Share Your HH Multimeter Situation - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / testgear

author: BillyO
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2023, 07:10:19 pm
content: I don't think 13 is too many, do you?

author: bdunham7
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2023, 07:34:46 pm
content: What is the one on the lower right?

author: BillyO
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2023, 08:12:21 pm
content: It's an AOPUTRIVER AP-48B.It also come under the brands HOLDPEAK and ANMETER. The UI is interesting but it ends there. When I bought that it was $20, but now I see them for quite a bit more (like over $40). It was barely worth the $20 and was bought to see how effective a cheap lab set-up would be. For that purpose it has been replaced by the Kaiweets HT118E. Although a lot more money, the Kaiweets is actually worth it's price.

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2023, 08:44:55 pm
content: Quote from: BillyO on April 01, 2023, 07:10:19 pmNot at all.With just a couple bench meters with multiplexing cards and you have 36 channels !I'd say you have some catching up to do.

author: Fungus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2023, 09:46:30 pm
content: 13 is nothing! I'm sure there's people here who own 13 Fluke 87Vs.I'd have kept this one secret though...

author: BillyO
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2023, 09:53:43 pm
content: Quote from: Fungus on April 01, 2023, 09:46:30 pmNever! It's the closest thing I have to my very first meter. Cheezy trash all the way buddy!BTW, my 3rd and 4th meters are there.

author: Fungus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2023, 10:12:43 pm
content: Quote from: BillyO on April 01, 2023, 09:53:43 pmI once stood patiently in line at an electronics shop while a guy complained that he bought one of those and it wasn't very accurate when reading mains AC voltage.

author: ferdieCX
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2023, 10:53:18 pm
content: Quote from: Fungus on April 01, 2023, 09:46:30 pmI have one of those mini-VOMs, and for a good reason.In 1996 I worked for the local representative of a major brand computer company.To spare taxes, this local company decided to convert all technical employees that earned above a certain salary in contract workers.That meant almost no money for the pension fond, and we should also provide our own tools.Not being willing to risk my private owned Fluke to be stolen, I just bought the mini-VOM and checked with a power supply and a DMM, the reading for 5V, 12V, etcIn 1998, I left the company for a better job.

author: BillyO
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2023, 11:20:52 pm
content: Quote from: Fungus on April 01, 2023, 10:12:43 pm

author: JOSM
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: April 03, 2023, 01:06:29 pm
content: My current Multimeter situation:

author: BillyO
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 03, 2023, 01:25:17 pm
content: Nice!Those old Microntas just keep ticking.My first 4 meters were from RS. The very first got destroyed. The 2nd got sold so I could buy the 3rd. A little while later the 4th was purchased. They are both still working. My 5th meter, however, was (for me at the time - equivalent to about $700 today) a very expensive Fluke 8024A. It died. The cheap Micronta meters keep on going...

author: AVGresponding
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 03, 2023, 05:05:40 pm
content: How could 13 possibly be too many? I have 20 (Fluke T5-1000 is in my toolbag at work), and I know very well that it isn't enough!And I didn't even include my scope-meters...

author: BeBuLamar
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 03, 2023, 05:08:40 pm
content: If you go pass 1 then it's never too many.

author: mendip_discovery
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 03, 2023, 06:13:53 pm
content: I think its like anything the correct number is n+1 where n is the number you currently have.I must say its a poor show so far, with no AVO meters. tut tut

author: unknownparticle
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 03, 2023, 06:55:19 pm
content: Quote from: mendip_discovery link=topic=371465.msg4794161#msg4794161 date=1680545633I must say its a poor show so far, with no AVO meters. tut tut[/quote

author: 4thDoctorWhoFan
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 03, 2023, 09:25:23 pm
content: Thought I would get in on the fun.Here are my 18 multimeters:

author: shakalnokturn
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 03, 2023, 10:06:29 pm
content: What exactly qualifies as "multimeter" here ?Current clamp, insulation resistance, earth resistance, PAT / MFT's?Do they count in the "situation" if they're not working or for sale?Very subjective... I wouldn't have counted Mastech or Uni-T in.

author: BillyO
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 03, 2023, 10:08:29 pm
content: Any meter that is:1) Hand held2) Has more than one function (VO at least).

author: shakalnokturn
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 03, 2023, 10:17:19 pm
content: So that kind of excludes PAT / MFT's that are mostly shoulder / neck laced, it could lead to the Scopemeter category however, although one may argue that their main intent is scoping not metering.

