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Thought the $9 analog multimeter from a yard sale in Ohio was junk, it outlasted 3 digital ones
Found it in a toolbox back in 2019 with a cracked case and figured it was trash, but I tossed it in the van anyway for checking continuity on dryers. It has never given me a false reading on a heating element or a fuse while two $80 digitals died from drops. Any of you still keep old gear around that just refuses to quit?
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dakota_miller936d ago
That cracked case detail really gets me, because that is exactly how these old meters always look and they just keep going. I feel you on the drops killing the digitals, I have watched a $90 meter turn into a paperweight from one fall off a ladder while my grandpa's old needle meter survived being run over in a driveway. There is something about a needle that just tells you the truth, you can watch it sweep and know if a element is really dead or if you are chasing a ghost. Digital screens lie to you with a clean number when the battery is low or a lead is bad, but an analog needle does not hide anything. Sorry your good meters died, but at least the yard sale one is still earning its keep.
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