Something i do with the meter lead covers is to cut off the tip so a small amount of the probe is exposed, useful in tight spaces, and seeing as the majority of nmeasurements only need the tip, less likely to lose the protectors ;)
Bought one a few days ago (it was mentioned in the comments on one of your mailbags I think it was). It looked nice and as I only have one clamp meter I thought having another one for comparison would be fine. It was 29€ which is about 30$ so really cheap. It did not arrive yet so I have to wait until I can build my own opinion.
To be honest, a person using this would not require something ultra-accurate. This is more for industrial or household maintenance, especially when dealing with motors and HVAC. It's what any electrician would have in their tool pouch. If you want to check the AC high current capability, make up a 100 turn coil to pass the jaws through, and provide one amp of current through the coil. That's how Fluke and others does it.
Happy New Year from Thailand I can't find not a current firmware update on the website, they still have 1.2, other video already shows version 1.3 when will Version 1.4 firmware come out in 2025 Best Regards Thailand
Got mine today. They corrected the spelling mistake on my unit and even on the picture of the package the spelling is now correct. Got it from banggood. If I short press on the led switch Of my unit it changes the color scheme of the display to a bright one. Maybe they changed the firmware too.
A couple of things that I notice with FNIRSI products, is that they do design nice looking stuff. But they seem to fail in things like claims and accuracy. Oh, and that 20mm spacing instead of 19mm spacing for the bottom plugs. I wonder how they could miss that very simple thing... hmmm.... The only FNIRSI product that I have is the 1013D Oscilloscope. I did watch a lot of videos like this one, on that scope. I knew that it wasn't as perfect as claimed. Part of it is not making it to the full 100 Mhz. But for what I wanted it for, I would be happy if it made it to 80 Mhz. Interestingly enough, however, is when it arrived, I ran the same tests and others did in videos and to my surprise, my unit made it to 100 Mhz without pooching out. I did run other tests to compare it to my other scope, which is a 200 Mhz scope and this FNIRSI seemed to keep up better than expected. So PERHAPS, FNIRSI fixes issues with firmware updates. Unless, of course, if the issue(s) is/are hardware related. I kind of like the meter in the video, BUT, unless I dozed out or something, I didn't see that it has THD functionality. (total harmonic distortion). The FNIRSI 1013D supports FFT, but like all FNIRSI stuff, it's not very good. So for trying to test a Generator for THD, a good meter that has accurate THD function is necessary. (at least, easier).
Nice review but I am not a fan of multimeters with internal batteries. Plugging it into an earthed USB socket (e.g. PC) or a shoddy/cheap USB charger and then using the probes to measure mains. That blew up my KAIWEETS smart meter. Charging and measuring at the same time is something that doesn't mix but somebody new into electronics may do (with nasty results). IMHO, they should not use a USB-C but a charge adapter that plugs into the (20.1mm) probe sockets. That way you can't measure while charging which is much safer.
I would have never thought the old oscilloscope pitfall effected DMM's as well. But how would the meter know when an applied voltage to the probe inputs was from a charger? Special plugs? A special setting? Either way, it seems like that would open up even more possibilities for user error. Especially if done cheaply. I'm like you, they should just use removable batteries.
@@KaylansDrone Well, it has been done before. The obsolete Keysight U1252A had a power adapter that just ends in two banana plugs that you plug into the meter. Not saying its the bees knees but at least it was a solution. Another one is to design the plug and arrange the socket in such a way that it covers the sockets for the measurement leads. The Kaiweets KM601s displays a warning to not use it while charging. Apart from relying on people adhering a warning message the rationale of which they may not understand the problem is that the warning goes away as soon as you unplug the charger end. Now you have a dangling USB cable and if you touch that while measuring mains... In my case, use a BM869S to measure if there was any current between the USB plug shield and earth while the KM601s measured mains.. The result was quite spetacular, luckily the BM869s survived but its huge 10A fuse did not. The KM601s was dead.
I sure they are doing 10K counts, they are just not showing them to you. Never thought that current clamps were never highly accurate. you can also do two passes through the clamp with lower currents which can help.
With that spelling mistake of which I am sure they will fix, you should keep it in the box might be worth 4 or 5 times what it is now !!...Insert jokes below !
Happy New Year !
Something i do with the meter lead covers is to cut off the tip so a small amount of the probe is exposed, useful in tight spaces, and seeing as the majority of nmeasurements only need the tip, less likely to lose the protectors ;)
But the protectors... are then no longer protecting the thinnest cross section part of the probe? 😓
Use small heatshrink sleeve...not as bulky on circuit boards...
Bought one a few days ago (it was mentioned in the comments on one of your mailbags I think it was). It looked nice and as I only have one clamp meter I thought having another one for comparison would be fine. It was 29€ which is about 30$ so really cheap. It did not arrive yet so I have to wait until I can build my own opinion.
