Flir IM75 Keep or sell?

[2Rocky]

At our local FFA dinner Dance fundraiser one of the Raffle prizes was a FLIR IM75 Insulation tester. I threw a few tickets in since i needed (don't have my own) a multimeter. Upon winning it I looked it up on the internet and saw it was a $675 value.

Not being an electrician, and having this level of tool, I feel like I should sell this one and get a simpler Digital multimeter to do the occasional things i might need to do with one.

 

[mngundog]

Yes, there are dumb questions, regardless of what you've been told.

 

[PCustoms]

Yes, there are dumb questions, regardless of what you've been told.

Wow....


OP I'd sell it and buy a basic multimeter for $50. You be made this far without one, no point in having all the advanced functions

 

[mngundog]

Apologies, I'm voting for you keeping it. Just so it gets one vote.

 

[WildBill]

Unless you need all the speciality insulation testing stuff I would sell it and buy a $100 fluke, or even something cheaper if you don't really use one very often.

 

[BrandonV]

If you want to trade or buy for something else (Flukes/etc.) ping me . I would be interested.

 

[Shiftless]

If you don’t need those advanced functions, sell it. Unused and in the original packaging, it should bring several hundred bucks.
If you already have a functioning volt ohm meter, how much do you use it?
If you don’t have any electrical meter at all and you have functioned so far without one, it doesn’t seem like you should keep such an advanced tool.

Sell it and buy something simple in case you sometime in the future want to or need to measure voltage, current, or resistance.

For those who might think otherwise, let’s imagine that the OP won a big heavy 24 inch chainsaw. And he lived on a quarter acre lot with no intention of moving to a heavily treed multi acre property. Should he keep the chainsaw or sell it and buy a cordless 12 inch or less chainsaw for pruning his decorative pines?

A Fluke 101 is a fine basic multimeter and costs about $50

 

[seber]

The insulation test is something almost no one needs. Sell it and get something that does what you actually might use. Volts, ohms, capacitance, and maybe amps. My most used meter has all those and cost five dollars at a yard sale.