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| Mr_Numbers:
Very nice, I once found a complete set of Craftsman wrenches and screwdrivers next to the trash. They were a bit rusty but cleaned up easily. |
| jennifer:
OMG, That's like awesome PBJ, Now you can fix games again :applaud:... Jenn does have to ask about the hatred for Fluke all of a sudden though, Ive used them forever. |
| pbj:
No hate, just curious what the Flukes can do that the free ones from Harbor Freight cannot. This is actually the second Weller station I've yanked out of the trash. The other one has adjustable temperature and an LED readout, but this one came with a 700 degree tip so it's good to go. None of this is quite as cool as the 48" plasma with the popped fuse (friend has been using it daily for 2 years now...) or the 4-wheeler, but treasure is treasure. |
| Vigo:
Not much is finer than picking up thrown electronics and finding they just needed a new fuse. :cheers: |
| dkersten:
--- Quote from: pbj on April 01, 2015, 04:56:27 pm ---No hate, just curious what the Flukes can do that the free ones from Harbor Freight cannot. --- End quote --- Besides being accurate and reliable, they last and usually have far more features. When I was installing audio for a living, a cheap multimeter would last a few months at best. Plus you had to select the range for something as simple as metering resistance or voltage. On a good meter like a fluke you simply turn to the ohmmeter or dc voltage setting and probe.. whether it is .01 volts or 1000 volts it just tells you. My fluke, which still works perfectly after 25 years, also has a capacitance meter that works up to 1 farad as well as a frequency meter. I can also do some basic logging if I am looking for fluctuations over time. The only thing I have had to replace is the main fuse a couple times, the 9 volt battery, and after a few years of abuse the leads can finally break.. I have dropped mine from a 30 foot ladder onto concrete too and it wasn't an issue.. |
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