Yokogawa TY720 updates

Quick update on the TY720 after it was damaged during my testing.

The original review may be found here:

Feel free to join the thread:

An old video explaining the transients I apply:

[billywhizzy]

Damaging a meter demonstrates it's robustness, or lack of! I don't mind seeing meters being damaged because I learn a lot from you on how meters handle dangerous transients. Well I don't mind unless my meter is on the receiving end! Thanks for all the work you do again!

[DaruoshAghajaney]

Glad to see you've repaired it. As soon as you opened the meter, I realized it's gonna bad nightmare to repair it after transient testings. Good job.
For me, electronics was always a hobby and I loved it more than I do for living (I'm CTO in a software company). However your videos inspired me to do multimeter repairs in my spare time and start a new era in my electronics journey.

[robertcalkjr.]

Thanks Joe. I am glad to be a proud owner of my BM869s with all accessories!

[shanookflc]

Hi Joe I knew you would fix it can you show what you did to fix the capacitance mode. Thanks for sharing

[malgailany]

It would be interesting to see some aspects of the reverse engineering process that led to fixing the capacitance measurement.
Thanks.

[worroSfOretsevraH]

If you are planning to replace the polarizing filter, make sure to turn your camera on. Would be interesting to see the procedure, and the outcome.

[CliveChamberlain]

Nice work as usual sir. Since docs are hard to obtain for this meter (and its other branded cousins) will you be posting some front-end scribbles on EEVblog?

[kostiantynbalov]

Hi. Very nice reviews!
Did someone hear something about APPA multimeters? I can’t find info about it in internet. I need really reliable multimeter to work in 220/440, resistance check, capacity, continuity, mA, mV, amps . Fluke is perfect but very expensive . Need something solid, but cheaper.
I saw your review about Brymen BM 235. Now thinking about it and APPA P3. What do you know about this model? advice pls.

[amarsarma]

Hey Joe, nice and informative video !
BTW I have one Yokogawa TY 530 and the rotating switch fails most of the time - I mean the meter don't go that reading state. Either it will Keep showing previous reading or freeze or beep etc. Sometimes it won't switch of even if the rotating switch is at ' off' position. Pls help.

[MalagasOnFire]

now it looks almost two times faster reading capacitors than the original setting. Nice accomplishment .

[juancarlossandoval]

I like all your videos, , pls do a video on uni-T 195 ds looks like a good meter.

[retromodernart]

Hi Joe,

A dream test by Joe: AEMC Metrix MTX 3293BT, how much is an ~$800 USD meter really worth.

Added bonus - it's French.

[chefbink]

I knew it was going to be a hard one to fix, but I knew you would get her going again!! Now the display looks like it's from the early 80s and as I said before with a meter of this class you would expect something much better then what is has.


Now I'm a meter hoe and I buy meters the catch my eye and one did that the other day because of it's display and for the price I was really shocked by it. I know you did a vid on its sister UNI-T UT139C but it's the UNI-T UT139S and its board is laid out a bit different and it has a few functions the 139C doesn't have, but for $70 U.S. it's not bad and the display is really nice for a meter in it's class.


Anyway it's the type of display the TY720 should have for the money!!

[peter]

Dear friend I am from Venezuela I am a man of few resources and my country is in a crisis as a result of the dictatorship a while ago a neighbor left me as a gift a tester of this that you explain in your video I am a family man and I live from jobs that now I make this device from house to house, it means a lot to me and I want to understand its operation, you can send me information on its operation or a site where they explain in Spanish, although if it is in English, I would use a translator, I do not have to pay you but I trust that God will pay For me, with great blessings for you and your Family, I await your response.

[circuitblog]

Thanks for posting in my Opinion this meter its over price and its has alot of corks in it iwill not buy it its a junk
By comparing it with Fluke, b
Brymen sanwa uni t or even the low end Chinese brands, all of them are better from it so thanks but its a fail