I bought a brand new DT-830B Digital Multimeter for €3. Is it any good for repair work?
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- Here is the DT-830B Multimeter, I bought one at the local market last weekend for €3, it was new and boxed. So let's see if this cheap multimeter has all the features we need for fault finding.
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Diode Gone Wild tested one of these to destruction a while back and it stood up amazingly. He had to try really really hard to destroy it. I felt sorry for it in the end but had great respect. Thanks for the video.
Yup! It's really true! Mine has been standing up to some abuse for YEARS now! Even when I thought I fried it, I was surprised that it was OK! 👍👍
I have about 5 of these that I use for non-critical tests. It's handy to have a few spare meters to measure multiple parameters at the same time.
Yep diode gone wild made all efforts to make this multimeter gone wild but couldn't
I love these little sacrificial meters. You can use them for all sorts of random testing where you wouldn't want to risk an expensive meter. For most people it would be more than adequate as most people only need a rough voltage test, certainly not at HP or Datron 6/7 digit accuracy.
Bro if you have some dangerous measurment, use a safe meter with protection, not this crap!
@@maks886 there are many times you need 3 meters and you can use these cheap things for anything that doesn't need accuracy or robustness. They are useful to throw in the car and forget about them, they are the sort of meter you don't care if it lives or dies. Would I leave any of my flukes in the car just in case? No. Would I care if I dropped it off the roof of a house while measuring voltage on a feed cable to an antenna amp? No... They have so many uses.
I use them for measuring current...cheaper than replacing the fuse in my Fluke when I accidentally forget to move the leads later on!
@@paulstaf lol!
They are also very low power so you can leave them on for a couple of days without worry!
There are different variants of the 630B. Some of them have beeper, others don't. I have examples of both. I suspect they just omit the piezo buzzer and maybe a couple of passives from the ones that don't. I'll have to take the buzzer one apart - possible it has an off-board oscillator to handle the beep as the tone wasn't all that consistent as I recall.
These meters are perfectly good for basic tasks. Seem pretty reliable as well. These originally had a chip in them from one of the big American manufacturers but I suspect they've cloned it for the cheapo blob-chip copies. These were sold by Maplin under the Mastech brand for a long time.
Readings in diode mode may be different due to different measurment currents. These meters have been quite decent many years ago. After several rounds of cost cutting only the basic function of the ICL7106 clone IC remained. However, these ICs can be incredible accurate if the reference voltage is set right. 50Hz signals are on the LCD display driver lines.
I once considered using one of these as my bench multimeter (by mounting it on a stand and powering it from a PSU) only because these are so simple they don't have auto power off function. The other option is getting a fancy multimeter, where the auto power off can be disabled. There is a third option: use a square wave oscillator to press a useless button on a midrange multimeter which will no longer turn itself off. The oscillator circuit can be integrated into the now-empty battery compartment.
The ubiquitous freebie meter. We've a place here in the states where they were giving those away for a while. I have 4 of them. The really "good" ones have a trimmer pot in them for adjusting them. Over time with revisions they kept getting stripped down more. They can be surprisingly accurate. But alas there's no beeper. Still useful for doing some work.
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A very good hobby shop meter for the cost.
Honestly Richard you are NOT qualified to test such a cheap meter - your expectations are way too high 😂
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Haha - I don't think I was being too unfair on it, I didn't expect it to be particularly accurate but I did reasonably expect it to actually have the features it clearly states on the box! 😜
@@LearnElectronicsRepair There's different models of that meter and those are all of the features of all of them. Every model is missing something off that list.
