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David L. Jones
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Sun Mar 07, 2010 6:21 am
The title says it all really.
See what happens when I try to destroy Fluke's new 28-II Multimeter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlA7-fh5nDQ
Dave.
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D from BC
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Sun Mar 07, 2010 6:32 am
In article <BJGkn.72617$K81.22212_at_newsfe18.iad>, altzone_at_gmail.com
says...
Quote:
The title says it all really.
See what happens when I try to destroy Fluke's new 28-II Multimeter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlA7-fh5nDQ
Dave.
Ha! I thought you tied the multimeter to the back of the car and dragged
it down the freeway. :P
Stopped at 3:20min. Had to continue life.
Tim Williams
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Sun Mar 07, 2010 10:49 am
Got interesting up around 10:00 or so... 30 meters eh?
Screw you Dave, I wanna see that thing under a sledge.
Or maybe a log
splitter, or backhoe, or something...
Tim
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Quote:
In article <BJGkn.72617$K81.22212_at_newsfe18.iad>, altzone_at_gmail.com
says...
The title says it all really.
See what happens when I try to destroy Fluke's new 28-II Multimeter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlA7-fh5nDQ
Dave.
Ha! I thought you tied the multimeter to the back of the car and dragged
it down the freeway. :P
Stopped at 3:20min. Had to continue life.
says...
The title says it all really.
See what happens when I try to destroy Fluke's new 28-II Multimeter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlA7-fh5nDQ
Dave.
Ha! I thought you tied the multimeter to the back of the car and dragged
it down the freeway. :P
Stopped at 3:20min. Had to continue life.
Jan Panteltje
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Sun Mar 07, 2010 12:53 pm
On a sunny day (Sun, 7 Mar 2010 16:21:35 +1100) it happened "David L. Jones"
<altzone_at_gmail.com> wrote in <BJGkn.72617$K81.22212_at_newsfe18.iad>:
Quote:
The title says it all really.
See what happens when I try to destroy Fluke's new 28-II Multimeter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlA7-fh5nDQ
See what happens when I try to destroy Fluke's new 28-II Multimeter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlA7-fh5nDQ
Well, why bother, I have a 5 Euro multimeter,
if it blows I will get an other 5 Euro multimeter.
But it says it is 100% protected.
Why burn so many $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$? Just for the show???
Makes no sense to me.
F Murtz
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Sun Mar 07, 2010 1:21 pm
Jan Panteltje wrote:
Quote:
On a sunny day (Sun, 7 Mar 2010 16:21:35 +1100) it happened "David L. Jones"
altzone_at_gmail.com> wrote in<BJGkn.72617$K81.22212_at_newsfe18.iad>:
The title says it all really.
See what happens when I try to destroy Fluke's new 28-II Multimeter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlA7-fh5nDQ
Well, why bother, I have a 5 Euro multimeter,
if it blows I will get an other 5 Euro multimeter.
But it says it is 100% protected.
Why burn so many $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$? Just for the show???
Makes no sense to me.
He got it for nuffin just to test.
altzone_at_gmail.com> wrote in<BJGkn.72617$K81.22212_at_newsfe18.iad>:
The title says it all really.
See what happens when I try to destroy Fluke's new 28-II Multimeter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlA7-fh5nDQ
Well, why bother, I have a 5 Euro multimeter,
if it blows I will get an other 5 Euro multimeter.
But it says it is 100% protected.
Why burn so many $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$? Just for the show???
Makes no sense to me.
He got it for nuffin just to test.
Mark Zacharias
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Sun Mar 07, 2010 3:13 pm
"Jan Panteltje" <pNaonStpealmtje_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:hn0430$v62$1_at_news.albasani.net...
Quote:
On a sunny day (Sun, 7 Mar 2010 16:21:35 +1100) it happened "David L.
Jones"
altzone_at_gmail.com> wrote in <BJGkn.72617$K81.22212_at_newsfe18.iad>:
The title says it all really.
See what happens when I try to destroy Fluke's new 28-II Multimeter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlA7-fh5nDQ
Well, why bother, I have a 5 Euro multimeter,
if it blows I will get an other 5 Euro multimeter.
But it says it is 100% protected.
Why burn so many $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$? Just for the show???
