TWO BOXES of Mystery Multimeters!

Two boxes in the bunker full of mystery multimeters. What will we find?

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[S_F_U_L]

That was so cool. The unboxed Testo clampmeter looks like the top of the line. I wanted one but they're ridiculously expensive at present. I'd love to see a teardown &/or repair of an old Tektronix meter cause it looks like a rebadged Brymen. Also can't wait to see the LCR meter shoot out. I got a BK Precision 880 a few years ago, but haven't used it as much as i thought I would. I'm still glad I did though because its almost $200 more expensive now. I was torn between the Keysight & BK but went with BK because it comes with all the accessories unlike the Keysight. You have to buy the case for it seperately and theres only just enough room to fit all the leads in with the meter.

[joesmith-jetq]

14:18 Offer still stands if you want to part with the two.

[jamesblackwell]

Maybe you should get Rigol to do a limited edition "EEVBlog Oscilloscope". The boot screen would be the "Dave hand symbol"...🙂

[Murgoh]

My first multimeter was very similar to yours, bought it at a local department store in the early 80's I think. Those little analog ones were common with hobbyists back then and my school had the big old black Avometers, don't think I used a digital one until some time in the 90's.

[georgegherghinescu]

Any multimeter teardown/repair is welcome! Go for the Tektronix please :)

[MrMaxeemum]

I remember the Aneng 8008 review where you really didn't like it but for the price I thought it was brilliant, I went out and bought one straight away and it has been a brilliant little meter. I started having issues on the resistance range where the resistance wouldn't read low enough and had to keep messing about with the connectors on the meter to get it to read closer to 0.0ohm but it got worse and worse, everything else was ok just resistance had the issue, it turned out to be a bad connection on the rotary dial. Once stripped down and the PCB contacts cleaned, it started read correctly again. I still use it daily and don't regret buying it.

[lasersbee]

5:34.. that is the 770-2. The one in the display is the 770-3
13:49... My BM235 doesn't have that Head Logo on the inside of the Blue Rubber Protector

[bertblankenstein]

My first multimeter is basically the same as Dave's Micronta. It was a Smart2 model 22-221, made by InterTAN. Probably a Tandy company. Mine seems to have a rounded backing. Should still work like a charm.

[todesgeber]

that's not a bunker at this point. it's a museum.

[rjinhobart]

Didn't work at Kingaroy during my years in Telecom but did at Dalby, Toowoomba and Mt Mowbullan.

[Petertronic]

I'd love a nice case or pouch for my BM786. I really like the BM235 one with the branded rubber logo on the front and the rubber zip tags.

[grabo]

Hahahahaha, you are a mad man. I thought I had a lot of meters, I think I have maybe 6. Always love to see repair videos, I learn so much.

[bluelightningnz]

Great news on the pouches, will order one for my 121GW when they are in stock.

[tooby]

See if that BM857 is still in spec... I remember it was the one with the terrible backlight (which is fixed in the new '857s' version). It would be good to see if it still holds its own after all this time.

[gaseits]

I like your multimeters that you pulled out of the box, there was a Dick Smith’s electronics in Redwood City California in the late 60s early 70s I bought a oscope from them 20 mghz. I’m surprised you don’t have any Simpson 260s probably before your time . I have several fluke meters, the 8060 a the 87 but I like your BM 786 the best which I bought about two years ago great meter.

Anyway, I love your videos. Ever comment on things but I had to on this case

George

[MattyEngland]

Dave's Trophy box... a multimeter for every rival vendor that's now 'sleeping with the -fishies- Kangas'

[alexandr_kv]

Greetings! You will be viewing the insides of a Fluke network multimeter, it would be interesting to take a look.

[MartinE]

My first meter was a Micronta 22-027B, maybe bought in 1976. Even more basic than Dave’s. No switch, you had to move the probes into different sockets to select the range. Get it wrong like I did and a resistor will burn out, get it really wrong and it could be a lot, lot worse. No CAT ratings back in those days. I still have it somewhere but quickly moved to flukes in the early 1980’s beginning with my 8060A from iirc late 1982.

[theteenageengineer]

Even though those cheap $2 Harbor Freight meters are garbage, I still keep one in my car and one in my backpack. When you need a multimeter to troubleshoot a problem any meter is better than no meter. I also did a review of the Fluke 101 about a month ago and my conclusion was that it was not worth its $50 price tag, there’s way better meters out there for far cheaper. I’m still trying to daily the 101 to add more thoughts to my review, the only good thing I can say about it is it’s built extremely well and it’s actually pocketable

[nickhuwar]

Funny that was my first multimeter too. My grandfather bought it for me when I was probably around 7 years old.