I have this meter too, bough years ago for only less than 6$US. The red led indicator for phase detection worked on my meter (my country use 220v 50hz). Build quality is beyond its price.
I like your review style but I think there's a flaw in the AC current test. The meter is probably showing the Amp increasing slowly as the heater starts up, should let the load stabilize first before testing, can you try it again with a stable load?
What do you think of the Mustool clamper? I just got one and pretty impressed as the DMM functions are decent. Voltage accuracy is very good. 6000 count TRMS. $37Cdn.
Also looking at the number of models in the manual, I see a DT3266E that can measure down to 2A, this'll be a more interesting model to test, as very few clamp meters can support 2A range.
I also found another 2 cheapo clamp-meter that can measure low 2A range - "DT3266F" & "VC3266L+" both looks similar. Will be nice to see some reviews on their low-amp test performance 🙂
Those tiny little SMD resistors (one or two 0603 for 400V + whatever nasty spikes there will be on mains, etc... really?!) on the AC input looking like they then go directly into the rest of the circuit, terrible spacing, almost no protection overall... oof. Well, at least it will have a decent audio-visual overvoltage warning when it goes bang :D I had one of these (well, a similar cheapo clamp meter, different model), never used the jack input, just current - then when it stopped working, I took a charged 2200 uF 500 volt capacitor, connected a little ferrite "transformer" in series - just two windings of thick wire on a random piece of ferrite - connected it to the input banana jacks - and discharged a small HV cap into the second winding, to superpose a nice HV pulse on the voltage from the cap to strike an arc. May have been 2-3 kV or so - not too far from a really nasty spike on mains for 600 volt CAT 2 or CAT 3. The piece of rubbish went out with a nice bang.
Holy smokes that would've been a sight to see! Agreed, not much going on here internally that would foster any sort of warm fuzzy feeling except that snap crackle pop you mentioned ..warm , fuzzy and burns real good 😉 👍
@@KeepOnTesting Yep. You certainly don't want that warm fuzzy feeling when working on some three phase, high current mains equipment, although one would be insane to use it in such a scenario 😀After that meter failed I thought of buying the Uni-T UT210E, which seems fairly decent, or a separate clamp (do you have experience with the HoldPeak ones, like HP-605A? - It seems like quite a nice tool, but can't say much personally as I don't have one) ... but I ended up using an ACS758LCB-050B Hall sensor chip with banana jacks and simple circuitry attached in the end :P (for relatively safe stuff), but I'll design a proper "instrument" based on it soon. A small box with sturdy banana jack inputs and banana/BNC outputs. The chip is rated for 50 amps peak, DC or AC, 120 kHz bandwidth...
Just bought one of these, can't expect much for $4 inc. shipping, I had to buy it to try. lol The diode setting is in place of the 2KΩ setting on mine, but for $4 I can't complain.
Boy your videos are the best I always follow congratulations! Now, taking advantage of your knowledge, you already got a Victor 189 multimeter, I have one and I don't know if I should trust him, I would be very grateful for your opinion, thanks in advance!
VIKTOR 189DMM I haven't had a chance to test..yet. However, it's a trusted name in the multimeter genre so I don't think you should worry..Btw, Thx for the kind words🙂👍
Pretty disappointing unless you only need to measure AC current. The non-functioning Live/NCV is inexcusable and falsely showing the absence of voltage is gonna hurt someone.
It’s a tester all right. It tests your nerves like nothing else. But what can you expect from an outdated 7-th gen IC? They should have used at least 11-th gen. Disappointed. 😉
I have this meter too, bough years ago for only less than 6$US. The red led indicator for phase detection worked on my meter (my country use 220v 50hz). Build quality is beyond its price.
Yeah, the Kaiweets does go a little bit over in the current and temperature measurement.
It was surprising...I'll have to take a closer look at that!
I like your review style but I think there's a flaw in the AC current test. The meter is probably showing the Amp increasing slowly as the heater starts up, should let the load stabilize first before testing, can you try it again with a stable load?
Hi Savi I'll try again and post results here 👍
Should also compare with a real ammeter to get a better idea of the accuracy.
What do you think of the Mustool clamper? I just got one and pretty impressed as the DMM functions are decent. Voltage accuracy is very good. 6000 count TRMS. $37Cdn.