author: artag
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 03, 2023, 10:42:37 pm
content: Quote from: mendip_discovery on April 03, 2023, 06:13:53 pmAn AVO minor is OK (my second MM) but I don't think an AVO 8 really qualifies as HH. Unless you're a gorilla. Pretty sure the 8 is heavier than some of my bench meters.

author: AVGresponding
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 04, 2023, 05:22:12 am
content: Quote from: mendip_discovery on April 03, 2023, 06:13:53 pmYou didn't notice the AVO M801 in my pic?

author: shakalnokturn
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 05, 2023, 10:33:29 am
content: Thanks for the topic BillyO, I beleive we do have a bit of a "situation", it was a good excuse to realise I need more therapy, I found no hope in the TEA group...Tried to keep this to the most conventional HH DMM form factor, leaving out the insulation testers, clamp meters and scopemeters. A poor little Fluke 21 got left out from the photo session.

author: M0HZH
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 05, 2023, 10:57:25 am
content: No pictures right now but from memory:- Fluke 287- Fluke 867B- UNI-T UT61E- UNI-T UT33C- UNI-T UT210E- Amprobe 5XP-A- a few nonames like DT830 / XL-830 etcI feel like a need a Brymen just because.

author: Gyro
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 05, 2023, 11:23:20 am
content: I just remembered that there is a 41 page pre-existing thread. Well worth a browse (if you ignore everything grey and yellow!)...https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/show-your-multimeter!/P.S. A lot of the image links have sadly disappeared, a good example of why it is important to upload them here.

author: alm
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 05, 2023, 12:19:38 pm
content: I use just two handheld meters (Fluke 87 III and 189), and bench meters like the Keithley 199 or 2000 if I need more. For a continuity measurement, or a quick resistance / voltage measurement, I'll use handheld. But for anything where I'd need multiple, like monitoring outputs, power rails or power draw while testing something, I'll use a bench meter. I find it very hard to find space for multiple handhelds on my bench. I can't imagine setting up half a dozen handheld meters so you can see all their displays at the same time. A stack with bench meters together with power supplies, function generators etc works better for me.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 05, 2023, 12:27:08 pm
content: Quote from: BillyO on April 01, 2023, 07:10:19 pmExcavatorEE enters the chat. Where is his famous Fluke staircase photo?Found it:

author: BillyO
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 05, 2023, 02:01:07 pm
content: Quote from: shakalnokturn on April 05, 2023, 10:33:29 amI like the knobs on those METRA units!

author: BillyO
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 05, 2023, 02:04:44 pm
content: Quote from: EEVblog on April 05, 2023, 12:27:08 pmI don't quite know what to say! Even at used prices there's about $25,000 there!!!

author: Neomys Sapiens
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 05, 2023, 03:14:33 pm
content: Quote from: shakalnokturn on April 05, 2023, 10:33:29 amDang. You ARE way ahead and I still have no 867.But you are severely lacking in the desk MM department!(corrected after reading title again)

author: Tooms
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 05, 2023, 04:29:25 pm
content: here is some of mine

author: mwb1100
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 05, 2023, 04:51:29 pm
content: Quote from: Tooms on April 05, 2023, 04:29:25 pmI'm interested to learn exactly what these are:

author: Tooms
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 05, 2023, 05:01:52 pm
content: Quote from: mwb1100 on April 05, 2023, 04:51:29 pmthe white one is... i think, i dont know the correct model number but is like Testo 174T temperature data loggerThe colored ones are Peak Electronic ESR+, LCR, SCR and one more

author: FrancisM
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: April 05, 2023, 07:46:47 pm
content: My modest collection :Francis

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 06, 2023, 06:41:20 am
content: Quote from: BillyO on April 05, 2023, 02:04:44 pmAnd IIRC that's not his entire Fluke collection.

author: Anthocyanina
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 07, 2023, 01:09:42 am
content: the uni-t was my first non-disposable multimeter. I had bought a 2$ meter when i was in highschool but it died shortly after. Then i got the aneng a couple of years ago, and i won the fluke in a local electricity trivia contest

author: Arts
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 07, 2023, 12:17:12 pm
content: It's kinda handheld; you just need big mitts

author: alm
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 07, 2023, 12:41:47 pm
content: Quote from: BillyO on April 05, 2023, 02:04:44 pmI'm pretty sure used prices were a lot lower back when they assembled their collection.

author: D. Head
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: April 07, 2023, 06:05:52 pm
content: This is my set.