ERD50
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Another story about "wonderful" Harbor Freight electronics.
I had a few of the following HF meter. They give them out quite often with coupons stating "Free with any purchase - Value of $x.xx". How can I resist this? Travelover admitted to having a few himself. ...
Don't sneer at the accuracy; ...
I've bought a few of those meters years ago, from ebay or Amazon, for maybe $5? And I agree, they are surprisingly capable for the price. Hard to believe they can sell them for that.
But of course they are cheaply made, and I just had too much trouble with intermittent connections on the selection switch. The readings would be wacky, and I'd 'massage' the switch, and they'd come back. It was just too annoying, especially when working on an intermittent problem - adding an intermittent meter to the mix was beyond frustrating. "Free" is too much to pay in that case.
But like you say, if you can put them somewhere and leave the switch set, they might be OK.
-ERD50