Great video Joe as always. Very informative thing to know. Most meters I own are the brands you used in the test that had no issues handling it. A Merry Christmas to you and your family too. Don’t forget a nice rawhide bone for that sweet pooch. I can hear that nice bark, great watchdog I can guess.
Thank you for these videos! As a rookie with newfound interest in electrical work/electronic repair, I’ve decided to buy my first meter. I would always just borrow my father’s 20yr old 73 III Fluke when doing basic work around the house. I see the Brymen do well in your videos. I have the option to buy a new Fluke 87 V or Brymen 869s for the same price. Which would you buy? I mainly want it for electronic work (R/C, Drone Soldering/building, PCB testing etc) and basic electrical work around the house (not doing your capacitor test anytime soon 😂). Thanks for any feedback!
fundamentally, it's important to understand that there is _energy_ stored in the capacitor. in order to discharge it, that energy has to be converted to some other form or moved elsewhere. using a DMM means that this energy will be converted to heat dissipated inside the meter. it may or may not damage the meter. I would rather use an appropriate resistor for this purpose.
@@joesmith-je3tq I bought a Fluke true RMS for 4 months of wages after I had lost a fight with the chief engineer of Salora Television. He had claimed to have designed a power saving circuit but was using a gen 1 nixie meter that showed him wrong results. Then my Fluke died!
@@LawpickingLocksmith Normally any bet about free energy, perpetual motion is an easy win. If you lost 4 months wages with a damaged meter attempting to prove them wrong, you definitely lost that fight.
Merry Christmas Joe. Now I better pick up my shoephone and ring Dave to see if he has a Boxing Day sale!
Great video Joe as always. Very informative thing to know. Most meters I own are the brands you used in the test that had no issues handling it. A Merry Christmas to you and your family too. Don’t forget a nice rawhide bone for that sweet pooch. I can hear that nice bark, great watchdog I can guess.
Awesome video. Merry Christmas Joe.
Thank you for these videos! As a rookie with newfound interest in electrical work/electronic repair, I’ve decided to buy my first meter.
I would always just borrow my father’s 20yr old 73 III Fluke when doing basic work around the house. I see the Brymen do well in your videos.
I have the option to buy a new Fluke 87 V or Brymen 869s for the same price. Which would you buy? I mainly want it for electronic work (R/C, Drone Soldering/building, PCB testing etc) and basic electrical work around the house (not doing your capacitor test anytime soon 😂). Thanks for any feedback!
fundamentally, it's important to understand that there is _energy_ stored in the capacitor. in order to discharge it, that energy has to be converted to some other form or moved elsewhere. using a DMM means that this energy will be converted to heat dissipated inside the meter. it may or may not damage the meter.
I would rather use an appropriate resistor for this purpose.
Hard to kill a Fluke. Just ask Dave about that!
My first DMM was a Fluke. It had no input protection and was easily damaged. th-cam.com/video/ObKomuLLqU8/w-d-xo.html
@@joesmith-je3tq I bought a Fluke true RMS for 4 months of wages after I had lost a fight with the chief engineer of Salora Television. He had claimed to have designed a power saving circuit but was using a gen 1 nixie meter that showed him wrong results. Then my Fluke died!
@@LawpickingLocksmith Normally any bet about free energy, perpetual motion is an easy win. If you lost 4 months wages with a damaged meter attempting to prove them wrong, you definitely lost that fight.
Glad I bought a fluke and not Dave's meter!
But if you do it again, Harry will prove that it is not a Fluke?
I'd love to have both, in addition to those I already have.
Abusing any tool will result in failure. Using proper procedures will prevent such damage.
Curious that you don't use parts from an actual microwave... they are cheap as chips.
The polypropylene capacitors were chosen for the their high dv/dt and peak current ratings.
Link to the datasheet for the parts I am using if you're interested: www.cde.com/resources/catalogs/940C.pdf
Those are some nice meters - too bad they are all "blown up". ; )
I wonder what meter you have for personal use?
Prolly a cheap chinese clunker....lol
Meter manufacturers should really watch your videos to get a couple of things or more sorted out... rechargeable batteries naah, what a shame.
Uni t is managed to leave uncooked 😂...