need a louder multimeter
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Fleet Mechanic
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need a louder multimeter
i like my mastercraft digital multimeter, but the beep for the continuity check is getting hard to hear if there is any ambient noise at all ... it couldn't possibly have anything to do with me being 70 years old.
any recommendations for a meter with a louder beep ... i am in canada so preferably canadian tire/kms tools/princess auto, or something online.
thanks
joe
any recommendations for a meter with a louder beep ... i am in canada so preferably canadian tire/kms tools/princess auto, or something online.
thanks
joe
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since i am also pushing 70 and deaf from too many years running D8 bulldozers without mufflers, i dont even bother with the continuity noise on any of my digital meters.
and i usually use my Simpson 260 meter for accurate stuff anyway, so it does not even have a continuity tone.
and i usually use my Simpson 260 meter for accurate stuff anyway, so it does not even have a continuity tone.
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Try that with todays computer controlled systems and you just fried a very expensive computer and just having enough voltage to illuminate a lamp isn't going to tell you anything when the diag procedure calls for testing for voltage drops, resistance, etc....
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I meant that using that type for OLD vehicles only. The none computer controlled ones. I will stay in my old vehicle lane.
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Mountain Pass
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Reviving this thread.
I have an old Fluke 87, I think II or III, and would like to hear it!
Anyone with any ideas?
I have an old Fluke 87, I think II or III, and would like to hear it!
Anyone with any ideas?
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It seems that the OP was asking about a Continuity tester, not a Voltage tester.
As far as hearing the tone, at 75+ my hearing aids do a fine job of letting me hear the continuity beep.
As far as hearing the tone, at 75+ my hearing aids do a fine job of letting me hear the continuity beep.
Mountain Pass
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Interesting.......
So you say it is supposed to beep when doing voltage testing?
I thought it was only supposed to beep in the continuity testing mode.........
At 73 I guess I need to turn my hearing aids up!!!!! :-)
So you say it is supposed to beep when doing voltage testing?
I thought it was only supposed to beep in the continuity testing mode.........
At 73 I guess I need to turn my hearing aids up!!!!! :-)
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