Multimeter recommendation for riding mower troubleshooting

[slomo]

Like most are saying, don't spend a lot of money on one. If you are looking at a lifetime investment tool, look at the HVAC meters. Heat and air guys have some nice ones these days. Fluke is top of the line IMO. UEi and Fieldpiece are great too. I'm a Fluke nerd myself.

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[StarTech]

One of the problems I found with cheap meters is everything is cheap. Things like very short lead thin leads. Since I use meter in the shop I needed a decent unit. Even some these don't come storage cases. my Tenma meter didn't but I still had my Beckman case.

Also some DVMMs don't like being dropped. I my Tenma has pass that test multiple times here. My Beckman fail but it was due to it being 15 yrs old and I just worn it out.

Mentioning Fluke the Basic 101 is around $50 which is a good starter DVMM.

 

[ec121]

We had Fluke instrument meters at work. They could be used for instrument and valve calibration(4-20ma output), but they were about $800 8yrs. ago.