The Mustool is Super impressive! I'll be doing a review on that clamp next month
🙂👍
Also looking at the number of models in the manual, I see a DT3266E that can measure down to 2A, this'll be a more interesting model to test, as very few clamp meters can support 2A range.
I also found another 2 cheapo clamp-meter that can measure low 2A range - "DT3266F" & "VC3266L+" both looks similar. Will be nice to see some reviews on their low-amp test performance 🙂
Those tiny little SMD resistors (one or two 0603 for 400V + whatever nasty spikes there will be on mains, etc... really?!) on the AC input looking like they then go directly into the rest of the circuit, terrible spacing, almost no protection overall... oof. Well, at least it will have a decent audio-visual overvoltage warning when it goes bang :D
I had one of these (well, a similar cheapo clamp meter, different model), never used the jack input, just current - then when it stopped working, I took a charged 2200 uF 500 volt capacitor, connected a little ferrite "transformer" in series - just two windings of thick wire on a random piece of ferrite - connected it to the input banana jacks - and discharged a small HV cap into the second winding, to superpose a nice HV pulse on the voltage from the cap to strike an arc. May have been 2-3 kV or so - not too far from a really nasty spike on mains for 600 volt CAT 2 or CAT 3. The piece of rubbish went out with a nice bang.
Holy smokes that would've been a sight to see! Agreed, not much going on here internally that would foster any sort of warm fuzzy feeling except that snap crackle pop you mentioned ..warm , fuzzy and burns real good 😉 👍
@@KeepOnTesting Yep. You certainly don't want that warm fuzzy feeling when working on some three phase, high current mains equipment, although one would be insane to use it in such a scenario 😀After that meter failed I thought of buying the Uni-T UT210E, which seems fairly decent, or a separate clamp (do you have experience with the HoldPeak ones, like HP-605A? - It seems like quite a nice tool, but can't say much personally as I don't have one)
... but I ended up using an ACS758LCB-050B Hall sensor chip with banana jacks and simple circuitry attached in the end :P (for relatively safe stuff), but I'll design a proper "instrument" based on it soon. A small box with sturdy banana jack inputs and banana/BNC outputs. The chip is rated for 50 amps peak, DC or AC, 120 kHz bandwidth...
Just bought one of these, can't expect much for $4 inc. shipping, I had to buy it to try. lol
The diode setting is in place of the 2KΩ setting on mine, but for $4 I can't complain.
Definitely! For the price it really is hard to fault.. 👍
A tester that will truly get you into trouble. Excellent review just a little generous on the star count.
I hear ya ...that half star just eeked its way out. 🙂👍
Boy your videos are the best I always follow congratulations! Now, taking advantage of your knowledge, you already got a Victor 189 multimeter, I have one and I don't know if I should trust him, I would be very grateful for your opinion, thanks in advance!
VIKTOR 189DMM I haven't had a chance to test..yet. However, it's a trusted name in the multimeter genre so I don't think you should worry..Btw, Thx for the kind words🙂👍
the NCV on mine works.. but this is typical of this cheap instruments sometimes different units perform in different way
So true...not always the best QA off the assembly line..
Great stuff Darren, re the meter no comment.
No comment Detected! Hehe 👍
can it measure dc current ?
No, it's strictly an AC clamp.
I have the same cheap calm meater my ncv works maybe your's is borken
Wow thats one of Fisher-Price's best !! LOL
Dang Mike...Fisher price would be a better option.. 😕 👍
Pretty disappointing unless you only need to measure AC current. The non-functioning Live/NCV is inexcusable and falsely showing the absence of voltage is gonna hurt someone.
So true Eric..the faulty ncv is completely inexcusable 👍
MINE DOSE NOTHING BUT COME ON
It’s a tester all right. It tests your nerves like nothing else. But what can you expect from an outdated 7-th gen IC? They should have used at least 11-th gen. Disappointed. 😉
Muhahaha...spot on NE! So that's what that 7 was about....hehe 🙂👍
We even cannot trust its user manual either... OMG... 🤦🏻
The manual covers multiple models -- the DC feature he referred to is in a different model (the 3266D)
DC voltage sucks... it can't read decimals.
It's a Cheapo clamp so can't really expect too much in the DCv department 😅 👍