| Re: [GMCnet] Johnny's Peak Meter [message #329625 is a reply to message #329609] |
Sun, 04 March 2018 05:05   |
Ken Burton
Messages: 10030
Registered: January 2004
Location: Hebron, Indiana
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Well, I ended up buying 6 of them from 3 sources. The 2 from Chinese sources came with non-English manuals. I have the English manual in .pdf if anyone wants one. Of the 6, I kept one, I gave one to my daughter, I gave two away as Christmas presents, and two people at the airport wanted one so they paid me for them. I installed batteries and tested all 6 of them on several ranges. I primarily tested DC voltage, AC voltage, frequency and one or two ohm scales. All were very accurate.
What got me test them is I have a Harbor Freight throw away meter that is always reading 2 volt over the actual. So I started comparing DC voltages on every meter that I found sitting around. The Peak Meters all read the same and matched my oscilloscope. So I assume that they are accurate. I finally got out the Peak Meter and found that it read correctly.
The high reading HFT one threw me for a loop at first because I could not understand how two 12 volt batteries were reading 14.5 and 14.6 in a coach I was working on. I looked everywhere for that voltage source. It was the damn meter. I need to remember to hit the it with a hammer so I do to try to use it again.
I also ordered 6 sets of meter leads with alligator clips on them for less than $2.00 each. I hate using the slide on adapters. One set of leads went to each new meter owner.
I'm sorry you got a bad one. Hopefully they will make it right.
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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