Multimeters

[Sparky_Ben]

ahh yeah i know that specialist, i was just saying that so far i have found no limitations, i do know for some uses it will be less that useless

 

[topquark]

Probably in order of usage: Megger 1553, Fluke T140, Metrel MD9270 and (rarely used on site, but in the kit bag) UNI-T UT70D.

 

[Specialist]

Link

L200

Cheers mate will take a look at that now.

 

[grantr37]

The Americans love Fluke as it is an American Brand and almost all of their kit (apart from the voltalert volt stick) is made in the USA, that's why they are fanatical about it, its all "buy USA" "Buy made in America" they want to buy only American made goods over there and they want the rest of the world to buy only American made goods as well....

 

[grantr37]

The fluke meters are very good, but don't forget there are Megger meters and Meterman meters as well..........and the UNI Trend ones are quite good and very reasonably priced....

 

[Specialist]

The Americans love Fluke as it is an American Brand and almost all of their kit (apart from the voltalert volt stick) is made in the USA, that's why they are fanatical about it, its all "buy USA" "Buy made in America" they want to buy only American made goods over there and they want the rest of the world to buy only American made goods as well....

Hmm, I used to think it was just the buy everything American scenario but they also buy a lot of Wera / Knipex stuff as well, & prefer it to their old favourite Klein tools.

 

[topquark]

The fluke meters are very good, but don't forget there are Megger meters and Meterman meters as well..........and the UNI Trend ones are quite good and very reasonably priced....

I think I paid about £80 quid (a few years back) for the UT70D.

 

[Specialist]

The fluke meters are very good, but don't forget there are Megger meters and Meterman meters as well..........and the UNI Trend ones are quite good and very reasonably priced....

Appreciate that mate & as you'll see I use a Megger (AVO) myself, but what make / type do you use ?

 

[Specialist]

Hi Topquark: Unitrend make some quite tidy stuff nowadays, I use 1 of their 2 pole testers for quick testing. Only thing I find with some of their stuff is it's quite bulky especially the clamp meters.

 

[topquark]

Hi Topquark: Unitrend make some quite tidy stuff nowadays, I use 1 of their 2 pole testers for quick testing. Only thing I find with some of their stuff is it's quite bulky especially the clamp meters.

It only just about fits in the biggest pouch in the case and having the probes attached to the back doesn't help

 

[Specialist]

See what you mean, looking at the Dimensions it does look pretty bulky.

 

[Engineer54]

The Americans love Fluke as it is an American Brand and almost all of their kit (apart from the voltalert volt stick) is made in the USA, that's why they are fanatical about it, its all "buy USA" "Buy made in America" they want to buy only American made goods over there and they want the rest of the world to buy only American made goods as well....

That's not quite true!! Some of there stuff is manufactured in Europe and the Far East, at the same ex manufactures factories that that Fluke bought out. Americans may well prefer to buy test equipment manufactured in the US, unfortunately for fluke and other electrical test kit manufacturers, the Yanks don't tend to see the importance of electrical installation tests as is required in other countries. Which is why Fluke and all the other American makers of electrical test kit rely on overseas sales to boost there market share!!

Haha, ...Ask a typical American Master Electrician about ELI testing, and you'll get a blank look!! The typical test kit of an American electrician consists of 1 or 2 Amp clamps, volt stick, multimeter, IR tester, a couple of plug testers (one will be for testing GFI outlets), cable/fuse finder kit, and maybe an infrared thermometer, or low spec thermal imagery tester!! I doubt if Fluke or Megger have sold more than a handful of MFTs between them in the states. I'm basically talking about every day installation test kit here, NOT high end test equipment. The specialised companies in the States will obviously use, just about the same test equipment as everyone else....

 

[Guest123]

What do you think of mine then......

 

[topquark]

Ground Force Interruptors, may the force be with you

 

[topquark]

What do you think of mine then......

Are those probes GS38 compliant? (I know my std ones aren't)