MultiMeter choice

Can you not deactivate the auto-off function? I know I have done this on some Fluke or other.

--=20 Davey.

But you can't use a Fluke to prop a door open. Also Flukes tend to go walkies when you are not looking.

Some years back - dropped my Avo MultiMionor analogue (not Avo 8) from top of scaffolding, straight down onto concrete floor ... Burst into dozens of pieces - certainly failed that test.

The leather case for an AVO8 cost more than a DVM

So far 2 units seem to be in lead ..

TENMA 7725 £18 but I think there are no leads or case

AIDETEK VC97 £25 Includes carry case, leads and temperature probes. - very large display.

The TENMA is a EC Class II device in terms of accuracy, can't yet get the answer if AIDETEK is class II (or class III)

Well, cheap at a tenth of that price. Obviously there's no wicking fey I'd pay that amount for something that's for occasional personal use. No, if I get one, it will be forty years old and well used, but hopefully still reasonably accurate. Actually, it's surprising how well looked after a lot of them were - most of them I've seen, ancient though they may be, are quite nice condition.

Datasheet:

I think my last set of fluke leads cost more than that!

True... probably why most development labs seem to be able to hold onto AVO 8s - they don't fit in an engineer's pocket or brief case!

but our (unofficial) fire instructions were "grab the nearest Avo before leaving"

Cos if you get stuck behind a locked door, you can always batter your way through it ;-)

You're not likely to find a new one these days - they stopped making them a= few years back

Picked up a couple of model 7's at a vintage radio fair for a fiver, but mo= del 8's fetch rather more as they're more generally useful. The pair I pick= ed up seemed to have had quite a hard life by the look of them, but one of = the pair is still working and the other should provide some usable spares..= .

I was taught that was the purpose of water based fire extinguishers. (seriously)

In article , Dave Plowman (News) scribeth thus

Just refurbing one of they:). Can't remember where it came from now its been up on a transmitter site for years. Decided to change all the electrolytic's (got a thing about they in equipment much older than 10 years) A few carbon resists and poly caps but other than that its rather good, decent pots most all wire wound, solid switches and seems such a waste to throw away a working bit of test equipment;)...

Get yourself a decent S/Hand Fluke 77, seen them about for about 40 quid...

I'm happy with my Fluke 73, a couple of AVO8s, an AVO PO Meters Multirange 12D, another PO Meters Multirange and a nondescript (possibly Tandy) digital thing, the last two of which I'm not sure where they are... :-)

All the AVO ones I have are in proper leather cases.

Been trying to get Fluke 77 on ebay for months ... they go for £70 plus

In article , Frank Erskine scribeth thus

Just -how- many meters does a man need;?...

To true, that's why we get the cheap rapid ones. Missing about a dozen so far this academic year.

There's another option although not popular is a pen dmm