Earth Leakage Clamp Meter

[Midwest]

I've still got a Dialog clamp meter and it works fine. It's in my toolcase and I only use it once every month or two. I have a Kewtech earth leakage clamp meter as well that's in my workshop and that's also probably 5 years old, both testers are reliable and fairly accurate.

Think you must have the only one that does

 

[Marvo]

I've still got my clamp meter from before I bought the fancy shmansy digital Dialog. It also still works fine but isn't very accurate below 50 mA.

 

[HappyHippyDad]

I bought the same dilog from Test-Meter and it started doing the same as you describe Midwest. Id had it for at least a year, probably closer to 2. Test meter sent me out another without any quibble and didnt even want the old one back.......

I now have 2 Dilogs that dont get used as they both give ridiculous results!

 

[Midwest]

Funnily enough, when I rang test-meter tech, there was a silent pause when I said about the problem, so they put me through to sales, who said I'll get someone who deals with them. I was put on hold.........the line went dead after two mins

 

[Spoon]

Funnily enough, when I rang test-meter tech, there was a silent pause when I said about the problem, so they put me through to sales, who said I'll get someone who deals with them. I was put on hold.........the line went dead after two mins

It doesn't look good on Test-Meter this.....

 

[Octopus]

Funnily enough, when I rang test-meter tech, there was a silent pause when I said about the problem, so they put me through to sales, who said I'll get someone who deals with them. I was put on hold.........the line went dead after two mins

Maybe write to Dilog UK ...................... but be warned I've tried in the past about another product and they didn't even have the decency to reply to me.

So maybe this is your best approach ..

https://uk.linkedin.com/in/ash-mohammed-aab99a21

 

[Jay Sparks]

Mine was the CM DT-9809, purchased 12-3-18 for £95, from forum sponsor test-meter. Only used a couple of times, got it out today to check, before using on a job tomorrow, and doing all sorts silly readings, apart from when I clamped round live meter tail, and it gave a zero reading. Rang test-meter, and out of warranty, and repair minimum is £100+!

So, can you list your recommendations, my price range is about £200. Thanks.

I think it's great that you haven't bought the meter yet and you already know it's faulty!lol

Sorry, not helpful at all.

Jay

 

[Midwest]

I think it's great that you haven't bought the meter yet and you already know it's faulty!lol

Sorry, not helpful at all.

Jay

I was just waiting for somebody to spot that

 

[Midwest]

Maybe write to Dilog UK ...................... but be warned I've tried in the past about another product and they didn't even have the decency to reply to me.

So maybe this is your best approach ..

https://uk.linkedin.com/in/ash-mohammed-aab99a21

Is he rowing, or is that a light sabre in his hands. If its the latter, I won't bother him.

Mines a CM original, which I think is the basis for all these different products? Might sell it on ebay, saying its a cosmic disturbance detector, all the flashing & numbers its displaying?

 

[Pete E]

Might sell it on ebay, saying its a cosmic disturbance detector, all the flashing & numbers its displaying?

I hope you are suitably qualified to operate a Cosmic Disturbance Detector and are a member of the Guild of Detectors( Cosmic)????

 

[JK-Electrical]

For £216 you could get yourself a Megger DCM305E. I've never had any issues with this great piece of kit.

 

[rapparee]

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I'm considering getting this Chinese domestic market fluke 368. It doesn't come with the wireless facility but it is half the price of the European market version. I have already bought a fluke 373 clamp meter and it is made in Taiwan and my trusty fluke 179 is made in China so the fact it was made in China doesn't put me off

This video is a breakdown of an international fluke multimeter and a Chinese multimeter, they're the same

 

[Pete E]

For £216 you could get yourself a Megger DCM305E. I've never had any issues with this great piece of kit.

Just a quick question on these various earth leakage meters...Looking at the spec of the Megger its states the resolution is 0.001mA...

So are they saying it resolves down to a thousandths of a mA or do they actually mean it resolves down to 1 mA?

Edit to add, I've just found the info in the specs on their site...Its lowest range is 6mA and this range has a resolution of 0.001mA, which is a thousandth of a mA....

 

[Wilko]

And then they'll have a phrase something like "plus 8 digits" which I think may mean effective resolution 0.01mA (ish), if I understand correctly .

 

[Pete E]

And then they'll have a phrase something like "plus 8 digits" which I think may mean effective resolution 0.01mA (ish), if I understand correctly .

I would think that anything that was accurate to .1mA would be more than good enough for domestic work, given most RCD's are rated to 30mA???