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Ditched the Fluke for a cheap multimeter on a Cessna job last week
I was working on a 182's nav radio at the hangar in Bakersfield and my Fluke 87V died. Borrowed the shop's $40 Cen-Tech and got the job done in half the time. The old-timers swear you need the expensive gear for accuracy, but honestly the cheap meter found the same bad ground. Anyone else find the fancy tools are more about ego than results?
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thompson.tyler8d ago
Old-timers swear you need the expensive gear for accuracy" - that's the part that gets me. I've used a $30 meter on plenty of jobs and never had a problem with readings being off. The expensive stuff is nice but it's not like the cheap ones are making stuff up. A bad ground is a bad ground no matter what you test it with. I think people just like having the fancy gear to feel like they're legit.
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faith_schmidt8d ago
Oh for sure @thompson.tyler, next time I'll make sure my cheap meter says "fancy" on the side before I tell someone their outlet's dead, that'll really fix the wiring.
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