Why should I buy a 60,000 count multimeter with a +-(1% +5 count) accuracy? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / testgear

author: paulc
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: June 04, 2019, 03:38:07 pm
content: On ELEKTOR site:https://www.elektor.com/peaktech-3442-true-rms-digital-multimeter-with-bluetooth-60000-counts?mc_cid=d54a101033&mc_eid=90fd94f181A PeakTech 3442 is €124.00 for members Regular price: €134.10I wound like to understand if there is any reason to spend such an amount of money on that product?(OK, even with the BT)Paul

author: ogden
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 04, 2019, 04:35:51 pm
content: What's the point of having 60000 count if last two digits are basically garbage? Well, unless you measure differential voltages. Better gethttps://www.eevblog.com/product/bm235-multimeter/then. It's DCV accuracy is 0.4%

author: Doctorandus_P
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 04, 2019, 09:07:59 pm
content: 60.000 counts with 2% on temperature and 2.5% on ACA?>> 60000 *.025ans = 1500That makes more than 3 digits of garbage instead of 2.Bring out the tipp-ex. Also colors nicely with the housing.One of the things I do like is that Bluetooth very slowly seems to become more common for DMM's.

author: NoisyBoy
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 05, 2019, 02:44:11 am
content: It is crazy, I think it targets those people who judge DMM by the number of digits on the display. The more must be better.When it comes to accuracy, it is about the same as the Harbor Freight DMM. It was free for a long time, now they are asking a few dollars for it.

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 05, 2019, 10:40:41 am
content: Resolution (vs accuracy).They are two very different things.

author: coromonadalix
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 05, 2019, 11:16:35 am
content: The peaktek can é coould be good for an hobbyist, not for precision and professional use ... the specs are basic to say the least. But the pricing is okay.You could do comparaison with the eevblog meters listìng ?And Brumby is right, resolution vs accuracy is a different thing.

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 05, 2019, 11:32:32 am
content: Quote from: ogden on June 04, 2019, 04:35:51 pmOr get Daves BM235 from Simons shop for as little as 100 Euro (no probes)https://simonselectronics.co.uk/product-category/test-equipmant/

author: Fungus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 05, 2019, 12:24:38 pm
content: 60,000 counts with 0.9% accuracy? Complete mismatch.Spend 25 Euros extra and you can get a50,000 count Brymenwith 0.03% accuracy (500,000 counts in DC Volts!)Quote from: paulc on June 04, 2019, 03:38:07 pmNot with all the "known good" meters that have been tested/discussed here.

author: rstofer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 05, 2019, 01:46:05 pm
content: You get the wrong answer to more decimal places!I would stay with the more mainline meters that are discussed around here.

author: nctnico
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 05, 2019, 04:34:10 pm
content: I was wondering whether this was a typo on the Elektor website but the same specs are in the user manual.And why would Elektor put such a crappy device on their website? I'm happy I unsubscribed 25 years ago.

author: Gyro
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 05, 2019, 05:18:36 pm
content: That'soneof the things I like about my old Datron 104x series bench meters... +/-0.01% Reading, +/- 0.005% Range, +/- 1uV from a 4 1/2 Digit display - WYSIWYG!From one extreme to the other.