ebay Multimeter advice

tigerstyle · 8 Sep 2011 at 13:57

Feature packed for the money, but how long do you think it'd last?
£25+shipping from HK

http://www.gainexpress.com/product_...ucts_id=626&osCsid=q11ccvodj7m3o2l5e08mibg060

At least seems to have a 'slight' company behind it!

amkan13 · 8 Sep 2011 at 14:19

well it has a 2 yr warranty, so will propably die after two years and one day

Abraxaz1 · 8 Sep 2011 at 14:20

Not to sound stupid why do you need the ablitiy to connect a PC to the multimeter.

If you don't need a computer connection Go on ebay and type in kewtech, extremely good quality for the price (around £30)

fornowagain · 8 Sep 2011 at 14:31

Go to the well know high street electronics store, 'UT60A Autoranging Digital Multimeter with PC Interface', £40 delivered.

tigerstyle · 8 Sep 2011 at 14:44

Abraxaz1 said:
Not to sound stupid why do you need the ablitiy to connect a PC to the multimeter.

No such thing as a stupid question. I'd like to log the power use of a few appliances over 24 hours/log temp over 24 hours.

I know there are other ways but this seems like a good way to cross 2-3 tools of the to buy list!

chigley · 8 Sep 2011 at 15:02

I'd avoid eBay for multimeters.

Bought my first one from there, and it soon started misbehaving and giving largely inaccurate readings. Replaced it with a UT60E from the same well known high street electronics store and have never looked back