@@LearnElectronicsRepairIn some cases It appeared to be more accurate than your Fluke. We don't know for sure which instrument is correct since none of the meters used appeared to have visible lab calibration stickers. 🤫🤫
I've got that exact same meter only mine is orange! It has suffered some accidental abuse by me several times and is still going strong! My wife bought it for me in MicroCenter quite a few years back, I believe and she only paid about $3 or $4 dollars back then. It's fair enough accurate for me and is one you won't cry about if it goes bye, bye or you lose it accidentally somehow (though I WOULD miss it now 😭😕!) The 9 volt battery operating it seems to last forever too! I think that I have only replaced it once all the years I have it. You really have to get better leads for it though, as the ones you get with it do really suck, but for the price you can't really complain.....👍👍
PS: The only thing that mine doesn't have either and I wish it had was a buzzer to help check continuity with, but fair enough for the price. It DOES have a fuse though.
The models 830A/B/D en 830BL have no beeper, the other models have. The beeper is in diode mode and then there is a 'beeper' symbol next to the diode symbol.
Stocked up on these el-cheapo meters over a decade ago. They have gone up a little in the intervening period. For £2.50 I had a choice of this size or the shirt-pocket size with exactly the same features and a battery which cost £1.75 to replace. Stuff them in an odd corner of the boot of your car and they will get you out of trouble in just the same way as a meter costing 50 times as much. None of them have buzzers - someone copied and pasted that bit from a different meter (probably a different brand) without being able to speak English.
There are many versions of the DT-830A,B,C,D,E meter some with buzzer some with temp, some without the transistor tester, the description on the back of the box is just for all of them.
I got 2 or 3 of this crappy meters, I opened all of them and wow they got worse with time, got 1 from around 20 years ago (still works) it has a fuse and trim pots that I used to calibrate it so it was very accurate for a time but after a few years it drifted, got 1 from around 10 years ago, still has a fuse but no more trim pots, now I see they removed everything and it's a real garbage tear meter, got a good UNI T UT139c meter and the same Aneng meter, using those 2 almost daily, great meters, wanted to buy a Fluke meter but it's too expensive for my amateur skills and use.
It's really interesting , though . The box comes with it looks like a 2000s version while the meter itself is an up-to-date version . Anyway this paticular type 830B was the embranchment of the original Japan 830 which was popular in the 1990s , the Chinese engineers had made it into a series . You can find the model DT830 with different suffex such as B\C\D\E\F on the internet and each suffix represents some paticular functions ， say , continuity beeper or temprature measurement . This 830B in the video is the very basic model among the modern 830 series .
Ahh so that is what the *B* stands for 😉
@@LearnElectronicsRepair do you repair boards for ppl?
@@LearnElectronicsRepair Well you remind me about this B lol . But what if it means Beeper ? Just laughing .
I've had 3 cheap multimeters - the DT-830B has survived several years and still accurate while the other 2, including a more expensive model, have failed in less than a quarter of the life span.
The only thing missing from this model is a continuity setting.
Totally agree. I have one in the garage where I doesn’t really matter if it fall down or if I run over it with the car ! Anywhere were I wouldn't put an expensive multimeter at risk.
I bought a similar cheap multimeter here in Hungary from a local hardware shop for the equivalent of 3 euros a couple of years ago, it had a bleeper and contained a battery with it's own compartment to allow replace and honestly with proper probes the things works quit fine, i found it to be enough for anything i would use a meter for
I have the same cheap meter from Cen-Tech (harbor Freight). Got it for free with a coupon. Took mine apart and it does have an ultra cheap glass fuse but no beeper. So those two empty pads are for a fuse that was bypassed. Also had the same "Colorful" brand 9v battery. Yours has much cleaner solder joints. Mine will give an accurate reading for a second and then drift slowly.
I have used my DT-830B every day for the last 15 years Paid £1:99p for it.
I’ve been using one of these for a few years, I bought it when I first started tinkering repairing laptops etc, the actual unit is okay, the leads are cheap and I actually repaired them a few times but then just bought replacement ones, the metal slots / holes where the leads connect into came loose so I had to solder it back on and it’s been fine since! Mines bleeps on continuity and sometimes it bleeps when I swear
The DT-830B is probably the most sold budget digital multimeter in the world. This type is being sold since back in the 90's under a different model number (can't exactly remember which). Back in the 90's there was even a exact same model but with a build in flashlight on top. Because these are so cheap, i have seen people use these in DIY powersupplies as panelmeters.
