Multimeter DT830B 19-Range DMM
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Multimeter DT830B 19-Range DMM
Customer Review: Digital Multimeter/battery tester
Summary: 4 Stars
For the money, you can't find a better tester. Leave it to Amazon to provide good deals. It works well too. The lack of a standard, easily accessible battery was the reason for my less than 5 stars. But then I knew this before I bought.Customer Review: Do you feel lucky?
Summary: 1 Stars
By buying this rubbish you're simply sending a message to whatever manufacturer in China is pumping these things out by the millions, that we're all so stupid that we'll buy anything they make if it's cheap enough.
These multi meters are sold under a myriad of brand names, and in several cases, from yellow, black, grey and red, with or with out a fancy rubber condom, for prices starting at a few dollars, up to $30 or $40. Yet they all have exactly the same circuit board. They are cheaply made junk, and verge on being dangerous.
They can be identified by the range scale, the three probe ports on the right side, and the hFE socket on the left. Regardless of brand or case colour, it's the same meter. The same rubbish circuit board, the same inaccurate dangerous junk. They are usually labeled 830B, which helps identify them.
You're measuring electricity, your life is worth more than this.
Customer Review: Electrical Engineering Degree Needed
Summary: 2 Stars
So I just needed this to test some basic batteries around the house, nothing fancy or complicated. Just your standard AA, AAA, C, D and 9-volt. I'd read reviews of other competing products and learned that it's better to us a load-tester and this is supposed to cover that base. But apparently this product was not made for people like me without an Electrical Engineering degree. The directions are way over my head and speak nothing of basic battery testing....at least not in layman's English. So while the general consumer level products out there that focus on battery testing might not load-test them, at least they're simpler to use, so now I have to go buy one of those....or enroll in my local votech school for an electrician's course.Customer Review: Functional for minimal cost
Summary: 4 Stars
I purchased six of these units to use in my classroom for an electric circuit unit. The units work for the minimal requirements for which I need them to, measuring current in a circuit. Of the six received, however, two were nonfunctional upon receipt. I replaced the 9 volt battery and they worked fine. I did notice that each device gave me a different reading on the charge of a battery. I also wish that the directions that came with it were clearer and provided more information. :)
Overall, fine by my standards but because I had to spend money on two new batteries, I took off one star.
Customer Review: Good little multimeter for the price.
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a nice little multi-meter for use around the house or shop. Haven't had any problems with it but I also haven't used it much either - mainly just to test batteries. The small size is great and the price was right. I like the fact that, unlike other meters I've used, it has a separate power on/off switch so you can leave the function dial where you use it the most. The only quibbles I have with it are that the 3 wire sockets aren't clearly marked as to which wire goes where and the wire plugs stick up kindof high so they don't fit into my carrying case if left plugged in. But these are minor issues. Overall you can't go wrong for the money.