At 03:12 PM 1/21/97 -0500, TATERRY@aol.com wrote:
> Fellow Car nuts, my kid is taking automotive mechanicing at Jr.
> College, if he completes the course, my retirement is SET! And
> he'll have a nice yatch too!!
>
> He has asked me to help out by buying him a Fluke model ET88DMM....
> this thing is $430 bucks in the MAC tool catalog.
> So the question is, do any of you know how I can get one cheaper!!
If it is only a DMM, there are 2 ways.
1. Don't purchase from MAC
2. Don't purchase a Fluke - Fluke and Simpson are the MAC & SNAP ON of
electronic tools.
I have a Simpson DMM that cost me almost $400 years ago. Only problem,
is the da#% liquid crystal display is shot. For most trouble shooting
(granted that usually is older cars - ie. non-computerized I use an
analogue meter I got a Radio Shack on sale for $17 about 20 years ago.
If he really needs a DMM to measure the voltage from O2 sensors, etc.
almost any DMM should do.
John
John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair@exis.net
Va. Beach, Va Phone: (757) 495-8229
48 TR1800 48 #4 Midget 65 Morgan 4/4 Series V
75 Bricklin SV1 77 Spitfire
The one with the most toys, wins!
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