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Swapped my old multimeter for a Fluke 87V last year
Used to chase ghost signals with a $30 meter from Amazon, kept getting false readings on a 737 pitot static test. After three callbacks in one month, my lead told me to borrow his 87V. Now I don't touch a plane without one. Anyone else notice how much time you save with a decent meter?
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the_charlie5d ago
Three callbacks in one month" sounds like my average Tuesday with a cheap multimeter. I swear mine could detect a loose wire in another zip code but miss a dead short right in front of me.
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ninah105d ago
Had a buddy tell me he read somewhere cheap meters can pick up stray voltages from nearby wires, that's why they seem to find ghosts but miss the real problems. I keep an old Fluke 77 around just for stuff like that, seems to be way more consistent. Those cheap ones are okay for a quick continuity check but I wouldn't trust one to troubleshoot a complicated circuit. They just don't have the filtering to handle real world noise.
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