null> wrote in message news:d9lim55dbv6opu4jebsbs60ctd99p5cr3l(a)4ax.com... > Yup. A Keithley 2000 will do that. A beautiful meter - it's what's on my > bench. Picked it up for $300 on Ebay. Thanks... given the rather poor battery life of HP's U1253A (8 hours), perhaps it is better to just get a plug-in meter anyway.
From: David L. Jones on 3 Feb 2010 16:44
Joel Koltner wrote: > "JW" <none(a)dev.null> wrote in message > news:d9lim55dbv6opu4jebsbs60ctd99p5cr3l(a)4ax.com... >> Yup. A Keithley 2000 will do that. A beautiful meter - it's what's >> on my bench. Picked it up for $300 on Ebay. > > Thanks... given the rather poor battery life of HP's U1253A (8 > hours), perhaps it is better to just get a plug-in meter anyway. Then get the identical U1252A. Same meter and specs but with an LCD instead of OLED and a better battery life (36 hours). Even the U1251A still has the selectable dB reference I believe, and that's got 72 hours life. Also remember you can put an Alkaline or Lithium primary 9V battery in it which should give decent usage when used intermittently. Dave. -- --------------------------------------------- Check out my Electronics Engineering Video Blog & Podcast: http://www.eevblog.com |