Makes no sense to me.
Jones"
altzone_at_gmail.com> wrote in <BJGkn.72617$K81.22212_at_newsfe18.iad>:
The title says it all really.
See what happens when I try to destroy Fluke's new 28-II Multimeter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlA7-fh5nDQ
Well, why bother, I have a 5 Euro multimeter,
if it blows I will get an other 5 Euro multimeter.
But it says it is 100% protected.
Why burn so many $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$? Just for the show???
Makes no sense to me.
If you had seen some of his earlier videos, you'd know why. By all means use
your cheaper meter if you like, but there is such a thing as, "measurement
confidence". If your work is important, perhaps with lots of money or even
someone's life potentially at stake, which meter would I rather rely on? I
think the answer is pretty obvious.
I own meters large and small, el cheapos and better ones. But when I really
need to know, right now and with no bullshit, I reach for the Fluke.
Mark Z.
Baron
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Sun Mar 07, 2010 3:17 pm
David L. Jones Inscribed thus:
Quote:
The title says it all really.
See what happens when I try to destroy Fluke's new 28-II Multimeter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlA7-fh5nDQ
Dave.
See what happens when I try to destroy Fluke's new 28-II Multimeter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlA7-fh5nDQ
Dave.
Nice field trip. Most impressive !
I did think that the LCD would have broken much sooner though.
The inductor failure could have been prevented.
Good one.
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Baron.
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Sun Mar 07, 2010 3:50 pm
On Sun, 7 Mar 2010 16:21:35 +1100, "David L. Jones"
<altzone_at_gmail.com>wrote:
Quote:
The title says it all really.
See what happens when I try to destroy Fluke's new 28-II Multimeter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlA7-fh5nDQ
Dave.
See what happens when I try to destroy Fluke's new 28-II Multimeter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlA7-fh5nDQ
Dave.
Absolutely the most idiotic video I've seen in months.
William Sommerwerck
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Guest
Sun Mar 07, 2010 4:10 pm
Quote:
If you had seen some of his earlier videos, you'd know why. By all
means use your cheaper meter if you like, but there is such a thing
as, "measurement confidence". If your work is important, perhaps
with lots of money or even someone's life potentially at stake, which
meter would I rather rely on? I think the answer is pretty obvious.
I own meters large and small, el cheapos and better ones. But when
I really need to know, right now and with no bullshit, I reach for the
Fluke.
means use your cheaper meter if you like, but there is such a thing
as, "measurement confidence". If your work is important, perhaps
with lots of money or even someone's life potentially at stake, which
meter would I rather rely on? I think the answer is pretty obvious.
I own meters large and small, el cheapos and better ones. But when
I really need to know, right now and with no bullshit, I reach for the
Fluke.
I bought an expensive Fluke multimeter 20 years. It continues to work well,
and has only needed to have the LCD contacts cleaned (twice). I'm almost 63,
and if I live to be 90, I expect it to continue to work.
Harbor Freight sometimes sells their cheap multimeter for $2 (!!!). I gave
one to a friend for Christmas, because he needed one for occasional work. I
can see taking such a meter into places it might be damaged or destroyed.
But I wouldn't use it for daily work.
fritz
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Sun Mar 07, 2010 7:19 pm
"William Sommerwerck" <grizzledgeezer_at_comcast.net> wrote in message
news:hn0flj$bdj$1_at_news.eternal-september.org...
Quote:
If you had seen some of his earlier videos, you'd know why. By all
means use your cheaper meter if you like, but there is such a thing
as, "measurement confidence". If your work is important, perhaps
with lots of money or even someone's life potentially at stake, which
meter would I rather rely on? I think the answer is pretty obvious.
I own meters large and small, el cheapos and better ones. But when
I really need to know, right now and with no bullshit, I reach for the
Fluke.
I bought an expensive Fluke multimeter 20 years. It continues to work
well,
and has only needed to have the LCD contacts cleaned (twice). I'm almost
63,
and if I live to be 90, I expect it to continue to work.
Harbor Freight sometimes sells their cheap multimeter for $2 (!!!). I gave
one to a friend for Christmas, because he needed one for occasional work.
I
can see taking such a meter into places it might be damaged or destroyed.
