Multi-Meter advice...
I need a new multi-meter. Anyone have this one: Innova 3320 Auto-Ranging Digital Multimeter? LINK Thanks.
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I'm not much good at electronics and I'm not into solar. What I am into is automotive, appliances and air conditioning. A meter like the cheap HF will meet most needs except capacitance. I'm fortunate to also have a Fluke 12 that does capacitance, invaluable in A/C testing. My Ammeter is a cheap AC-only unit form HF. My standby was an old AmProbe that I found out the hard way to be reading only about half the actual current.
So for what I do, I could get away with the HF ammeter and their lowest-priced DVOM that handles capacitance. Or a combo meter with clamp-on AC Amps that also had capacitance. Such meters exist. Getting one that does all that with clamp-on DC Amps is trickier.
A little off topic, but a 12VDC Test Light (ice pick with a test lead out the other end and light in the handle) is essential for automotive. Cheap too.
So for what I do, I could get away with the HF ammeter and their lowest-priced DVOM that handles capacitance. Or a combo meter with clamp-on AC Amps that also had capacitance. Such meters exist. Getting one that does all that with clamp-on DC Amps is trickier.
A little off topic, but a 12VDC Test Light (ice pick with a test lead out the other end and light in the handle) is essential for automotive. Cheap too.
