Date:         Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:45:28 -0500
Reply-To:     Mike S <mikes@FLATSURFACE.COM>
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From:         Mike S <mikes@FLATSURFACE.COM>
Subject:      Re: Multimeter recommendation
Comments: To: tom ring <taring@TARING.ORG>
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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.