Multimeters

[Specialist]

If you take a look on ebay ther'es 1 on there at the minute for £58 + £12 carriage, it's a US firm but a good saving.
If you want a uk firm then I find the Instument Centre good to deal with & very reliable.
Address: 44 Argyle street, Newport, Gwent, NP20 5NE. Tel: 01633 853803.

Hope that helps mate.

 

[The Finch]

Do you have a link please? Am on my phone at the moment tried quick search but only brought up a couple of clamps

Thanks

 

[Specialist]

Hi mate: Your best bet would be to give them a ring, think the site is playing up at the moment.

 

[kung]

I carry 3, a cheap maplin clamp meter £12.99 small and not a bad meter, a maplin gold also cheapish and not a bad meter and a fluke 73 III series.

 

[The Finch]

Hi mate: Your best bet would be to give them a ring, think the site is playing up at the moment.

Meant more the eBay one mate, il look later when I get home

Thanks again

 

[Specialist]

Oops, sorry mate: Messed that 1 up did'nt I lol.
Go to ebay & put the item number in the search box: 220794632020. Listed as £58.07 + £11.84 carriage.

 

[The Finch]

No worries but yeah if you have a link be appreciated might be a late crimbo pressie lol

 

[netblindpaul]

Wow this has run quickly!

I carry a Fluke 87 in my tool case for every day fault finding, this is an old version mind, about 20 yrs old.
I also have an 8060A like Lenny pictured of the same vintage.
I have my trusty AVO9, unfortunately could not get a good version of an 8 when I needed it, so went for the 9.

Day to day I also carry a Fluke 337 clamp, a KEW 1710, a Fluke Voltstick, a Fluke 1653B, a DiLog DL6507 leakage clamp & my LEME HEME Analyst 2060 single phase power clamp.

Still shopping for more kit though, LCR meter is a must, will look into one of those ESR meters, looking for a portable DSO, probably 4ch, a Ductor, & 3Ph power analyser, and an earth clamp tester for now!
Have come unstuck on a couple of jobs recently and could have paid for the kit in the jobs easily!

 

[The Finch]

Thanks specialist

 

[Specialist]

Well Paul: Did'nt know you were a Test Gear Yuppie:tounge_smile: :icon14:

 

[Specialist]

Thanks specialist

Your welcome mate.

 

[netblindpaul]

Well Paul: Did'nt know you were a Test Gear Yuppie:tounge_smile: :icon14:

Dunno about Yuppie, Junkie perhaps!
Most of my work is fault finding, and I&T to be honest.

 

[hermetic]

A Neon ? wash your mouth out:tounge_smile: Seriously though I carry what's called a Junior Testoscope in my pocket all the time, which is an expensive Neon. Only thing is we're not actually supposed to use them any more for H/S reasons.
When I started in the trade a Neon & AVO were the only thing you carried for general fault finding, if you wanted the Megger you had to tell the Boss why & sign for it & in all the years i've used them i've never had a shock through a Neon.

I never had a shock through a neon either (unless the toerags I worked with swapped the resistor for a lower rated one!), and still use one. the H/S concerns are utter rubbish. went to a job once where a light would not turn off, soon diagnosed a nailed switch wire (rentokil had been doing woodworm treatment upstairs) .Took the bulb out and went over the nailheads with a neon, took about 5 mins to find it! (TRS- no earth wire) pulled the nail, repaired the cable and out the door.
Phil

 

[Specialist]

Know what you mean mate, i've allways been the same. I've got test equipment for all sorts of stuff lol, the ESR meter by the way is a good investment. I bought the Blue ESR meter from www.electronicrepairguide.com in kit form. Simple to build / test & a lovely bit of kit.
You'll have to tell me 1 day the sort of stuff you spend your days fault finding on.

 

[Specialist]

I never had a shock through a neon either (unless the toerags I worked with swapped the resistor for a lower rated one!), and still use one. the H/S concerns are utter rubbish. went to a job once where a light would not turn off, soon diagnosed a nailed switch wire (rentokil had been doing woodworm treatment upstairs) .Took the bulb out and went over the nailheads with a neon, took about 5 mins to find it! (TRS- no earth wire) pulled the nail, repaired the cable and out the door.
Phil

Nice 1 mate, I used to love the Neons supplied to the Electricity board boys, easy to see even in strong sunlight. Made by a company called NEO but it seems they don't exist any more, did see an apprentice get a shock through a Neon once but the idiot was useing it in the Rain so deserved it lol.

 

[hermetic]

Solid gold link mate! thats gone in the bookmarks!!

 

[Specialist]

Solid gold link mate! thats gone in the bookmarks!!

Not a problem mate, thanks for showing appreciation.

 

[grantr37]

Wow this has run quickly!

I carry a Fluke 87 in my tool case for every day fault finding, this is an old version mind, about 20 yrs old.
I also have an 8060A like Lenny pictured of the same vintage.
I have my trusty AVO9, unfortunately could not get a good version of an 8 when I needed it, so went for the 9.

Day to day I also carry a Fluke 337 clamp, a KEW 1710, a Fluke Voltstick, a Fluke 1653B, a DiLog DL6507 leakage clamp & my LEME HEME Analyst 2060 single phase power clamp.

Still shopping for more kit though, LCR meter is a must, will look into one of those ESR meters, looking for a portable DSO, probably 4ch, a Ductor, & 3Ph power analyser, and an earth clamp tester for now!
Have come unstuck on a couple of jobs recently and could have paid for the kit in the jobs easily!

If you want a 4 channel portable scope, I would go for a Fluke one if you are willing to spend around 3K :rolleyes2: same for the power analyser......

 

[netblindpaul]

grant,
Thanks, it is Fluke I am looking at.
My power analyser is "now" Fluke, just before they bought the company for the technology!
The Techtronix scopes are quite good, but I am used to Flukes as this was what I had supplied when I was using one regularly.
I will spend the £3k if I have to!

 

[Specialist]

I was looking at the Agilent series of Multimeters the other day, they've got a nice Orange Backlit display. Real Puurty lol.

 

[netblindpaul]

Like Agilent, part of HP, or were.

 

[Specialist]

Yep looks like good kit, but at the minute i'm going to stick with what i've got.

 

[Engineer54]

Perhaps we should start another thread ''What's Test Kit do you have to hand'' !! Otherwise this thread is going to get side tracked from time to time...

I must admit, i'm a collector of test equipment, and have a pretty extensive collection, some of it i'll probably never use again, and realistically should be sold on. lol!!!

 

[netblindpaul]

E54,
I may be interested!

 

[alarm man]

Perhaps we should start another thread ''What's Test Kit do you have to hand'' !! Otherwise this thread is going to get side tracked from time to time...

I must admit, i'm a collector of test equipment, and have a pretty extensive collection, some of it i'll probably never use again, and realistically should be sold on. lol!!!

i can see a 'during the war' speech coming on..

 

[netblindpaul]

40 years ago wen I were a lad!

 

[RodMan50]

40 years ago wen I were a lad!

Young Un LoL !

 

[telectrix]

can't remember the war. not quite that senile.

 

[Specialist]

can't remember the war. not quite that senile.

Nor me, but my Grandad told me about it:tounge_smile:

 

[telectrix]

my dad was in it. 39-45. best time of his life, he used to say.