Battery problems - which multimete?
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Battery problems - which multimete?
My battery is discharging overnight so I've been looking at Adrian's book to try and diagnose the problem but I need to buy a multimeter for this. Any idea which one I should get?
There's a couple of digital ones in Argos one for £5 and one for £20. The £20 one seems to have a 10amp setting which was mentioned in the book...
Ideally, I'd like to pick one up this afternoon so it looks like a trip to Argos next to TCR tube station is on the cards.
There's a couple of digital ones in Argos one for £5 and one for £20. The £20 one seems to have a 10amp setting which was mentioned in the book...
Ideally, I'd like to pick one up this afternoon so it looks like a trip to Argos next to TCR tube station is on the cards.
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I bought one about a year ago. I can't actually remember what - or where from - but I think I might have got it from Halfords and I think I did spend nearer to £20 than £5. At the end of the day - it's still pretty cheap and it's a lot more flexible (mine even has a temperature sensor!).
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If it doesn't have the 10 Amp setting, you are wasting your money. My old one wasn't 10 amp and blew the fuse every time I tried to use it to test. I bought one that was rated to 10 amps and it worked fine.
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I bought a $15 mutlimeter at my local Radio Shack, and I believe I used it two or three times before it died on me. I took it back, they said, "No problem" and exchanged it for another one. That one lasted the same amount of time. So I bought a real nice Fluke multimeter, and it hasn't let me down since! Go with the good one!
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I have a couple of professional quality Fluke meters, but I also have a Gunsons Pocketmeter 2 - this has a 10A current range (unfused) and a couple of other handy features - a continuity buzzer for those special 964 wiring faults, and a thermometer, range -40 to +1000 C. It cost a whole £15.99 from Halfords. Not the best quality kit, but more than adequate for general fault finding. Have a look here:-
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