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I used to fight with those cheap plastic multimeters for years.
Finally got a Fluke 117 after a job in Phoenix where my old one gave me a bad reading on a fridge board. The difference is night and day. The Fluke just works, every time, and the auto-ranging saves me so much hassle. How many of you guys have made the switch and what model did you pick?
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oscar39012d ago
Yeah, I held onto a cheapo meter for way too long... finally grabbed a Fluke 87V after getting zapped on a motor control circuit because of a ghost voltage reading. The thing just feels solid, and having true RMS for those weird variable frequency drives was a game changer for me.
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dylan_anderson12d ago
Gotta wonder if we're all just falling for the brand name hype sometimes. I mean, getting zapped sucks, but was that really the meter's fault or just a sketchy work situation? Plenty of decent budget meters handle true RMS now without costing a fortune. It feels like a lot of guys buy the fancy tool just to feel like a pro, even if their old one was doing the job fine.
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