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Looking a gift horse in the mouth....meter feedback

colporteur

For those members where English is not their first language The expression look a gift horse in the mouth is looking a critical way at something that has been given to you.

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I received a DMM as a participation gift in a design challenge. I have noticed since using the meter that the test leads coming out the bottom are stressed at the connection point. I'm concerned the leads are on a path to breaking. I'm thining of taping them up the back of the unit to remove the strain on the ends that exit the bottom. Does anyone have any experience on a possible solution to the problem?

This is not meant as a critique of the device. I appreciate it is not an expensive meter. It was a gift and I won't be out anything if it breaks. I just don't have a throw-away mentality when things don't work. Maybe an investment on my part can extend the life of the item.

Any thoughts. This is only the third meter I have owned. None of the others have this cable assembly.

  • in reply to e14phil

    For the record - I like this meter! I think it'll either live in my garage, or my desk at work. Possibly in my backpack. I've been restoring a 1979 Honda Express scooter and using this exclusively for checking the wiring. 

  • in reply to Jan Cumps

    The circuit pattern reminds me of the electronics for the dial on the dishwasher. Wipers and contacts as the dial rotated put the washer through its cycles.

    My mother would tell me the story of my father buying her a brand new mix master for Christmas. A very expensive one she said. Before the Christmas paper was in the garbage my father started taking the mixer apart to see how it work.

    She put a stop to that real fast! My father was great at taking things apart but getting them back together and working not so much.

    I have the genes that make me want to take things apart and figure out how they work. I just spent money on therapy to curb the desire.

    My career in aviation electronic maintenance gave me a wonderful opportunity to discover how things worked.

  • in reply to colporteur

    I avoided taking apart a perfectly working meter to satiate my desire for knowledge. 

    We are fundamentally different Slight smile. I got this meter as part of a present package from the e14 team. 3 hours later:

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  • in reply to aspork42

    Great pic.

    I found a few inconsistencies in the documentation. The test lead removal was one such issue. I avoided taking apart a perfectly working meter to satiate my desire for knowledge. My first thought was the leads was a plug arrangement that just pushed in. That wasn't the case. I never removed all the case screws to discovery the lead connection as the instruction pictorial suggested.

    I am curious to know if the leads themselves are available. For a meter valued at $57 CAN regular on sale for $39 spending anymore than $10 on leads would seem not to be worth it.

  • Just let me know how you managed to remove the test leads before installing the batteries; like the instructions say!image