[time-nuts] multimeter

[William H. Fite]

That's why I mentioned 8.5 digit meters, Adrian. This being time nuts,
someone is going to declare it essential to measure a signal with zeptovolt
accuracy.



On Saturday, March 23, 2019, Adrian Godwin <artgodwin at gmail.com> wrote:

> This is volt-nut territory, isn't it ?
> If we're into choosing on the basis of essential specialist features, as is
> fitting for time-nuts, I'm going to recommend the HP970A. It's the only
> meter I know that can be configured to work upside-down.
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 23, 2019 at 5:08 PM Bob Albert via time-nuts <
> time-nuts at lists.febo.com> wrote:
>
> >  It depends on what kind of measurements you make.  I have many
> voltmeters
> > and use what is appropriate for the task.  I can measure very accurately
> if
> > necessary.  My spectrum analyzers are great rf voltmeters.  I have some
> of
> > the Harbor Freight cheapies that are handy for many occasional uses.  I
> > have an old Radio Schlock VOM that is almost indispensable, and a Simpson
> > 260 and a Triplett 630-NA.  I even have an antique digital voltmeter,
> five
> > digit.
> > Judging from the brevity of your request, I will assume you just want to
> > make the occasional measurement.  The Harbor Freight units are a good
> > choice except they only have a 1 Megohm input resistance on dc, and only
> go
> > up to about 2 Meg on resistance if I recall correctly.  Maybe 20 meg.
> They
> > won't measure ac current but they do have semiconductor tests and a
> battery
> > test position.  If I needed just one, I'd look at the Fluke 87 or some of
> > its variants.
> > The worst part of all these is the need to replace batteries now and then
> > or risk damage from corrosion.
> > Bob
> >     On Saturday, March 23, 2019, 7:01:57 AM PDT, Jim Palfreyman <
> > jim77742 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >  Hi all,
> >
> > I think I'm in the market for a new digital multimeter.
> >
> > Could I have some recommendations?
> >
> > Jim
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