[Shop-talk] multimeter recommendations

[Ronnie Day]

How about a Klein from Home Depot? I suspect a wide range of features and
prices. Get an extended warranty if it's not much. Easy and should be
inexpensive to replace.

FWIW

On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 7:25 PM John T. Blair <jblair1948 at cox.net> wrote:

> At 07:24 PM 8/21/2020, you wrote:
>
> >Good evening, all. So, my trusty craftsman multimeter has decided to give
> up the
> > ghost and I’m seeking insights on what I might replace it with. Looked
> at the
> >Fluke website, and reminded myself why I bought the craftsman in the
> first
> >place. Not saying the Fluke stuff isn’t rock solid, but value for the
> dollar spent
> >when you’re a casual user really isn’t there. Applications are home
> and
> >automotive in nature. Basic functionality: AC/DC voltage,
> resistance/continuity are
> >must haves thermocouple inputs are a highly rated nice to have
> Autoranging is
> >also a must have What are folks out there using that you would recommend?
>
>
> Tom,
>
> You said mostly for home and automotive use.  Not sure why the requiremets
> fo
> the thermocouple and auto ranging.
>
> But I've got a bunch of multimeters.  I have a ton of the cheap HF digital
> ones,
> one in every car, one in every tool box & bag, and almost one in every
> room of
> the house.  They are the most accurate, but I've has some for well over 10
> yrs.
>
> I have so many because they are so cheap Free to $4.
>
> However, I prefer analog meters.  The seem to be "steadier" than the
> digital one.
> Many time the digital ones take too long to reacquire their setting.  I've
> got about 5
> analog meters,  one in my tool box, and another one in my automotive
> speciality tool box, with my dwell tach meter.  Then I've got a couple of
> old radio shack meters that I really like.  A simpson which is the top of
> the heap, and a Voltohmist
> Jr. VTVM.
>
> So it depends on what you really want.  I don't think you need a $200
> meter, but
> then again I may be wrong.
>
> That LUKE meter John Innis has really looks like a good buy.
>
> I don't see that you need to spend pro dollar for a meter that you aren't
> using
> every day all the time.
>
> John
>
>
>
>
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