But I wouldn't use it for daily work.
means use your cheaper meter if you like, but there is such a thing
as, "measurement confidence". If your work is important, perhaps
with lots of money or even someone's life potentially at stake, which
meter would I rather rely on? I think the answer is pretty obvious.
I own meters large and small, el cheapos and better ones. But when
I really need to know, right now and with no bullshit, I reach for the
Fluke.
I bought an expensive Fluke multimeter 20 years. It continues to work
well,
and has only needed to have the LCD contacts cleaned (twice). I'm almost
63,
and if I live to be 90, I expect it to continue to work.
Harbor Freight sometimes sells their cheap multimeter for $2 (!!!). I gave
one to a friend for Christmas, because he needed one for occasional work.
I
can see taking such a meter into places it might be damaged or destroyed.
But I wouldn't use it for daily work.
I bought a Univolt DT-830 around 1984, and it is still working well too.
The only gripe is that the slide ON/OFF switch corroded and became
intermittent (because I used to live by the sea, I think) so I replaced
it with a toggle switch. The DT-830 uses a 40-pin DIL ICL7106 and other
readily available components like LM324's etc on a normal (not surface
mount)
PCB, so if it does break down I should be able to fix it myself.
It does lack auto-off, but it draws SFA power anyway.
Jim Yanik
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Sun Mar 07, 2010 8:00 pm
"Mark Zacharias" <mark_zacharias_at_sbclobal.net> wrote in
news:0072e6b7$0$2885$c3e8da3_at_news.astraweb.com:
Quote:
"Jan Panteltje" <pNaonStpealmtje_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:hn0430$v62$1_at_news.albasani.net...
On a sunny day (Sun, 7 Mar 2010 16:21:35 +1100) it happened "David L.
Jones"
altzone_at_gmail.com> wrote in <BJGkn.72617$K81.22212_at_newsfe18.iad>:
The title says it all really.
See what happens when I try to destroy Fluke's new 28-II Multimeter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlA7-fh5nDQ
Well, why bother, I have a 5 Euro multimeter,
if it blows I will get an other 5 Euro multimeter.
But it says it is 100% protected.
Why burn so many $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$? Just for the show???
Makes no sense to me.
If you had seen some of his earlier videos, you'd know why. By all
means use your cheaper meter if you like, but there is such a thing
as, "measurement confidence". If your work is important, perhaps with
lots of money or even someone's life potentially at stake, which meter
would I rather rely on? I think the answer is pretty obvious.
I own meters large and small, el cheapos and better ones. But when I
really need to know, right now and with no bullshit, I reach for the
Fluke.
Mark Z.
news:hn0430$v62$1_at_news.albasani.net...
On a sunny day (Sun, 7 Mar 2010 16:21:35 +1100) it happened "David L.
Jones"
altzone_at_gmail.com> wrote in <BJGkn.72617$K81.22212_at_newsfe18.iad>:
The title says it all really.
See what happens when I try to destroy Fluke's new 28-II Multimeter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlA7-fh5nDQ
Well, why bother, I have a 5 Euro multimeter,
if it blows I will get an other 5 Euro multimeter.
But it says it is 100% protected.
Why burn so many $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$? Just for the show???
Makes no sense to me.
If you had seen some of his earlier videos, you'd know why. By all
means use your cheaper meter if you like, but there is such a thing
as, "measurement confidence". If your work is important, perhaps with
lots of money or even someone's life potentially at stake, which meter
would I rather rely on? I think the answer is pretty obvious.
I own meters large and small, el cheapos and better ones. But when I
really need to know, right now and with no bullshit, I reach for the
Fluke.
Mark Z.
what's the point of destroying a multimeter?
--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
localnet
dot com
Jim Yanik
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Guest
Sun Mar 07, 2010 8:02 pm
"William Sommerwerck" <grizzledgeezer_at_comcast.net> wrote in
news:hn0flj$bdj$1_at_news.eternal-september.org:
Quote:
If you had seen some of his earlier videos, you'd know why. By all
means use your cheaper meter if you like, but there is such a thing
as, "measurement confidence". If your work is important, perhaps
with lots of money or even someone's life potentially at stake, which
meter would I rather rely on? I think the answer is pretty obvious.
