At 09:21 PM 12/17/2007, tom ring wrote... >All I have to say is, you get what you pay for. A Fluke will last 10 >to 1000 >times longer than a 10 or 20 dollar meter, Sure, because it's protected by a couple of $5 fuses, available only from a specialty supplier. Buy a $10 el-cheapo, and you might have to buy a whole new meter if you connect it wrong (that is, if it's 50 cent hardware store fuse doesn't blow). And if you don't need new elastomeric display contacts, a common Fluke problem, add $10 for repair (if you do it yourself), instead of $10 for a new meter. And if you can still close the case because the plastic threads aren't stripped due to the lack of a battery door which the cheap one has. |
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