Thread: Whats a good multimeter for a P38a?

Fluke is among the best that you can get.
The link is for Fluke Australia is HERE

Yep, if you can fix your P38, it'll be a fluke .

I use a cheap Aldi DVM and an analogue meter I made in 1965. I prefer the analogue for most things.

Originally Posted by p38arover

I use a cheap Aldi DVM and an analogue meter I made in 1965. I prefer the analogue for most things.

Reminds me of Dr David Lewis, the explorer/ sailor, who sailed the small steel yacht 'Icebird' to Antarctica and back singlehandedly, who reported on a meeting of polar explorers who were discussing snow goggles. Apparently it was a brilliant discussion about the strengths and weaknesses of the different kinds of snow goggles. Then someone decided to ask Sir Vivian Fuchs, the famed Actic explorer, what he reckoned. He said that a pair of cheap sunnies from Woolies worked well for him!

Thanks, Ron!

Willem

its got to be horses for courses and really there is no single multimeter that will do all that you want if you dont want to spend big bikiies.

I have 3 meters and 2 types of test lamp that I use for diagnostic work.

which one I use depends upon what Im looking for or testing.

as a rule, digital multimeters are very accurate but can produce false or phantom readings (for example if you have a bad earth a digital multimeter needing the mearest hint of current to produce a reading will read a good voltage) here a test lamp or analogue multimeter is a better option.

and heres an eyeball of my usual suspects if your interested.

Specialist tools.

Fluke, mina has been abused at work daily for over 7 years, it looks a little sad but has never failed, aside from a few sets of leads and batteries of course, but the $400 is a bit dear for what you wanna do

Any cheap meter will do, and also a test light, has dave has pointed out, you need a "load" to prevent false readings sometimes, although, not ECU friendly if not LED, which don;t produce a load

Test light is generally for trailer lights, brake tail stuff, and a good meter for everything else

Make sure you get one with:-
1. A temperature sensor (measures temp on touch)
2. Diode tester (doesnt send voltage the wrong way instead of usuing ohm meter)
3. Data logger (can connect it to your computer and measure over time useful things)

Fluke is good, but expensive. There are as good clones.

Jaycar have a good selection of reasonably priced DMMs, some of which have a port for a thermometer probe. Actually most of the time I use one from Jaycar I bought for $8.50...measures voltage to 2 decimal places. Was within 0.01V @ 12V compared with a $80 version...

cheers