The pressure fit of the display connector to the board is a weak point. Mine started to fail in displaying digits. I found that putting a piece of foam sponge inside where it would squeeze the connectors more firmly together solved the problem (for now). This one has continuity marked on the diode tester & does buzz. It cost about 5 euros from a large electronics supplier.
I actually have the DT832 here and it has the fuses and beeper and looks the same. as my understanding it is not really a true part number but more like a common "model name" thing used for cheap multimeters, just search it and you gonna find all kinds of cheap multimeters. But There is one thing I especially like with these cheap meters, They have no stupid Auto Off function. If I wanna have my multimeter on with my rechargeable battery until it dies it´s my call. The UniT meters are just bothering with their off function. if you sit for many hours and work you don´t wanna hear it beep because it soon gonna turn off while pausing the measurement, Then 2 minutes later it beeps again and turn off, you turn it on and it beeps again because why not, Then the same all over again a few minutes later, it drives me crazy in the end. I mean who came up with that concept? if it has a sign with auto off just have a silent off or just one short beep when it does so and no more.
The reason it doesnt (BEEP) is because as you failed to notice there is no continuity range in the meter - they never updated the packaging after the cut costs to the bone and removed the continuity range some time ago, I have some like this is well, essentially the packaging is incorrect --- there used to be some of these that had a continuity beep but I havent seen one in a long time - they make them cheaper and cheaper all the time in fact they removed the fuse in them and if they do have a fuse its soldered in and not replaceable or there is a surface mount device to replace it. There also used to be a backlight in some of them but its gone too - theyre are also a very dangerous meter, if you move the range switch while plugged into AC the meter will blow up in your hand most likely - really they are throw away junk and shouldnt even be on the market anymore - The best purpose they served is to make you want to buy a better meter when they fail or blow up in your hand.
There is a point which will give 3V high signal when shorted in diode test and 200ohm range. Not good enough to use any buzzer but active one can be used. Exact location differ from board to board, not all these meters have same PCB. I have few of these laying around, they can be useful when I need to monitor few point at the same time.
I've used this multimeter for over 10 years, good al' times
i bough one of these a couple months back, in the manual it says it had temperature measuring and all sort of other function, mine did have the beeper, also a test signal at 3 v and 50hz supossedly, still it works ok for basic electronics and if i break it well it was only 3 dollars so its not bad at all to beginners
It’s funny that I have the same micrometer bough and used once, but even if it’s the same DT-830B it already has removable a door for battery and they got rid of “don’t get inside” message on the back😄😄
I had bought it to use it in a pinch so.. out of the box it was measuring around 40ohm on ohm scale (beeper worked ) so to fix it i set it to AC volts range and pluged it directly to mains 240v . after some pop and some smoke it measured right. Moral of the story, with 40ohms on volts range it might definetly kill if one probe was touching the live wire and other in hand. Other than that great for the price for low voltage beginners stuff..
I suspect the buzzer has an internal oscillator and only needs a steady DC voltage to produce the beep.
(mount a momentary closure switch in a small box and use your foot to activate it? Might come in handy in other situations also.)
I bought one of these about 2 months ago. The probes both broke within a few weeks. Fortunately I had a couple of spares and I'm still using the meter itself while saving for a Fluke. Btw, mine never bleeped either!
What would you use as for replacement? I've noticed mine are getting a little frayed.
@@louf7178 You can probably find a decent pair on Amazon. Some come in kits that have detachable probes, alligator clips, etc. I used to get mine from Radio Shack stores, but they are long gone now...😕
Hi Richard. Could some of the differences in readings be down to the test leads themselves? The Fluke leads are very long compared to the others. Anywat at 157 comments and 299 thumbs up, I think you got your moneys worth.
Note that the specified accuracy is 2.5% on most ranges and there are no internal adjustments for calibration.
