Recommend me a multimeter.

[james butler]

amprobe and even top clarke multimeters are pretty good

 

[Ubique]

I have a couple of Chauvin Arnoux current clamps and a micro-ohm meter, very good quality and reliable, well out of the scope of the OP's requirements though.

It does bear saying again, whatever you use needs to be accurate and reliable, especially where you will be using to measure or indicate lethal voltages.

ETA - can't remember what I was doing here - or why I took a photo of it, the LEM clampmeter is a handy bit of kit too.

 

[premmington]

Mainstay of my multimeter collection is older 1990's digital 5220 5230 5240 Chauvin Arnoux models - plus I have two Fluke meters.

I have a few Uni-T meters - they do the job!

A multimeter seems to last me decades.


Wavetech MeterMan multimeters from the USA are a good cost effective alternative to Fluke, Wavetech is the sister company to Fluke. MeterMan meters are red & cheap, Fluke meters are yellow & expensive.

 

[Memmeddu]

A multimeter seems to last me decades

It should last decades if correctly used and respected.
Someone needs recalibration once in a while , both instrument and operator , one by using a software , and the other by using a big wrench.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Uni-T here (perfectly adequate for all I use it, I don't like elektrickery ).

 

[Ubique]

It should last decades if correctly used and respected.
Someone needs recalibration once in a while , both instrument and operator , one by using a software , and the other by using a big wrench.

I sold a Fluke Scopemeter, 88 Automotive and an 85 true RMS in the last couple of years, I'd previously bought them all as used and sold them for at least as much as I paid for them - and yes, I'm a Yorkshireman.

 

[mike os]

A multimeter seems to last me decades.

My go to meter is a megger built in 1984... I can't get it calibrated any more so check it against a calibrated unit ... its also not needed adjustment in 15 years

 

[premmington]

I sold a Fluke Scopemeter, 88 Automotive and an 85 true RMS in the last couple of years, I'd previously bought them all as used and sold them for at least as much as I paid for them - and yes, I'm a Yorkshireman.

I got a Fluke 88V - I really only use it for Hz % pulse width. (nobody would want to buy mine - it is in a hell of state)

 

[Kram]

Last one I got, a small draper for about £15. Quite a bit smaller and pocket friendly than the normal ones and uses a little 12v battery instead of the 9v things.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Draper-52320-Digital-Multimeter/dp/B0001K9UZA/

 

[gt6s]

I've been using my uni-t one for over 10 years and it's never let me down, can't justify a fluke for how often I use it.

I have 2 of those, one convintional the other clamp or lead version. They are good and good value much better than a Draper or Seeley. The clamp one I bought because it has frequency in Hz as i have a generator and work on gennys at times. Even tho my own genny has its own LCD frequency meter

 

[Ubique]

I got a Fluke 88V - I really only use it for Hz % pulse width. (nobody would want to buy mine - it is in a hell of state)

That was exactly what I used mine for - sold the lot and bought a 2 channel PicoScope, that does everything the fluke kit did, and more, for way less than the Fluke kit sold for. I still need DMM's though, the 300FC analogue bargraph isn't a patch on the 85 but linking it to the PC software gives a much more useful picture.

 

[Red'n'Black]

Mine is a Fluke 73 MkIII, I have a soft spot for these as I got issued one in my first 'proper' job 25-odd years ago. Mine was £75 on ebay, has been rattling around in my toolbox for 10+ years and still reads bang-on. The equivalent current model is probably a 115.

If it's just for low-voltage use, any old cheapy will probably do. But if there's any chance you'll be using it on mains I'd steer clear of them, they usually have no overload protection and the first time you have a brain fart and get 240V across it set up for amps instead of volts the leads will just vapourise. Flukes etc have a proper HRC fuse inside.

 

[premmington]

That was exactly what I used mine for - sold the lot and bought a 2 channel PicoScope, that does everything the fluke kit did, and more, for way less than the Fluke kit sold for. I still need DMM's though, the 300FC analogue bargraph isn't a patch on the 87 but linking it to the PC software gives a much more useful picture.

I also got a PicoScope as well... Really only use mine in the workshop.

 

[Ubique]

I also got a PicoScope as well... Really only use mine in the workshop.

Me too, usually for looking for framing faults on Flexray, CanBus or LIN, did use it 'mobile' once to look at data loss on the move, turned out a CAN-H wire had chafed on a body seam, only went to ground when the bump in the road was heavy enough... also handy for doing A-B comparisons either side of connectors or connection nodes.

 

[optima21]

and when people say Fluke multimeters are reliable.

who can argue with this

 

[Memmeddu]

and when people say Fluke multimeters are reliable.

who can argue with this

I'd love to have one of those with the detachable display

 

[Munkul]

I like my amprobe

 

[daedalusminos]

I've had my £70 ish Tenma 10+ years, no issues. I think they might be a Farnell brand andof far east origin...but then what isn't.

 

[Ross365]

Another vote for anything made by Uni-t or Aneng. Owned both and excellent value for money. I've still got an Avo 8 on the shelf but rarely use it.

 

[Screwdriver]

I went for a Fluke 17B some time ago. It had the right combination of features vs. price for me.