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Had to choose between a $200 handheld tester and a $40 bench meter for field work
I went with the handheld because I'm crawling through 737 crown panels most days. Three months in and I already dropped it off a ladder onto concrete. Still works fine, but the screen has a nice crack now. Anyone else regret not buying the tougher option?
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kellys7817d ago
Hang on a sec, the Fluke 117 doesn't have a 40 foot drop rating. Fluke's spec is 10 feet for most of their meters, and that's onto a hard surface like concrete. A scissor lift at 40 feet is way past that. It's probably more like luck than a feature, you know? Maybe the tape is doing more work than you think keeping that cracked case together. I bet the internals are fine, but the housing is definitely outside of what they tested for.
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emery_flores17d ago
Dropped my fluke 117 off a 40 foot scissor lift last year onto asphalt. It still works but the case is held together with electrical tape and the screen has a dead pixel line now. I figure if I had bought the cheap one it would be in pieces. Sometimes paying extra hurts in the moment but saves you later.
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