I was surprised how accurate it is. The voltage was dead on. Then I tried the continuity buzzer hack, which ruined that. Thankfully removing the buzzer restored its capability. One side note, the dual indicator is difficult to see in darker areas. Enhancing the arrow with white paint or spelling correction fluid makes it much easier to ensure the dial is not 180 degrees out from the intended setting, which could be devastating.
the input protection is with the meter's leather bag : in your imagination :)
I wouldn't get that crap anywhere close to mains voltage, but they can be handy for small projects on low DC voltage.. if the test leads don't fall apart in a week, as they tend to do.
I once used a similar meter to this (mine is yellow) to test the voltage going to my electric shower. Stupidly I had the positive probe plugged into the Amps input. The meter survived fine, no explosion or anything. Not what you would expect from such a cheap device.
We have the same multimeter but when i check the continuity of the possitve and negatine probe thee reading is 000. .. no reading....do i have to return it to the store? I think the continuity is not working properly
That's missing the normal piezo & shielding .
Big round pad is for the spring contact but it's still useful as a current / voltage meter .
I got 2 for £5 at the now defunct maplin & one now lives in the car .
That's £2.50 each or the cost of a good PP3 battery LOL
In the US some big box stores will give them away .
Ok it's a cheap meter but I wouldn't go probing mains voltage with one !
On the bench i always have one high end meter & a couple of cheap ones .
Something like the obsolete beckman industrial DM78 didn't look much but it could quickly measure resistance in-circuit without problems .
It was not a £5 meter it just looks like one .
So it all really depends on your usage case .
Some may want a frequency counter , a big display or just one that says OUCH !
50Hz presumably for the LCD multiplexing?
is there a bleeper in it? i got a load of cheap ones years ago. they all had diode test and none of them bleeped on diode test.
I used to have 4 of them ,they came as a mystory gift if you spent £5 or more that was about 6 years ago . from a seller in china.
the only thing i will say in there favour is the fast refresh rate compaired to any auto ranging meter.
I have two similar $4 meters with bleepers on diode mode. They're DT-832.
Be interesting to see inside your DT-832 and see if they just dropped a beeper in it or if it has a different processor. Does it beep in resistance mode or only in diode mode?
i bought digital multimeter like chinese ones zotek/aneng it does the job but thinking about buying unit or best brand like fluke any recommends?
I'm after checking mine and until today never knew it had no bleeper. I got it for 2 euro plus postage which brought it to near seven euro but it came with a battery that can cost over five euros. It's a pretty decent meter. Mine I know has a glass fuse if I remember but I never checked it for a piezo bleeper or even noticed it never bleeped.
Mine was €3 including the battery, which was flat. 😂
@@LearnElectronicsRepair great price for a good multimeter. Add a piezo and it's complete.
Some of the "bleepers" are self oscillating and just need 9 volts applied. They don't need a audio signal. I wonder if that is the case with the meter you have?
I think there's another bunch in the range which in itself is hilarious but the yellow version of it has the normal bleeper icon with the diode test, just stick the poor little fellow in a draw somewhere and you never know, you might need it one day.....cheers.
Is there any way to solder a low powered 1.5v buzzer into this if so how?
I have a DT-830B that I bought a few years ago in a dollar store in Canada. It bleeps in diode mode, and also shows the bleep symbol next to the diode symbol on the dial. I notice yours doesn't have the bleep symbol on the dial. Draw it on with a fine point permanent marker and see what happens.🤣😂
LMAO!! 😂😂👍👍
It looks like you missed a screw just above the test lead connectors. 😃 Take it out so that you can check the other side for a speaker. Otherwise you can always unsolder the small board to get it out. Thanks for looking at the Multimeter for us. 👍
There is also a teardown video at th-cam.com/video/DO1mWOI2XQI/w-d-xo.html
It looks like there is no Fuse or Speaker. 😂
Isn't that a battery low symbol on the left handside of the display?
