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General Chat => Technical Area => Topic started by: Laszo on March 28, 2015, 03:07:05 PM

Title: Voltcraft vc-12a help needed
Post by: Laszo on March 28, 2015, 03:07:05 PM

Guys,

i f... up my multimeter. Anyone having the same one and willing to check the value for resistors R3, R4, R7?

Help highly appreciated.

Title: Re: Voltcraft vc-12a help needed
Post by: level42 on March 29, 2015, 09:10:19 AM

Buy a Fluke :)

Title: Re: Voltcraft vc-12a help needed
Post by: nilfisk on March 30, 2015, 10:59:33 AM

Quote from: Level42 on March 29, 2015, 09:10:19 AM

Buy a Fluke :)

Can't emphasize on that - my Fluke 117 DMM is sub-par in terms of quality, considering it's price. The continuity buzzer died after a few months, and I am on my second set of test leads, as the original ones seem to start cracking due to cheap plastic used.

Btw., sorry for going off-topic - can't help with the resistor values ;)

Title: Re: Voltcraft vc-12a help needed
Post by: Laszo on March 30, 2015, 08:42:07 PM

Quote from: Level42 on March 29, 2015, 09:10:19 AM

Buy a Fluke :)

I'm not worthy of a fluke  :-\ I blew this one up by my own fault.....

Title: Re: Voltcraft vc-12a help needed
Post by: level42 on March 31, 2015, 12:21:06 AM

Hah, I still have the Fluke that I got from my work almost ten years still and i wouldnt trade it for the world. I have dropped it at least a dozen of times, sometimes from 2 meters height....still not a single issue with it.

I use it almost every single day at least a few times and also for the hobby.

At every technical job I've had so far I got a Fluke and I never had them replaced before I left those jobs, none of theselasted shorter than 4 years......it's the industry standard and for a reason.

Of course it's not impossible that that some might have an issues but if it happens within motnths it's a warranty thing.

I'm really surprised you have leads problems, are you sure they are the original ones ? Same there.....still on my first set.