Help me choose some Fluke equipment?

[NHerron]

Hi eveyone

Could someone highlight a few pieces of Fluke equipment that I might be interested in for automotive/heavy truck electrical diagnosis? Excluding any of the OBD/cummins scanners etc. That's a whole other ball game.

I'm constantly dealing with semi: truck/trailer lighting systems (both LED/filament styles), auxiliary systems, electric brakes, testing batteries, interior wiring faults and some more advanced stuff. I know electrical pretty well up to making up simple PCB controllers. I'm just young enough to not have been around Fluke or other electrical tools a whole lot since everyones a mechanic but noones an electrician.

I like the idea of a bright backlight, remote wireless screen readout, accessory attachments, compact and durable, it will get dirty sometimes. The idea is to get a very good foundation meter that I have room to grow with as my techniques and knowledge expands.

Would it be safe to say testing sensors like hall effect, general airflow sensors etc would be another ball game such as an oscilliscope? Maybe a better phrase, what do people use for testing sensors that aren't coil based or consistent voltage output.

I guess I haven't had a lot equipment influence so if someone has any tips I would appreciate it

 

[sparky36000]

This is the one I have.

The remote display is a nice feature. I haven't used it for testing sensors like your describing, but I'm thinking a good Fluke meter would have a very high impedance input so as not to load the sensors you are describing. You might want to go through their site and view the features of all the DMM's if you haven't already.

 

[Rob_b]

I use my fluke every week for my work and wouldn't trust anything else. Personally, I use the Fluke 87. It has pretty much everything I need including the ability to record low, average and high volts and up to 10 amps. Very accurate and dependable. As far as a scope type, I use a Fluke 435 for multiphase work but I don't think it would work in an automotive application.