Hundreds of makers of that meter type, of various quality and function, all with the same part number. Some have the fuse, some have the beeper, all roughly use a near identical PCB, with the blob containing a clone of the !CL7106 DMM on it. The manual is all the same poorly copied one, with all the specs for the lot, just your version can be missing parts depending on how they cut cost making them.
Often cheaper than the battery, and i have had a few knock around in the tool box as a quick and dirty meter to use for things like check a cable is intact, or a wall wart provides around the right voltage, and if the cable is broken. Just treat the meter as a reasonable one for use around 12V, with somewhat useful resistance, and diode test will tell you if working or not. Current is more or less, just remember 30s max on the 10A range, and the other range short circuit protection is by the PCB burning out. AC voltage is just there to provide 2 extra ranges, it is not accurate at all, just can tell you if there is AC or not, and a rough level, because it can flash over in use. No CAT rating, so nothing over 50VDC or AC, and the provided probes might contain metal, and will fail after a few hundred cycles.
Have you heard of the Elenco MK-1005 DMM? It’s the same unit.
I have something similar, the bleeper works. the leads always go faulty on these
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😱 isn't a piezo beeper in the backcover from the multimeter ??
The ideal meter to lend to borrowers or to give to a beginner.
I'd bet it's good for repair work cuz that exact chassis was my first DMM when I was a tween and served me for years, but mine beeped
You got the no fuse no bleeping beeper model. New for 2023
I have a good 7 of these meters, at €3.29 at the local tat shop.
Looks like the yellow ones Maplin sold for around a fiver years ago.
There's no buzzer inside it from what I saw. It went from a looking at a cheap tester to a full tear down in rapid time. Maybe there is a solder point on the board to add a buzzer?
Did you see me short the leads so it should be bleeping, then check every pin on the IC using my oscilloscope to find the audio signal? I was fully intending to connect my own bleeper to said signal pin but I couldn't even find it.
@@LearnElectronicsRepair beep only in diode mode if have beeper
@@LearnElectronicsRepair Yes I commented before watching the entire video silly me. Looks like it was the super basic board. Hmm false advertising from the company ha ha.
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Well the problem is that the manual is actually for DT-830D - it has buzzer and temperature. DT-830B doesn't have buzzer and temperature option. And the battery is down on this one. It works with 9V battery.
there are modification videos on youtube on how to add a bleeper to these cheap Multimeters and how to change the dark screen to bright on.
12:16 The designers apparently don’t think someone who has a multimeter is qualified to change the battery + in this model the fuse is omitted, the fuse is the weakest link in the circuit with the highest impedance whatever that may be qwq..
I have one packaged as a diy kit.
Fine for small voltages and currents, but as an NICEIC Sparky, you wouldn't get me prodding mains 220v or 1000v as stated with those single insulated bare probes..
I have the same multimeter , I wanted to see a professional using it for testing components
I think these were a defective batch sold off cheap. They generally do have bleeping bleepers ;-) Try those pads either side at the top end as that is probably where it was supposed to be situated. Or that one big round silver pad. PS When this was tested to destruction, it took many thousands of volts before it broke down.....so pretty amazing. Thanks.
I just bought one from aliepress for £1.70 delivered on April 1st.
I found it was very easy to test one of those to destruction - I just connected it to the mains while it was set on ohms 🙂
B and G series do not have beeper
@@osliverpool Lol..OK. I guess it was a bad day at the factory when yours was made...lol. But i agree, i would never use one of these on AC mains power, just in case.
@@tonysheerness2427 Haha very funny, I get it 😂🤣😂🤣😂
Test leads will crack at the strain relief. A new set of leads will cost more than the meter! Get a Fluke. Pay the money, take care of it and you will have it for decades. I have compared 8 Fluke meters in the 87 line and with a an input of 5.000 volts all except one read 5.000 volts. The odd unit read 5.001 volts. Other readings were similarly dead on. The oldest was 20 years old and the newest was about a year old. None were ever calibrated since they left the factory. With a fluke you can bet your bottom dollar the reading will be accurate. Most electricians trust their lives with a Fluke. Quality.