Closed shop design = non-standard banana spacing, i.e. didn't bother to consult with anyone.
I might get one though, I need a wheel chock for the car.
LOL ! Happy New Year !
Very nice review. Does it auto detect AC/DV Voltage?
it is manual switching.
To be honest, a person using this would not require something ultra-accurate. This is more for industrial or household maintenance, especially when dealing with motors and HVAC. It's what any electrician would have in their tool pouch.
If you want to check the AC high current capability, make up a 100 turn coil to pass the jaws through, and provide one amp of current through the coil. That's how Fluke and others does it.
Please use meter to measure car starting current. Can it capture and hold peak current? How accurate is the peak current...
How well would this trace automotive wiring to find breaks and so on! Or to test for volt drop on the negative side ?
PERFECT
Happy New Year from
Thailand
I can't find not a current firmware update on the website, they still have 1.2, other video already shows
version 1.3
when will
Version 1.4 firmware
come out in 2025
Best Regards Thailand
It may be 35C in your palm. I doubt they put the temp sensor in the jaws.
Will it do millamp
Got mine today. They corrected the spelling mistake on my unit and even on the picture of the package the spelling is now correct. Got it from banggood. If I short press on the led switch Of my unit it changes the color scheme of the display to a bright one. Maybe they changed the firmware too.
To be clear, they claim 600 amps DC ability. Would be nice to see if it can catch a spike, and accuracy.
A couple of things that I notice with FNIRSI products, is that they do design nice looking stuff.
But they seem to fail in things like claims and accuracy.
Oh, and that 20mm spacing instead of 19mm spacing for the bottom plugs.
I wonder how they could miss that very simple thing... hmmm....
The only FNIRSI product that I have is the 1013D Oscilloscope. I did watch a lot of videos like this one, on that scope. I knew that it wasn't as perfect as claimed. Part of it is not making it to the full 100 Mhz. But for what I wanted it for, I would be happy if it made it to 80 Mhz.
Interestingly enough, however, is when it arrived, I ran the same tests and others did in videos and to my surprise, my unit made it to 100 Mhz without pooching out.
I did run other tests to compare it to my other scope, which is a 200 Mhz scope and this FNIRSI seemed to keep up better than expected.
So PERHAPS, FNIRSI fixes issues with firmware updates. Unless, of course, if the issue(s) is/are hardware related.
I kind of like the meter in the video, BUT, unless I dozed out or something, I didn't see that it has THD functionality. (total harmonic distortion).
The FNIRSI 1013D supports FFT, but like all FNIRSI stuff, it's not very good.
So for trying to test a Generator for THD, a good meter that has accurate THD function is necessary. (at least, easier).
How robust is it?
As it did not look well sealed?
As my Uni-T 210 has had abuse on being dropped dirty & wet with field use!
Nice review but I am not a fan of multimeters with internal batteries. Plugging it into an earthed USB socket (e.g. PC) or a shoddy/cheap USB charger and then using the probes to measure mains. That blew up my KAIWEETS smart meter. Charging and measuring at the same time is something that doesn't mix but somebody new into electronics may do (with nasty results). IMHO, they should not use a USB-C but a charge adapter that plugs into the (20.1mm) probe sockets. That way you can't measure while charging which is much safer.
I would have never thought the old oscilloscope pitfall effected DMM's as well. But how would the meter know when an applied voltage to the probe inputs was from a charger? Special plugs? A special setting? Either way, it seems like that would open up even more possibilities for user error. Especially if done cheaply. I'm like you, they should just use removable batteries.
@@KaylansDrone Well, it has been done before. The obsolete Keysight U1252A had a power adapter that just ends in two banana plugs that you plug into the meter. Not saying its the bees knees but at least it was a solution. Another one is to design the plug and arrange the socket in such a way that it covers the sockets for the measurement leads. The Kaiweets KM601s displays a warning to not use it while charging. Apart from relying on people adhering a warning message the rationale of which they may not understand the problem is that the warning goes away as soon as you unplug the charger end. Now you have a dangling USB cable and if you touch that while measuring mains... In my case, use a BM869S to measure if there was any current between the USB plug shield and earth while the KM601s measured mains.. The result was quite spetacular, luckily the BM869s survived but its huge 10A fuse did not. The KM601s was dead.
I sure they are doing 10K counts, they are just not showing them to you.
Never thought that current clamps were never highly accurate. you can also do two passes through the clamp with lower currents which can help.
Bending the spec they are probably quoting a 10000 count LCD (0 to 9999).
MUNE = Engrishing is hald...or as the Chinese IRS agent once told me; "Ahhh soooo, you have plobrem".
With that spelling mistake of which I am sure they will fix, you should keep it in the box might be worth 4 or 5 times what it is now !!...Insert jokes below !
mHz = muneHz