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Any recommendations for a hand held general Multimeter. ?

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clockmanFRA:
Its that time in ones life when things start failing.

My trusty old digital multimeter is giving spurious readings, its over 30 years old so probably just worn out.

Can Fieldlines forum members recommend a new replacement general multimeter.

I mostly use resistance, diode, voltage DC & AC, HZ, low amperage, simple capacitance.

My Old one has a rear stand flap, that can come out of the rear and therefore stand up on my bench.

Yes, I do have very accurate testing gear that's mostly on racks and gives me true datum, but its a hassle dragging it out and plugging in and warming up.

DanG:
https://www.leboncoin.fr/recherche/?text=multim%C3%A8tre&locations=r_4&owner_type=private&sort=price&order=asc  <--- ?

Mary B:
Tenma is a decent brand for test equipment. No it is nota Fluke DMM but they work well and have comparable specs. Mine lasted 20 years until a friend borrowed it and used the DC setting to try and measure 4kv... everything inside arced over, it was beyond repair...

https://www.newark.com/c/test-measurement/multimeters-clamp-meters?brand=tenma

Reasonable accuracy, flip out stand... https://www.newark.com/tenma/72-7730a/multimeter-digital-handheld-trms/dp/93T9150

Newark does have EU websites also.

SparWeb:
Hi Bryan,

I have one of these: https://www.amprobe.com/product/37xr-a/

It's been a trusty tool for ~14 years, needing only about 4 9v battery changes.  It came with really nice to handle silicone-jacket leads.  After the original set of leads were damaged (nibbled by a curious goat!) I couldn't find replacements quite as nice.  I have also exposed it to over-currents on a few occasions.  The low-current circuits and high-current circuits are protected separately by fast-blow fuses.  After replacing the fuses it's come right back to 100% functionality.  The frequency measurements are fooled by harmonics in the wave - an annoying problem for me making motor-conversion generators - but for detailed frequency analysis you need an o-scope anyway.

For currents higher than 10 Amps, and for an extra voltmeter doing more complicated tests, I have a Fluke clamp-meter, too.  Like this one, but without the phone-app link:
https://www.fluke.com/en-us/product/electrical-testing/clamp-meters/fluke-374-fc
It comes with a zipper-case but the test-leads aren't the greatest.

frackers:
I've used one of these for a while - no complaints at all!! Certainly the most accurate meter I have. The auto sleep is a great battery saver, goes for months even when I forget to turn it off.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32625496992.html  I'm sure you'll find the same model from lots of vendors

It has an opto isolated USB interface as well for data logging etc using a ch341 serial chip.

A suitable driver (helps to avoid the bloat from the supplied s/w) can be found at https://github.com/radionerd/ms8236usb - this also allows for the examination of the protocol (quite interesting as it turns out it was written by a guy I used to work with!!)

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