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Tried using a borrowed Fluke 87V instead of my go-to Klein MM700 on a King Air 200 yesterday.
The Fluke was way more sensitive for reading those finicky VOR signals but I kept missing the continuity beep I'm used to lol. Anyone else stick with a specific brand even when the 'better' tool is right there?
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sam_harris681mo ago
Yeah, I've had the same thing happen with a borrowed meter.
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kim.hannah1mo ago
Man that is the absolute worst. Borrowed a multimeter from my buddy last summer to check a compressor and it was reading way off. Cost me half a day chasing a ghost problem before I figured out the meter was junk. Never again. I'd rather drive an hour to the supply house than borrow something I can't trust.
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simonreed21d ago
Cost me half a day chasing a ghost problem" - boy, I know that feeling secondhand. My old neighbor Gary spent a whole Saturday wrestling with his walk-in freezer because his borrowed meter kept showing the compressor was drawing fine. Turned out the clamp was loose and reading about 30% low. He replaced the contactor, the capacitor, even swapped out a relay before he finally checked with his own meter. By then the ice cream was soup and he had to toss a couple hundred bucks worth of product. Now he keeps a spare Fluke in his truck at all times.
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