I own meters large and small, el cheapos and better ones. But when
I really need to know, right now and with no bullshit, I reach for
the
Fluke.
I bought an expensive Fluke multimeter 20 years. It continues to work
well, and has only needed to have the LCD contacts cleaned (twice).
I'm almost 63, and if I live to be 90, I expect it to continue to
work.
Harbor Freight sometimes sells their cheap multimeter for $2 (!!!). I
gave one to a friend for Christmas, because he needed one for
occasional work. I can see taking such a meter into places it might be
damaged or destroyed. But I wouldn't use it for daily work.
means use your cheaper meter if you like, but there is such a thing
as, "measurement confidence". If your work is important, perhaps
with lots of money or even someone's life potentially at stake, which
meter would I rather rely on? I think the answer is pretty obvious.
I own meters large and small, el cheapos and better ones. But when
I really need to know, right now and with no bullshit, I reach for
the
Fluke.
I bought an expensive Fluke multimeter 20 years. It continues to work
well, and has only needed to have the LCD contacts cleaned (twice).
I'm almost 63, and if I live to be 90, I expect it to continue to
work.
Harbor Freight sometimes sells their cheap multimeter for $2 (!!!). I
gave one to a friend for Christmas, because he needed one for
occasional work. I can see taking such a meter into places it might be
damaged or destroyed. But I wouldn't use it for daily work.
the first one I bought was WAY off in voltage reading;IMO,useless.
a 1.5v cell read over 2 volts.
FYI,the input Z for those HF DMMs is ONE megohm.
--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
localnet
dot com
E
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Sun Mar 07, 2010 8:37 pm
"David L. Jones" <altzone_at_gmail.com> kirjoitti
viestissä:BJGkn.72617$K81.22212_at_newsfe18.iad...
Quote:
The title says it all really.
See what happens when I try to destroy Fluke's new 28-II Multimeter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlA7-fh5nDQ
Dave.
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Check out my Electronics Engineering Video Blog & Podcast:
http://www.eevblog.com
See what happens when I try to destroy Fluke's new 28-II Multimeter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlA7-fh5nDQ
Dave.
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Check out my Electronics Engineering Video Blog & Podcast:
http://www.eevblog.com
More multimeter torturing:
Here is report about those $5 multimeters
http://gps.sozialnetz.de/global/show_document.asp?id=aaaaaaaaaaaajxn
And video:
http://www.gossenmetrawatt.com/english/seiten/cautiondangerousmultimeters.htm
Better to stay away from mains with those.
I learned that hard way when I measured a water heater with some unknown
cheap meter.
First measured phase-to-ground 230 V fine... then phase to phase BANG
instead of 380 V
Fortunately only 16 A fuses on that circuit, so only damage was charred
multimeter. Think
if someone were dumb enough to measure something protected with 250 A
fuses... Like
if he forgot his own meter in car and sees nice looking meter lying
somewhere and actually
believes the "CAT III 600V" text printed on it. "Well, this meter should do
the job" and then
it shorts in his hands at about 1/10 voltage CAT III meter should withstand.
-E
David L. Jones
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Sun Mar 07, 2010 9:42 pm
Jim Yanik wrote:
Quote:
"Mark Zacharias" <mark_zacharias_at_sbclobal.net> wrote in
news:0072e6b7$0$2885$c3e8da3_at_news.astraweb.com:
"Jan Panteltje" <pNaonStpealmtje_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:hn0430$v62$1_at_news.albasani.net...
On a sunny day (Sun, 7 Mar 2010 16:21:35 +1100) it happened "David
L. Jones"
altzone_at_gmail.com> wrote in <BJGkn.72617$K81.22212_at_newsfe18.iad>:
The title says it all really.
See what happens when I try to destroy Fluke's new 28-II
Multimeter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlA7-fh5nDQ
Well, why bother, I have a 5 Euro multimeter,
if it blows I will get an other 5 Euro multimeter.
But it says it is 100% protected.
Why burn so many $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$? Just for the show???
Makes no sense to me.
If you had seen some of his earlier videos, you'd know why. By all
means use your cheaper meter if you like, but there is such a thing
as, "measurement confidence". If your work is important, perhaps with
lots of money or even someone's life potentially at stake, which
meter would I rather rely on? I think the answer is pretty obvious.