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Seems the Chinese overcame themselves on the faking efforts for the cheapest DMM. There is a “real” version of the DT-830B where googling it you can see the internal Fuse - cheap, glass, but there it is! And the rotary switch has a buzzer symbol superposed to the Diode position. Your classic-black has won the golden-medal prize for “cheap and dirty”, I would say.
Great video as always but someone is gonna say it so it might as well be me, dc resolution is 100 microvolts, you say ac is 100 microvolts also - in fact it is 100 millivolts!
Just to put you out of your misery !I have two from Silverline which look identical inside and out (apart from mine are in bright orange) . It has two fuses - one connected across the square pads you mentioned as being probably for a fuse - they are on mine !
There is a second fuse on a small pcb attached to meter input terminal - it is missing of course on yours. The bleeper is top right with one terminal connected to the pad on the bottom right corner of the processor - you had your probe on it at one point !
I should take it back and ask for the missing bits !!
I bought mine from an Ebay site in Manchester for a fiver including delivery
It's the middle of winter, and Richard is wearing a polo shirt. Jealous.
It's still winter? It's (officially) spring here now 1st Feb to 28th Feb Then it's summer from March 1st until November, Yayyy. It's generally 21C-22C here daytime now (23C-29C if there is a Calima) but can get down to 15C at night. It's strawberry season and also the blooming almond festival is on this weekend in Tejeda up in them hills to mark the end of winter. www.spain.info/en/calendar/almond-blossom-festival-tejeda/
A 830B does NOT have temperature and buzzer, the model with these functions is DT838.
The 50 Herz is probably the screen refresh rate
what's the input resistance, many cheap multimeters are only 1 Meg
Only one meg you say?
In the electrical industry back in the 80s, we were using mark 5 or 8 AVO meters, from memory they had an input impedance of around 30 Kohm / volt. 😁😁😁
@@1pcfred yea had a bunch of free harbor freight cheapy meters all 1 meg inputs
@@joehubler4965 1 meg is high impedance.
To have the beeper you should have got the 4 Euros ONE! Don’t be so cheap next time Richard LOL!
When the low battery indicator appears, you throw it way and unwrap a fresh mater. 😆
They can be found on Amazon as well for between $7-10 USD. For a super cheap toss-away or starter meter, they are okay. Personally, I'll pass on it because it seems to lack (T)RMS and would never use these cheap meters for high voltage/current checks.
We've a tool store here that was just giving them away for a while. You could get that or a flashlight. I have a load of those flashlights and meters.
The meter is Chinese "CHEAP".Harbor Freight tool stores use these as give-away items. The fuse is mounted under the board near the 10 amp plug . I have a box (12+) of these meters and find an accuracy resolution that is similar to the specs. Beeper may or may not work - you got what you paid for - a cheap dvm.
this meter is what we call a happy shopper meter
I bought a multimeter to start doing electronic work, however it is useless as I can not read the scale can not see if it is on ac or dc etc. This basic multimeter is far easier to use.
You dont have a paper inside the box with the instructions?. That paper says that models 830A - 830B dont have buzzer. 830C-830D and 831 to 838 models have buzzer.
These thing are ok, until the moment you get an unexpected reading and you're not sure that's because of a fault in the circuit or because of your multimeter that is behaving strange. I would pay bit more as an hobbyist and buy an aneng 8008 or such. I think these meters are nice for someone that is not really interested in electricity or electronics, just to do an occasional measurement.
Mine bleeps only on diode range when leads shorted
I wouldn't trust it. Thanks for the honest review.
There is one thing I didn't know I am missing while using a similar type of multimeter - auto-ranging. The need to switch between ranges can cause misdiagnosis. In electronics repair, while probing circuits, you can go from milliohms to megaohms with one change of the probe placement.
