In that price range, a Fluke 179 will do nicely. If you can find a clean, working Fluke 87 III or 87 V under $200 get it instead. If you can find a
clean, working Fluke 189 that would be the best of my suggestions to get. As a beta tester for Fluke I have thoroughly tested these and other models in very rough and hazardous industrial environments with no failures. They're not for everyone but you've made a good choice looking for a Fluke first. If you haven't already I'd recommend getting familiar with the IEC1010 standard by which many high end mulitimeters are now rated for safety. Fluke has an excellent application not available on this entitled "The ABCs of Mulitmeter Safety". If you've never seen an unrated or worse a rated but untested brand X meter blow up then you may want to look through their training videos as well, it's a real eye opener for those who use those inexpensive, unrated meters on AC power systems. All current Fluke DMMs are catagory rated per IEC1010. Gary Doug W7FDF wrote: > I have need of a battery operated portable digital multimeter. I have > a Simpson 260 analog meter and a bench ac operated Simpson 464-4 > digital meter. I would prefer a Fluke digital portable multimeter. > Yes, I have checked eBAY and there are over 400 Fluke meters of > various models and functionality. So many to choose from. > > Can someone on the list recommend a reasonably priced new, [under > $200] Fluke digital multimeter? Please, I am NOT interested in any > Radio Shack products or anything from Horatio's Bargain Basement or > Goodwill Charities or Bubba's weekly yard sale. OK to email me direct > if you have something to offer [sell or trade]. Thanks. > > 73 > > Doug W7FDF > Vail, Arizona U.S.A. > 927.850/R > IRLP node 3850 > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
