[Elecraft] DMM Recommendations -- Fluke 179?

[Charlie T]

It should be a simple matter to pull it apart and clean the contacts with De-Oxit.

That said, the auto ranging, hand-held digital Chicom meters on ebay for under $25 are decent.
The non-auto-ranging types are under $10.
Or, you can get a free one at Harbor Freight.

I bought one of the HF top-of-the-line hand-held meters which measures everything you could ever want, temperature, sound pressure, light intensity, capacitors etc.,  for under $50 and beat the krapp out of it. It still works.  The internal fuse has saved it on numerous "Oh shXX" happenings. 

I have a lab standard (traceable) meter calibrator for Voltage that is good to 3 decimal places past zero, and my fancy Fluke is no more accurate than these cheap throw-away's.

MCM, now Newark, has the Tenma line that are also good meters.  I also use a few of those, bench types on the test bench.

73, Charlie k3ICH




-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net <elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Dauer, Edward
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2018 11:10 AM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] DMM Recommendations -- Fluke 179?


My inexpensive DMM is becoming troublesome – internal rotary switch contacts intermittent, requiring wriggling back and forth before it will give a reading on some ranges.  And it has limited functions

Some research suggested the Fluke 179.  I would like to have autoranging, all the usual DMM functions, plus capacitance, diode testing, frequency, and temperature.  Amazon sells it with an accessory kit (the Fluke 179/EDA2) for just under $300.  That’s about four times what the less expensive brands go for.  But on the theory that it’s better to buy the best first and cry only once, is the Fluke 179 worth the price?

Ted, KN1CBR

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