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Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 13:21:52 +0000
To: Patricia Disler <pdisler@io*.ne*>, KarstDive@ao*.co*, cavers@cavers.com
From: Samy Elashmawy <samelash@ix*.ne*.co*>
Subject: Re: volt/amp meter....
At 11:28 AM 5/18/1999 -0500, Patricia Disler wrote:
> You roasted three Radio Shack meters.
Yep , but the fluke held up.

 Then blew the fuse in the Fluke

This was on another occasion.

>twice. Id say its user error rather than all R/S meters are bad. 
> I have a couple R/S VOM's and they work nearly as well as my Fluke 77 or
>Fluke 2043. Admittedly R/S VOM's are not as accurate when testing some
>logic circuits but do rather well taking basic voltage and amperage
>measurments.
Good to know , I have a fluke 77 very nice , durable.

> I'd suggest which ever VOM a person selects, that an shunt be used for
>amperage measurment that could potentialy exceed the design parameters of a
>given meter. 

Good to know

>At 08:51 AM 5/17/99 +0000, Samy Elashmawy wrote:
>>Fluke make some real nice ones , especialy the highr end ones.
>>
>>I tried three radio shack ones over a three day perios , each one toasted
>>out. To my amazment they kept exchanging them , third time round I said I
>>want a refund , they hgave it to mee and I went out and got the fluke. Rock
>>solid. Had to change the fuse twice , not the whole meter. 
>>
>>At 07:23 AM 5/17/1999 EDT, KarstDive@ao*.co* wrote:
>>>looking for decent volt/amp meter....any suggestions....
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
>"SILT HAPPENS"JD   JEFF DISLER
>  SAFE CAVING       NSS 26000
>
>

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