Great video Joe as always. Very informative thing to know. Most meters I own are the brands you used in the test that had no issues handling it. A Merry Christmas to you and your family too. Don’t forget a nice rawhide bone for that sweet pooch. I can hear that nice bark, great watchdog I can guess.
Thank you for these videos! As a rookie with newfound interest in electrical work/electronic repair, I’ve decided to buy my first meter. I would always just borrow my father’s 20yr old 73 III Fluke when doing basic work around the house. I see the Brymen do well in your videos. I have the option to buy a new Fluke 87 V or Brymen 869s for the same price. Which would you buy? I mainly want it for electronic work (R/C, Drone Soldering/building, PCB testing etc) and basic electrical work around the house (not doing your capacitor test anytime soon 😂). Thanks for any feedback!
fundamentally, it's important to understand that there is _energy_ stored in the capacitor. in order to discharge it, that energy has to be converted to some other form or moved elsewhere. using a DMM means that this energy will be converted to heat dissipated inside the meter. it may or may not damage the meter. I would rather use an appropriate resistor for this purpose.
@@joesmith-je3tq I bought a Fluke true RMS for 4 months of wages after I had lost a fight with the chief engineer of Salora Television. He had claimed to have designed a power saving circuit but was using a gen 1 nixie meter that showed him wrong results. Then my Fluke died!
@@LawpickingLocksmith Normally any bet about free energy, perpetual motion is an easy win. If you lost 4 months wages with a damaged meter attempting to prove them wrong, you definitely lost that fight.
Merry Christmas Joe. Now I better pick up my shoephone and ring Dave to see if he has a Boxing Day sale!
Great video Joe as always. Very informative thing to know. Most meters I own are the brands you used in the test that had no issues handling it. A Merry Christmas to you and your family too. Don’t forget a nice rawhide bone for that sweet pooch. I can hear that nice bark, great watchdog I can guess.
Awesome video. Merry Christmas Joe.
Glad I bought a fluke and not Dave's meter!
But if you do it again, Harry will prove that it is not a Fluke?
I'd love to have both, in addition to those I already have.
Abusing any tool will result in failure. Using proper procedures will prevent such damage.
Thank you for these videos! As a rookie with newfound interest in electrical work/electronic repair, I’ve decided to buy my first meter.
I would always just borrow my father’s 20yr old 73 III Fluke when doing basic work around the house. I see the Brymen do well in your videos.
I have the option to buy a new Fluke 87 V or Brymen 869s for the same price. Which would you buy? I mainly want it for electronic work (R/C, Drone Soldering/building, PCB testing etc) and basic electrical work around the house (not doing your capacitor test anytime soon 😂). Thanks for any feedback!
fundamentally, it's important to understand that there is _energy_ stored in the capacitor. in order to discharge it, that energy has to be converted to some other form or moved elsewhere. using a DMM means that this energy will be converted to heat dissipated inside the meter. it may or may not damage the meter.
I would rather use an appropriate resistor for this purpose.
Hard to kill a Fluke. Just ask Dave about that!
My first DMM was a Fluke. It had no input protection and was easily damaged. ua-cam.com/video/ObKomuLLqU8/v-deo.html
@@joesmith-je3tq I bought a Fluke true RMS for 4 months of wages after I had lost a fight with the chief engineer of Salora Television. He had claimed to have designed a power saving circuit but was using a gen 1 nixie meter that showed him wrong results. Then my Fluke died!
@@LawpickingLocksmith Normally any bet about free energy, perpetual motion is an easy win. If you lost 4 months wages with a damaged meter attempting to prove them wrong, you definitely lost that fight.
Those are some nice meters - too bad they are all "blown up". ; )
I wonder what meter you have for personal use?
Prolly a cheap chinese clunker....lol
Meter manufacturers should really watch your videos to get a couple of things or more sorted out... rechargeable batteries naah, what a shame.
Curious that you don't use parts from an actual microwave... they are cheap as chips.
The polypropylene capacitors were chosen for the their high dv/dt and peak current ratings.
Link to the datasheet for the parts I am using if you're interested: www.cde.com/resources/catalogs/940C.pdf
Uni t is managed to leave uncooked 😂...