Test/review of DMM Fluke 17B+

[Venom]

@HKJ

@Venom

What’s your idea of a cheaper DMM that is just as good?

The cheap Aneng (AN8008 & AN860B+) looks good, but they do not have the same mechanical quality as Fluke,(that is not a problem on a bench).

@Venom

You don’t have to many DMM reviews/test report up yet so I can’t go by that for reference.

I am working on it, I have a couple more ready, they will be published over the next few months.

Is the Zotek VC17B+ the same as the Aneng AN860B+?

Can’t wait til you post the DMM reviews.

[HKJ]

@Venom

Is the Zotek VC17B+ the same as the Aneng AN860B+?

It looks to be.

@Venom

Can’t wait til you post the DMM reviews.

You need patience, I have other stuff I also need to publish. Today I have a rather interesting meter, but not a DMM .

[mrheosuper]

hope you will add protection test to this kind of review, but, it may damage the DMM permantly
when worrking with main voltage, i never trust any cheap chinese DMM, who know what will happen

[Venom]

@HKJ

@Venom

Is the Zotek VC17B+ the same as the Aneng AN860B+?

It looks to be.

@Venom

Can’t wait til you post the DMM reviews.

You need patience, I have other stuff I also need to publish. Today I have a rather interesting meter, but not a DMM .

I know, you have alot that comes first. I’ll be patiently waiting.

On Amazon there are 2 Fluke 17B. One regular 17B and one with temperature and frequency. What’s the temperature and frequency is for?
Can the temperature and frequency can be used for flashlight hobby?

[HKJ]

@Venom

On Amazon there are 2 Fluke 17B. One regular 17B and one with temperature and frequency. What’s the temperature and frequency is for?
Can the temperature and frequency can be used for flashlight hobby?

17B+ is always with temperature and frequency.
Frequency also have duty cycle, that can be very useful to measure on pwm signals with.
The temperature probe with a DMM is usual very small (See photo in review), i.e. it can be mounted on very small object and measure their temperature, this makes it easy to measure heatsink temperature.

[Terry_White]

Meter? But not a DMM?

That leaves a whole lot that it could be... I love to use the Thermography and Thermal Imager that we have where I work. We use the Thermal Imager to locate bearings that are starting to go bad so we can get them scheduled for changes.

Very cool equipment...

[HKJ]

@Terry White

Meter? But not a DMM?

That leaves a whole lot that it could be…

I have posted it: Test/review of Vapcell Internal Resistance Tester YR1030

[joechina]

@ven

Thanks for the info Terry and HKJ, some of these names are new to me…………….off to do a little reading up :+1:

History of Keysight / HP

Keysight Technologies History

[Terry_White]

@joechina

@ven

Thanks for the info Terry and HKJ, some of these names are new to me…off to do a little reading up :+1:

History of Kesight / HP Keysight Technologies History | Keysight

I checked that out.... Excellent reading... Thanks for posting the URL..

[joechina]

For 4 wire probing you probably can missuse two of these
smd measure tweezers. Cheaper as Kelvin clamps

https://m.aliexpress.com/s/item/32668262307.html?spm=a2g0n.search-cache.0.0.73e63431V5CGCg

[Venom]

@HKJ

@Venom

On Amazon there are 2 Fluke 17B. One regular 17B and one with temperature and frequency. What’s the temperature and frequency is for?
Can the temperature and frequency can be used for flashlight hobby?

17B+ is always with temperature and frequency.
Frequency also have duty cycle, that can be very useful to measure on pwm signals with.
The temperature probe with a DMM is usual very small (See photo in review), i.e. it can be mounted on very small object and measure their temperature, this makes it easy to measure heatsink temperature.

The meter on Amazon, one is the meter and test probe and the other is meter, test probe and temperature and frequency probes (not sure what it’s called). In your opinion is it worth spending the extra money for temperature and frequency probes?

[HKJ]

@Venom

The meter on Amazon, one is the meter and test probe and the other is meter, test probe and temperature and frequency probes (not sure what it’s called). In your opinion is it worth spending the extra money for temperature and frequency probes?

There is no frequency probes. There is normal test probes that you always wants and then there is the thermocoupler you need for temperature measurement, you can get them from $1 on ebay (You need the banana plug version), but the one included with the 17B+ is better quality.

[Venom]

@HKJ

@Venom

The meter on Amazon, one is the meter and test probe and the other is meter, test probe and temperature and frequency probes (not sure what it’s called). In your opinion is it worth spending the extra money for temperature and frequency probes?

There is no frequency probes. There is normal test probes that you always wants and then there is the thermocoupler you need for temperature measurement, you can get them from $1 on ebay (You need the banana plug version), but the one included with the 17B+ is better quality.

I going to get the Fluke with the extra accessory, this way there will be no problems.

Thanks for the replies!

[HKJ]

I did a minor update to the review: Min/max capture speed.