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Multimeter Recommendation

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Samstag:
Call me old-fashioned, but the only feature I really care about in a meter is audible continuity checking.  Other than that, I'm happy with any cheap digital or even an analog if it's available.

Xam:
I got one from Radio Shack bout 15 years ago. Nothing fancy about it, but it does everything I need and does it accurrately.

Xam

boykster:
I have a Fluke and wouldn't trade it for the world....

ChadTower:

--- Quote from: Samstag on July 16, 2007, 08:27:00 pm ---Call me old-fashioned, but the only feature I really care about in a meter is audible continuity checking.  Other than that, I'm happy with any cheap digital or even an analog if it's available.

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For running CP circuits that is definitely enough.  If you do any board work or power circuit work it won't get the job done.

I had a $25 pocket DMM from Radio Shack that I used to love and used only for quick continuity checking... then it died and constantly registered a short.  It only lasted probably 6-8 months of reasonable use and care.  Now I have one of their higher end models I got when Radio Shack was clearing everything out (paid like $35 for the $80 model)... this one is pretty sweet, can take a beating, even has a serial connection for recording on the PC over time... but there are times, like when checking a circuit within a known range, that using an analog DMM actually works better.  You can just watch the needle and make sure it doesn't exceed the top or bottom end.  That's harder to do with rapidly flucuating digits.

patrickl:
I have a $40 and a $10 multimeter. The cheapest one is actually the easiest to use and smallest so I usually grab that one. Or I must have to some very specific measurement that I can only do on the more expensive model.

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