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Originally Posted by AndyN01

Hi

Just a bit of suggestion - from the wise

I bought a cheapo one when Maplins were shutting down. It's worked fine but in the last year it's started to "play up" to the point where I was getting some very odd readings. Which is fine if you can recognise that they're weird readings.

My neighbour has a RS components Fluke meter that he's had for years (decades ) and it's incredibly easy to use. After a quick probe on the same cables he simply said "I don't trust your meter" which was totally accurate.

So I reckon some quality advise on exactly which meter to get (given a budget - obviously) would be very worthwhile.

You definitely don't want some unbranded, unknown cheapo that lasts about as long as some of our unbranded, unknown drop links . Electrical gremlins are bad enough without adding an unreliable test meter into the mix.

Thanks Andy.