[time-nuts] multimeter

[William H. Fite]

You're so right about the 289. It costs too much, sucks the life out of
batteries and is wayyyyy too big.

I have about a dozen handheld MMs, from a piece of Harbor Freight trash to
a Gossen Metrahit M248A (believe it or not, a gift from a widow, off her
late husband's bench. NIB). My 87 is the one I use the most. You know what
I use my 289 for? Tracking internal temp on the Christmas turkey and the
occasional hunk of roast beef.

It may not be the most desirable multimeter but it's one hell of a meat
thermometer!



On Monday, March 25, 2019, Dan Kemppainen <dan at irtelemetrics.com> wrote:

> The 87 is a good general purpose meter. My preference has been the now
> obsolete Fluke 189. It was replaced with the 289, which is just horrible.
> It eats batteries, is huge, takes forever to 'boot'. No one in the ship
> grabs that one unless it's the last one on the shelf.
>
> We've gone to orange meters now that we can't get more 189's. The Keysignt
> U1272A has been a good replacement in our shop for the 189.
>
> I also have a U1241B, and am quite happy with it. I find myself reaching
> for the U1241B more often than the Fluke 189 as of late. It's smaller...
>
> All that said, I'm certain you'll be happy 87 for what you plan on doing
> with it.
>
> Dan
>
>
>
>
> On 3/24/2019 12:00 PM, time-nuts-request at lists.febo.com wrote:
>
>> Message: 8
>> Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 18:00:12 +1100
>> From: Jim Palfreyman<jim77742 at gmail.com>
>> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
>>         <time-nuts at lists.febo.com>
>> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] multimeter
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>> Hi All,
>>
>> Thanks so much everyone for your comments. I especially liked "get the
>> orange one". Because that's what I did get (I think it's orange - could be
>> yellow).
>>
>> I was deliberately vague (apologies) but I just wanted a broad response.
>> Which I got.
>>
>> I've settled on the Fluke 87V. It's on it's way.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>
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