I've got two multimeters, a mega expensive Fluke & a cheapo Gunson, both of which used to work fine. However when checking a battery at the weekend, the Fluke read 18v & the Gunson 8v. So I tried two other batteries, with the same results. All the batteries are fine - start their respective vehicles no problem. WTF? -- Krusty '03 Tiger 955i '02 MV Senna (for sale) '96 Tiger (for sale) '79 Fantic Hiro 250 (for sale) '81 Corvette (for sale)
I'm not a complete mong you know. -- Krusty '03 Tiger 955i '02 MV Senna (for sale) '96 Tiger (for sale) '79 Fantic Hiro 250 (for sale) '81 Corvette (for sale)
Ah, ok, worth a check then. Bit weird if they've both died at the same time. -- Krusty '03 Tiger 955i '02 MV Senna (for sale) '96 Tiger (for sale) '79 Fantic Hiro 250 (for sale) '81 Corvette (for sale)
I'm not suggesting that you are, and it would seem unlikely that you'd manage to set them both incorrectly *and* that one would under-read by a factor of ~2^½ while the other would over-read by a factor of ~2^½, but I thought it was worth mentioning because the numbers were roughly right and there are *some* complete mongs on here, even if you're not one of them. Allegedly.
That's 2 votes for batteries then. Weirdly the Fluke's still on the same battery it had when I 'acquired' it[1] about 22 years ago. The Gunson is too, but I only that a couple of years ago. Ta, handy to know. [1] It may be BT branded. Possibly. -- Krusty '03 Tiger 955i '02 MV Senna (for sale) '96 Tiger (for sale) '79 Fantic Hiro 250 (for sale) '81 Corvette (for sale)
Mine is. It says 'Fluke 77/BT' at the top of the display, has 'British Telecom' printed on the front, & is in a lovely shade of BT yellow with a grey rubber case. -- Krusty '03 Tiger 955i '02 MV Senna (for sale) '96 Tiger (for sale) '79 Fantic Hiro 250 (for sale) '81 Corvette (for sale)
Flukes are yellow anyway, but I'm sure mine doesn't have BT on it... <checks> Actually, mine's a Fluke 23 branded by RS!
I Googled to check, & all pics I can find of the 77 show black ones with a yellow rubber surround. -- Krusty '03 Tiger 955i '02 MV Senna (for sale) '96 Tiger (for sale) '79 Fantic Hiro 250 (for sale) '81 Corvette (for sale)
Mine's a dark gray 77 with a mid gray rubber surround. It also has the RS label and part number, 612-142, printed by the factory.
Depends on the model and suchlike. We've got one at work (can't remember the model) which is light grey. My model 70 is a dark greeny grey as are the 77s we've got with grey rubber surrounds. -- Malc Rusted and ropy. Dog-eared old copy. Vintage and classic, or just plain Jurassic: all words to describe me.
I have two, an older one thats all grey, a newer one that yellow. -- Nige, BMW K1200S Range Rover Vogue Suzuki GSX-R600 Racebike