I own meters large and small, el cheapos and better ones. But when I
really need to know, right now and with no bullshit, I reach for the
Fluke.
Mark Z.
what's the point of destroying a multimeter?
news:0072e6b7$0$2885$c3e8da3_at_news.astraweb.com:
"Jan Panteltje" <pNaonStpealmtje_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:hn0430$v62$1_at_news.albasani.net...
On a sunny day (Sun, 7 Mar 2010 16:21:35 +1100) it happened "David
L. Jones"
altzone_at_gmail.com> wrote in <BJGkn.72617$K81.22212_at_newsfe18.iad>:
The title says it all really.
See what happens when I try to destroy Fluke's new 28-II
Multimeter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlA7-fh5nDQ
Well, why bother, I have a 5 Euro multimeter,
if it blows I will get an other 5 Euro multimeter.
But it says it is 100% protected.
Why burn so many $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$? Just for the show???
Makes no sense to me.
If you had seen some of his earlier videos, you'd know why. By all
means use your cheaper meter if you like, but there is such a thing
as, "measurement confidence". If your work is important, perhaps with
lots of money or even someone's life potentially at stake, which
meter would I rather rely on? I think the answer is pretty obvious.
I own meters large and small, el cheapos and better ones. But when I
really need to know, right now and with no bullshit, I reach for the
Fluke.
Mark Z.
what's the point of destroying a multimeter?
Err, it's FUN?
Dave.
--
---------------------------------------------
Check out my Electronics Engineering Video Blog & Podcast:
http://www.eevblog.com
Baron
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Sun Mar 07, 2010 9:45 pm
Jim Yanik Inscribed thus:
Quote:
"Mark Zacharias" <mark_zacharias_at_sbclobal.net> wrote in
news:0072e6b7$0$2885$c3e8da3_at_news.astraweb.com:
"Jan Panteltje" <pNaonStpealmtje_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:hn0430$v62$1_at_news.albasani.net...
On a sunny day (Sun, 7 Mar 2010 16:21:35 +1100) it happened "David
L. Jones"
altzone_at_gmail.com> wrote in <BJGkn.72617$K81.22212_at_newsfe18.iad>:
The title says it all really.
See what happens when I try to destroy Fluke's new 28-II Multimeter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlA7-fh5nDQ
Well, why bother, I have a 5 Euro multimeter,
if it blows I will get an other 5 Euro multimeter.
But it says it is 100% protected.
Why burn so many $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$? Just for the show???
Makes no sense to me.
If you had seen some of his earlier videos, you'd know why. By all
means use your cheaper meter if you like, but there is such a thing
as, "measurement confidence". If your work is important, perhaps with
lots of money or even someone's life potentially at stake, which
meter would I rather rely on? I think the answer is pretty obvious.
I own meters large and small, el cheapos and better ones. But when I
really need to know, right now and with no bullshit, I reach for the
Fluke.
Mark Z.
what's the point of destroying a multimeter?
Advertising !
news:0072e6b7$0$2885$c3e8da3_at_news.astraweb.com:
"Jan Panteltje" <pNaonStpealmtje_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:hn0430$v62$1_at_news.albasani.net...
On a sunny day (Sun, 7 Mar 2010 16:21:35 +1100) it happened "David
L. Jones"
altzone_at_gmail.com> wrote in <BJGkn.72617$K81.22212_at_newsfe18.iad>:
The title says it all really.
See what happens when I try to destroy Fluke's new 28-II Multimeter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlA7-fh5nDQ
Well, why bother, I have a 5 Euro multimeter,
if it blows I will get an other 5 Euro multimeter.
But it says it is 100% protected.
Why burn so many $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$? Just for the show???
Makes no sense to me.
If you had seen some of his earlier videos, you'd know why. By all
means use your cheaper meter if you like, but there is such a thing
as, "measurement confidence". If your work is important, perhaps with
lots of money or even someone's life potentially at stake, which
meter would I rather rely on? I think the answer is pretty obvious.
I own meters large and small, el cheapos and better ones. But when I
really need to know, right now and with no bullshit, I reach for the
Fluke.
Mark Z.
what's the point of destroying a multimeter?
Advertising !
--
Best Regards:
Baron.
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