Essential accessories for a multimeter - Brymen BM869s - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / beginners

author: osmany
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: April 09, 2024, 08:57:07 am
content: I started to study electricity, and I would like to kindly ask a basic question.What are theessential accessories for a multimeter when starting outand what ones are recommended for a first-time user?I'm considering buying a multimeter like Brymen BM869s and I notice that there are a lot of accessories.

author: Muttley Snickers
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 09, 2024, 09:22:23 am
content: Quote from: osmany on April 09, 2024, 08:57:07 amWelcome to the forum.As a first time user of the instrument an operators manual would be the best and most valuable accessory you could indulge yourself with.If you travel with the meter then a hard or soft case is definitely a worthwhile investment and handy for storing leads, crocodile clips, adaptors and also spare fuses. Generally speaking, additional accessories will depend on your specific needs and usage requirements.

author: BILLPOD
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 09, 2024, 01:17:49 pm
content: Good Morning Osmony, Welcome to the Forum, and congratulations on choosing a great DMM. The one accessory I got with mine is the kit for connecting it to your computer. It's called: 'BU-86X USB kit', and works very well for logging measurements from the meter. Have fun exploring all of the meter's capabilities.

author: themadhippy
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 09, 2024, 01:38:12 pm
content: Quotebag of spare fuses,if you have them you wont need them,but if you don't have them your bound to make a stupid mistake as you learn how to drive your new meter.

author: BeBuLamar
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 09, 2024, 01:51:07 pm
content: I would say various test lead configurations.

author: radiolistener
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 09, 2024, 08:09:34 pm
content: Quote from: osmany on April 09, 2024, 08:57:07 amThe first accessory is test leads.The one which come with my Brymen BM867S is very bad quality, it had 0.08 Ω resistance but very unstable - floating from 0.07 to 0.14 Ω for a new probes just out of the box, but it degrade very quickly to 5-7 Ω in several years and become completely unusable for resistance and current measurement.I asked Brymen customer support on email and they replied that this is pretty normal behavior for their branded golden-plated Brymen test leads, they said this is due to crimped connection which they using in their probes for better "reliability".So I put Brymen branded golden-plated test leads into garbage and bought these Chinese test leads (20 A version):https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005821000698.htmlThese Chinese test leads has 0.15 Ω resistance which is a little bit worse than a new branded Brymen gold-plated test leads.But Chinese test leads has a stable resistance which can be corrected with Zero function, while Brymen test leads is very unstable and can float in very wide range.I recommend to avoid buying Brymen branded golden plated test leads, because they showing very unstable resistance, they are crap and don't cost their money. These Brymen test leads really disappointed me in the Brymen brand.