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[Webby the Bear]

...And things don't get much cheaper than £1.39! 

[the alarming man]

Cheapo meter will suffice. No need to buy expensive Flukes etc, as you're not interested in calibration and accuracy.

well you say that but i would far rather have a fluke or a cheapo copy between me and the national grid than a meter that cost less than £ 1.50...you never know if you have a bad heart...untill its too late

[Webby the Bear]

Cheapo meter will suffice. No need to buy expensive Flukes etc, as you're not interested in calibration and accuracy.

well you say that but i would far rather have a fluke or a cheapo copy between me and the national grid than a meter that cost less than £ 1.50...you never know if you have a bad heart...untill its too late

Worth taking the risk for the ridiculous price. if its crap then ill have lost less than a bus fair from my house to the pub 200 metres up the road. if it works.... bargain 

[Webby the Bear]

just re-read.... you mean from the safety point of view don't you  sorry can be dumb sometimes 

[Entwood]

Cheapo meter will suffice. No need to buy expensive Flukes etc, as you're not interested in calibration and accuracy.

well you say that but i would far rather have a fluke or a cheapo copy between me and the national grid than a meter that cost less than £ 1.50...you never know if you have a bad heart...untill its too late

He's using it on a CAR ... 12v .. not a bit like the "National Grid" ... I see no point in scaremongring for the point of it ...

[zirk]

Cheapo meter will suffice. No need to buy expensive Flukes etc, as you're not interested in calibration and accuracy.

well you say that but i would far rather have a fluke or a cheapo copy between me and the national grid than a meter that cost less than £ 1.50...you never know if you have a bad heart...untill its too late

Agreed, these cheapo's can be ok, for telling you + OR - Volts, buzzing through for continuity or shorts but are just not up for the job in terms of accuracy, the last yellow cheapy I come across was measuring 15 v across  12V Battery when my Fulke measured 12,7, trying to measure and diagnose charging results from a car would just be false economy in my book compared to a potential cost of £80 for a new battery.

Which to be honest was my reasoning for encouraging Webby to get a good second hand one considering His current training and the original post. lets face it a good second hand Fluke that could be 10 plus years old can be picked up for around 20 to 30 quid.