Fluke 88V vs HF Multimeter

[LumpyMusic]

... When dealing with 15k amp ac or dc. Hf will not pass muster.

You measure 15,000 amps?


Lumpy

You played on "The Love Boat"?
Yes. White tux, huge sideburns.

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[redwrench60]

Something else to point out: $3 meters have 25 cent test leads. Whatever voltage or current flows through the leads also flows between your fingers. I choose life, just sayin'.

 

[redwrench60]

You measure 15,000 amps?


Lumpy

You played on "The Love Boat"?
Yes. White tux, huge sideburns.

www.LumpyMusic.com

15,000 amps? I'd back away slowly without making eye contact!

 

[Lotek]

The HF meter isn't a true RMS meter making it useless on freq drives ect but if it's just 12vdc stuff it would be usefull to the occasional weekend tech

The problem with that is that you can spend far more throwing parts at a problem based on misleading information from a cheapo meter than a good meter would have cost in the first place. Joe weekender is diagnosing the same problem on the same car, using the same service information, the meter he uses should give the same results or he will be chasing his tail and not know why. Quality doesn't cost, it pays.

 

[Hootbro]

Something else to point out: $3 meters have 25 cent test leads. Whatever voltage or current flows through the leads also flows between your fingers. I choose life, just sayin'.

This!

I have had more than a couple of these cheap HF meters and beyond simple DC voltage check of small batteries and the occasional voltage check of a wall socket, I would not trust them for nothing.

The leads are the weakest point on these cheap HF meters and just simple bends in the leads will cause readings to wildly fluctuate.