Digital Multimeter suggestion wanted

[Frederic Breitwieser]

>Aside from their durability, the one thing Fluke meters are noted for 
>is their very high accuracy, which cheaper meters generally can't 
>approach.  When I used to be a physics student, I don't 

I cannot argue with that, while I haven't had it calibrated, it certainly
seems accurate.  However both my Radio Shack bench top model and the old
fluke, at least on the voltage scale, display the same readings for the
same voltage.  I never tested the other scales.

>accuracy is probably not worth the cost, and I would go for the Radio 
>Shack unit.

True, maybe the cost differential on the accuracy is not the best argument
- but the durability sure is.  Being clumsey, I can appreciate how the
fluke "bounces" rather than "dissintegrates".  BTW, I have both meters...
the bench unit I use in the garage and the Fluke goes out of the house -
survives the toolbox.


Frederic Breitwieser
Bridgeport, CT 06606

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