Manual ranging is a GODSEND when measuring varying signals. You will misdiagnosed things far more often with an autoranging meter, since the meter won't react quickly enough.
@@johncoops6897 Isn't an oscilloscope a better solution for such measurements?
@@marcellipovsky8222 - Well, yes... but that's like asking if a bulldozer is a better tool for levelling the ground compared to a rake.
You don't need an oscilloscope to see a change in voltage, but you won't properly see a change if the multimeter needs to auto-range.
Also for repetitive tasks, auto-ranging makes things heaps slower. It takes many seconds to take each measurement if the meter has to adjust range each time.
DT830B doesn't have a buzzer function , it's DT832 model that does but they probably use the same cover fot both models ; or maybe for more the these too ...
Also the DT803D
I have a DT830B and it has a buzzer on diode mode.
@@geoffedwards189 I should have said ( My DT830B ) Typo LOL -- Can you open your meter up and take a picture of the circuit , and post to your channel ,maybe I can fit a buzzer to my meter.
I really like your videos. Very educative and helpful for hobbists but also for pros. I use one of those 5 euro mm the last many years. Mine bleeps at continuity mode. But the blip is not always clear and strong. Generally they work just fine and they sustain misuse physical and electrical :). The only mm i envie right now and after watching your videos is the anneng 19.999 counts with 2 decimal mvolt resolution that can be used to identify shorts with the help of your ingenious 1$ short tracker.
I must admit that Aneng AN8008 is very nice and doesn't cost a lot either, I totally recommend it and I am sure you noticed that I grab it for certain measurements. My 30 year old Fluke 79 with it's single bleep on semiconductor junction and continuous bleep on short circuit is the other one I really would not want to do without 😉 If I could only have one multimeter it would be the Fluke. But I would seriously miss the AN8008
@@LearnElectronicsRepair Τhanks so much Richard. This is an expert advise i cannot miss. Your videos were so influencial to me that i seriously get into the world of electronics not only for repairs but also for learning and understanding (i mean the physics and logic behind). I get into electronics through my mini arduino diy CNC metal router and similar staff (lot of failures half of them with electronics). Thanks of your videos i am now able to identify faulty components and replace them (mosfets mainly). I recently had a problem with a 12v/5a smps for leds that i used to power a small air car type air compressor. The smps starts and stops and cannot run the compressor. The operating current of the compressor is 2.5 amps but the starting current seems to be much higher. What kind of solution do you suggest for this case? Maybe a coil ? I cannot find a similar video in youtube. Google suggest to add a load e.g. a fun.
Get yourself a “bleeping” meter folks.
Looks like Centech sold by Harbor Freight in the U.S.
Kinda a funny video I’ll admit might be ok for shorts as you’re just checking voltage.
the metre supposed to read 1000v DC, I seriously doubt it,absolutely no input protection whatsoever this metre would be very dangerous to use on the mains voltage. I think you're right not to put any high-voltage into it. This metre would be ok for testing battery-operated devices under 12v other than that you're right to put it in the bin.
I love your videos but PLEASE put your phone on silent during recording
Yes! 😀😀Told you on a previous video on one of those sunny days at the park/street sales event ... there was an open video card you picked up there and Before that you passed over the tables of the famous cheap 830B multimeter ... and I told you "wish you had a dmm with you" ... and ... also ... "hey, there was a table with lots of those" ... they are handy and inexpensive. Not great quality of course but for the price they are very very handy to have around.
About continuity:
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The battery symbol does mean low battery.
I usually get as far as opening the meter, stripping it down and then spending half an hour looking for the two little ball bearings 🤦♂️
Oh that's where that ball bearing I found on my desk came from... 😅
@@LearnElectronicsRepair other one was trapped in the case still. Little blighters 🤣
beep in diode mode if have beeper
It’s obvious why it doesn’t ‘bleep’ …
Manufacturer knew it was a piece of junk, the last thing they needed was you to call it a ‘bleep-en’ piece of junk!