$5 mulitmeters at Bunnings

Geez, for 5 bucks there worth a try?????????

marty I bought one a few months ago and still waiting for number one son to come home and show me how to work it. Never paid much attention at school

Yep, everyone should have one, I couldnt do without mine.

I only use it to its most basic potential, I wouldnt know what all the other functions are.

last weekend I pulled apart a GME TX3200 UHF that i bought broken for $5 (wouldnt power up).

After a while of troubleshooting with the multimeter I found where the break in the cuircuit was, put a drop of solder on it...and she fired up like new.

now i have a $300 UHF for $5. Transmits and receives perfectly

Rev

Sounds like a bargain.

A couple of words of caution on these very cheap meters: most of them are NOT rated to measure the 240V mains and usually clearly say so (I don't know anything specifically about the Bunnings one) but exercise care in this area.

They tend to go out of calibration easily so from time-to-time check their DC voltage scale on a new AA cell (should read about 1.55V) and your 12V car battery when the engine has been switched off for a few hours (should read, unsurprisingly :) about 12.5V).

On the Ohms range when the leads are connected together it should read less than 2 ohms, ideally less than 1 ohm.

As, at last count, I had nine multimeters (including an Avo 8) I'll give this one a miss :)

Mike Harding

Expecting more in at my Bunnings - some smooth operator bought the lot, presumably to resell on Ebay....

FIVE BUCKS!!!!!! After about a week you will have to go and buy a good multimeter to check why the $5 unit doesnt work anymore!!! LOL!

While we are on multimeters, can anyone suggest a repairer for LAVI multimeters?
Preferably in Brisbane...have 2 cdead ones, same fault...too good to throw away!

eng

Bunnings still have these - the $5 ones don't come with a 9V battery, the $10 ones that are "almost" identical do.