I was dead wrong about those cheap digital ohm meters

For 5 years I only used Fluke meters because I thought anything cheaper was junk. Then last month my Fluke died mid-shift on a King Air 200 and I had to borrow a $30 Amazon special from the hangar next door. Turns out that cheap meter was within 0.2 ohms of my Fluke on every test point I hit. I still won't use it for critical flight control stuff but for general continuity checks on the bench it works fine. Has anyone else had good luck with budget meters for non-critical work?

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the_robin2d ago

Right, so you had to learn the hard way that the fancy nameplate doesn't actually make the electrons any smarter. I'm just picturing you standing there, holding two perfectly good meters, and realizing your pride cost you about four hundred bucks for zero extra accuracy. But hey, at least you got a good story about a dead Fluke and a miracle Amazon special out of it. Now you get to join the rest of us schmucks who know that for most bench work, a cheap meter is just a disposable tool, not a sacred artifact. Just don't tell the Fluke fans, they'll act like you insulted their religion.